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How Homecoming Mums Became a Texas Tradition Mum's the Word This homecoming tradition didn't start in Texas, but we made it bigger By Julia Jones If you went to high school in Texas, you've seen them: extravagant faux chrysanthemums done up in glitter, lights, and stuffed mascots, with ribbons and braids trickling down.


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The popularity of mums in Texas dates back to the early 1900s, when Baylor University hosted Texas' first recorded homecoming celebration. It started with a simple flower, the chrysanthemum. This widely grown flower is immediately recognizable with its close-clustered petals.


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Mums, short for chrysanthemums, are a long-held homecoming tradition that has grown bigger since the first one was seen at Baylor University in 1936, according to Texas Highways. The flowers.


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Updated: Oct 14, 2022 / 01:36 PM CDT TEXAS (KXAN) — In the thick of Texas homecoming season, many high schoolers will give and receive traditional homecoming mums — faux chrysanthemums.


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Updated: 3 p.m. Sept. 28, 2021 Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle A "mum" by definition is a noun meaning "a cultivated chrysanthemum," which is a daisy-like flower with brightly colored ornamental.


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It has been said that the very first homecoming mums appeared in Texas in the 1930s. Back in those days, and for many, many years to follow, the Texas Homecoming mums were made with the real thing. A simple chrysanthemum is given by the male high school student to his female companion (aka girlfriend). themumshop The Mum Shop View profile


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Texas Teen Wins Homecoming King 1 Year After Sustaining Traumatic Brain Injury on Football Field The 18-foot steel-backed tower featured ribbons designed by students in the advanced floral.


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The J.J. Pearce High School homecoming football game was underway on a hot, breezy Friday night. Up in the bleachers, tubas swayed from side to side as if waving hello, and bare backs rippled.


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According to Texas Highways, the first mums were worn at homecoming in Missouri in 1911. The tradition became popular in Texas in the 1930s when Baylor University hosted the first-ever homecoming celebration in the state. Back in the day, a mum was a simple chrysanthemum with a few ribbons that would be pinned to a girl's clothing.


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By the 1960's, Texas high schools had embraced the college-inspired homecoming game and the mum corsage. While my mother, graduating in 1966 from Brazosport High School, doesn't recall the prominence of homecoming mums, a photograph from her 8th-grade year, around 1960, suggests otherwise.


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In this KHOU 11+ special, we explore the fascinating world of homecoming mums: a Texas-sized tradition that's as vibrant as the people who create and wear them. More than bells and bows.


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At Peace, Love and Mums, a single mum averages about $200. Some girls purchase mums that cost upwards of $600. The extraordinary intricacy of the Texas homecoming mum ritual isn't just limited.


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Homecoming mums today typically include a large flower centerpiece with tons of ribbons, charms, cowbells, jingle bells, stuffed animals, and even LED lights. What a sparkly senior mum!.


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In one Texas private school homecoming pep rally, a group of girls wore school-colored T-shirts with the words "We gave our mum money to charity" printed across the front of them.


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Why are Texas homecoming mums so huge? Here's how the tradition came to be. By Monique Welch, Houston Chronicle Updated Sep 13, 2023 12:12 p.m. Clear Lake homecoming mums hang on the rail.


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The homecoming "mum" began as a sweet Texan token of affection given to a girl by her date in honor of the high school homecoming football game and surrounding events. Often in-season during the early fall months in Texas, chrysanthemums became the unofficial flower of high school homecoming events.