Thursday, November 10, 2011
a strange tradition (A post about Homecoming way back in October...a little late)
Homecoming Mums...What's in a mum?...well, you start with a large white silk flower, add long(like 3+foot long) wide ribbons...the more ribbons, the better. Staple the ribbons onto a piece of white cardboard paper that serves as the back of the flower...then attach a bunch of trinkets (bells & whistles(seriously), miniature musical instruments, footballs, soccer balls, musical notes, mini cowgirl hats, etc) to ribbons and staple them on as well. The idea is to personalize the mum for the person to whom you are giving it...These things can cost hundreds of dollars (ridiculous I know...there are starving people in the world) Each grade level at the high school has a traditional color...seniors-white, juniors-navy/silver, etc. The girls wear the mums on ribbons around their necks and the boys wear similarly decorated, yet much smaller garters around their arms. Strangest tradition ever...The mums are only worn to school and not to the actual dance...here are a couple of not so good pictures of what I am talking about.
Mandy and Jana Tryon:)... Jana knows how to make mums...she's done several. She's a good mom...me, not so much:(
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This is definitely the weirdest Texas tradition, though I had no idea until I went to college. The craziest thing is that they keep getting bigger and bigger every year! (since for some crazy reason big mums are a sign of popularity) When I was in high school, no one wore them around their necks, we just pinned them to our shirts. How on earth are they going to keep getting bigger??
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