Growing up we always popped popcorn and strung it with thread and hung on the Christmas tree - but I have never met anyone else who does this!
Have you???
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I've heard of it but we never did it. Just out of curiosity, why? lol it must just be tradition but who stared that as a thing, ya know?
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We did when we were kids. I think we stopped because once we didn't have cats to keep the rodents away from it.
I would assume it's a tradition that goes back to when people made all their decorations. Corn is fairly inexpensive so it was probably easy to use as a decoration. And food was a popular decoration. That's why we have glass ball ornaments now. They last longer than fruit
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My Mom and Dad do it every single year!!
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@MaryM: ahh, makes sense. I've always wondered!
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@Mamaof2: yes! my mother still does it every year, sometimes with cranberries. after the holidays it would go in the backyard (we had a lot of woods behind our house) for the squirrels before going into the brush fire.
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@MaryM: @Mrs. Sunshine: makes sense - most of our decorations growing up were salt dough ornaments and felt!
@rachiecakes: @Smurfette: fun!! Will you do it with your kids? I haven't yet ....but want to when I think they can handle the needle without poking themselves!
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We did- and cranberries!
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@Mamaof2: Nope! She can help Nonni and Poppi do it.
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@Mamaof2: nah, we have a fake tree and live in the city. I don't want pine needles on our floor, never mind popcorn bits trying to take it off
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yep, did it as a kid sometimes, i've done it myself too.
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We did, as a kid. We also used cranberries!!
I have great memories of doing this, and wish my family continued it!!
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No I love popcorn too much to not eat it!!
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