Musing on how nothing says Christmas like cash.
It’s been a long day. Fun – but long.
Got home from football banquet tonight to help my son finish decorating a paper wreath to hand in tomorrow.
Each first grader was given a piece of green construction paper with the shape of a wreath on it — to decorate to hang in the halls.
I got the bright idea to “pomp it.” I think that’s what we called scrunching up tissue paper, dipping it in glue and putting it on an object to stand up. Larger pomps were crammed into chicken wire for decorating high school and college parade floats.
In high school, I could pomp with the best of them.
Here’s my son’s wreath.
See glue and tissue paper.
I thought it was turning out okay.
There was only one object he insisted stay on the wreath (even after I suggested we cover it up with pomps).
“No. It’s cool.”
So instead of a red bow at the bottom of our pomp wreath here’s what my first grader wanted.
Yep. That’s what’s going to be gracing the halls of school.
I really can’t think of a question to leave you with.
Maybe….ever use paper cash in your Christmas decorations?
Is “pomping a wreath” anything like “pimping a ride” ? If so…you could probably have a new reality show!
I googled pomping….actually pomp as a noun was the correct term. Now they even have “green” pomps, not to be confused with regular old green bad-for-the-environment tissue paper ones.
No doubt that he’s my son!