Homecoming season has arrived in Texas, and students are once again going all out for the traditional homecoming mums! Everything is bigger in Texas — including homecoming decorations and traditions.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- If you're looking for a simple homecoming mum, then you're out of luck. These days, there's no such thing. While some of the traditional ones include the flower as a center ...

In the heart of Texas, a tradition blossomed, one that encompasses the essence of the Lone Star State, where everything is, indeed, bigger. What started as a simple token of affection from a teen boy ...

Everything is bigger in Texas! Including the traditions. Mums, short for chrysanthemums, are a long-held homecoming tradition that has grown bigger since the first one was seen at Baylor University in ...

GRAPEVINE --It's the most iconic Texas homecoming tradition, and no one knows it better than one Grapevine woman who has been designing mums for over 30 years. Cecilia Valudos, the owner of Regal ...

With the start of the school year comes the return of extravagant homecoming decorations and traditions. But one North Texas mom decided to shake things up by starting a new trend: homecoming mums — ...

Apparently, homecoming mums are the word in Louisiana and Texas. If you or your child has ever gone to homecoming, you may have seen, or perhaps even received, a homecoming mum. Mums were originally ...

They say everything is bigger in Texas – that includes the Texas high school tradition of the homecoming mum. Mums, short for chrysanthemums, are a long-standing homecoming tradition that have grown ...

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The tradition of homecoming mums originated in Missouri, which also hosted the first-ever homecoming football game in 1911, according to Texas Highways. But Texans are known for making things bigger ...

More than bells and bows Social media spotlights mum culture Look up “homecoming mums” on social media and you'll turn up quite a variety of posts. High school girls from one end of Texas to the other ...