The Horn of Plenty: A Questionable Piece of Decor
OK, it’s Thanksgiving. I get that. Everyone knows of my severe and utter dislike of anything inflatable, but there is one other decoration that gives me chills down my spine and that’s…the horn of plenty. In my opinion, the horn of plenty is just too much and if you have an inflatable horn of plenty, then you are officially my arch nemesis.It’s on pictures, wall hangings and even a few enterprising crafters out there like to actually create one and stick it on their dinner table. What exactly is the horn of plenty, besides ugly as sin? It’s some sort of horn like the guy blows in the Ricola commercials, but filled with food. It’s supposed to represent…well…plenty.
You always see them in pictures of the pilgrims and the Native Americans as they sat around the Thanksgiving dinner table. First of all, exactly what kind of horn is this? It looks like a mix between a crueller and the fried goodness of a Bugle. Secondly, who really would fill this thing with food. I mean it doesn’t look remotely sanitary regardless of what it’s made from. Maybe it should be called the horn of e.coli.
Still, despite this rather farcical display of unsanitary insanity, the horn of plenty, also called a Cornucopia, has become a Thanksgiving staple. I’ve seen people buy whole sets at craft stores complete with a bevy or plastic fruit and more than one homemade papier mache version and sadly fresh fruit.
There are so many alternatives to the horn of plenty. Why not go for some humorous turkey decorations, fresh fall flowers or crafts made from fallen leaves. Those are always beautiful. A giant fruit-filled horn, no matter what the color, just looks creepy in my opinion.
Do you really think that the pilgrims and the Native Americans took the time to arrange fruit tastefully in a giant horn? Probably not, they were too busy eating the food and debating the benefits of the bow and arrow over the flint lock.
So, this Thanksgiving, take a break for the horn and stick with something more classical. I like to keep the papier mache down to a bare minimum as a rule, unless my kids need a dinosaur craft for school.
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