used2scrap
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Post by used2scrap on Oct 18, 2016 14:35:47 GMT
I find the whole Texas Homecoming Mum thing very fascinating! Are flowers for Homecoming a thing elsewhere? Smaller, traditional mum corsages? Regular prom type corsages/boutineres? Or no flowers? I get nothing but shrugs from my sophomore when I ask about anything homecoming related...
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rodeomom
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Post by rodeomom on Oct 18, 2016 14:37:28 GMT
Very big in Oklahoma. ETA: as big or bigger then Texas.  |
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Post by Zee on Oct 18, 2016 14:37:53 GMT
Corsages, yes (IL/IA anyway), but not the giant TX mums I see talked about here.
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Post by tiffanyr on Oct 18, 2016 14:50:07 GMT
Homecoming mums are very specifically a Texas thing. I do believe in recent years Oklahoma has picked up the tradition as well.
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Post by tiffanyr on Oct 18, 2016 14:53:16 GMT
ETA: as big or bigger then Texas. Those are fighting words!!  |
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Post by mama2three on Oct 18, 2016 14:55:34 GMT
Not at all here. I'd never heard of (or seen) anything like the "mums" people post on this board. Homecoming is spirit week with silly themes each day, football game, and a dance -although no one dances;). Some girls wear small real flower corsages to the dance, but corsages are no longer in vogue, it seems. This is a huge HS with an ostentatious prom, though, so they make up for it.
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freebird
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Post by freebird on Oct 18, 2016 14:55:53 GMT
I don't think they do flowers for homecoming here. I only see them for prom (mostly wrist corsages)
NW MO
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rodeomom
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Post by rodeomom on Oct 18, 2016 14:56:41 GMT
Homecoming mums are very specifically a Texas thing. I do believe in recent years Oklahoma has picked up the tradition as well. They have been big here (Oklahoma) for at least 40 years. Don't ask me how I know.. |
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Post by Linda on Oct 18, 2016 14:57:52 GMT
I don't think there's a homecoming dance here - just spirit week, a pep rally, parade, and the ALL IMPORTANT football game (Florida)
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rodeomom
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Post by rodeomom on Oct 18, 2016 15:01:34 GMT
ETA: as big or bigger then Texas. Those are fighting words!! Tiffany are you from Allen? My sister lives in Allen. My nephews went to Allen high school. One just graduated this year. |
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schizo319
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Post by schizo319 on Oct 18, 2016 15:03:18 GMT
They're a thing in Alabama, but usually not nearly as large as the ones in TX.
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Post by debmast on Oct 18, 2016 15:03:59 GMT
I grew up in Ohio. We had a "real" mum at homecoming. It was small and a real flower.
I live in Houston area, and have a teenage daughter. The mum thing here is like nothing I've ever seen before!
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Post by tiffanyr on Oct 18, 2016 15:19:44 GMT
Tiffany are you from Allen? My sister lives in Allen. My nephews went to Allen high school. One just graduated this year. How'd you guess? LOL! We are big Allen Eagle fans!! Season ticket holders and everything! I have a 2015 grad, plus a freshman and sophomore! |
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Post by littlemama on Oct 18, 2016 15:25:50 GMT
Normal corsages and boutonnieres here for homecoming.
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Post by workingclassdog on Oct 18, 2016 15:27:20 GMT
Not where I am at in Colorado other than the corsage the boy might get a girl
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Post by refugeepea on Oct 18, 2016 15:30:50 GMT
Regular prom type corsages/boutonnieres here. My son and his date opted to not have anything though.
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Post by bigbundt on Oct 18, 2016 15:34:44 GMT
I grew up in central Louisiana and normal boutineers and wrist corsages were what we had. I have some high school friends that remained within the state but ended up closer to the Texas border and I see some of their kids with the large homecoming mum corsages. ETA: I just now remembered that our homecoming court had actual large mum corsages but they weren't the huge things trailing with ribbons I see in Texas. They were just a large mum with our high school letters made out of pipecleaners attached to the front. |
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Post by debmast on Oct 18, 2016 15:36:06 GMT
I grew up in central Louisiana and normal boutineers and wrist corsages were what we had. I have some high school friends that remained within the state but ended up closer to the Texas border and I see some of their kids with the large homecoming mum corsages. In Texas (at least here in Houston area), they do the boutonnieres & wrist corsages for the homecoming dance. The mums & garters are worn to school on the day of the homecoming game, and then to the game that night. |
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Post by rodeomom on Oct 18, 2016 15:37:34 GMT
Tiffany are you from Allen? My sister lives in Allen. My nephews went to Allen high school. One just graduated this year. How'd you guess? LOL! We are big Allen Eagle fans!! Season ticket holders and everything! I have a 2015 grad, plus a freshman and sophomore! Graduation was pretty cool in the new stadium! Both boys are now at OU. |
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Post by mellowyellow on Oct 18, 2016 15:39:25 GMT
ETA: as big or bigger then Texas. Those are fighting words!! Ha ha! Very true! Yes, originally a Texas thing but it's gaining popularity in neighboring states. |
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Post by ntsf on Oct 18, 2016 15:54:05 GMT
I don't even think they have homecoming here.. about the only high school football game anyone goes to is the city championship on thanksgiving. we don't have the money for it.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Oct 18, 2016 15:58:18 GMT
Normal corsages and boutonnieres here for homecoming. Same here in Washington  |
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Post by bdawnb on Oct 18, 2016 17:42:31 GMT
Very big in Oklahoma. ETA: as big or bigger then Texas. Must be only certain parts of Oklahoma, I've never heard of them outside of here. |
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rodeomom
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Post by rodeomom on Oct 18, 2016 17:45:31 GMT
Very big in Oklahoma. ETA: as big or bigger then Texas. Must be only certain parts of Oklahoma, I've never heard of them outside of here. Well we are right next to the Texas/OK border. Where in Ok are you? |
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Post by bosoxbeth on Oct 18, 2016 20:20:22 GMT
It's totally NOT a thing here where I live (NYC suburbs).
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Oct 18, 2016 20:45:02 GMT
When I moved from Texas to Pa I was all ready to get my supplies out to make some homecoming mums but they sadly don't do it here  I miss seeing them...the bigger the better! |
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Post by JustCallMeMommy on Oct 18, 2016 20:48:49 GMT
The girls here still get small wrist corsages. Thank goodness we haven't gotten on the huge mum bandwagon! I have seen some homecoming and prom-posals in nearby towns. I'd like to decline those as well.
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Post by nicoleq on Oct 18, 2016 21:13:45 GMT
Not a thing here (Phoenix)
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Post by stittsygirl on Oct 18, 2016 21:46:35 GMT
I had never seen them anywhere we've lived before we moved to Texas, and I doubt I'll see them much outside of Texas now. They are pretty big business there though . |
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Post by bdawnb on Oct 23, 2016 13:57:41 GMT
Must be only certain parts of Oklahoma, I've never heard of them outside of here. Well we are right next to the Texas/OK border. Where in Ok are you? Sorry, it's been busy around here and I just saw this question.. I'm in the Tulsa area. They may be doing it now, But it want a thing when my daughter was in school a few years back and I don't hear of it nor see if cross in the pictures from my friends on Facebook either now. |
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