What do people do with cinnamon brooms?

[Phentex]

They're for sale everywhere right now. Are they decorations? Why do they need to smell like cinnamon?

:shrug:

[rug]

1. I stick them in a large mug of hot cider.

[Phentex]

7. hmmmm...

maybe in December...

[grasswire]

2. a dreadful ripoff, I suspect

I haven't looked closely at them since they appeared in my supermarket's floral section, but I will today. The scent is awful! They are sprayed with something that isn't real cinnamon.

I have a really cool twig broom hanging on my wall. Made by Gypsy women in Transylvania out of beech twigs, brought to me by a family member who travels to the villages there on humanitarian missions. It's beautiful. Not cinnamon-y though. :-)

[Phentex]

8. well yours sounds neat!

I see these brooms everywhere now and I just wondered why they were so popular.

[spinbaby]

3. It's to sweep up spilled cinnamon?

Honestly, I have no idea.

[Phentex]

9. I don't even know what they're made of...

but I'm guessing they are made in China. *sigh*

[Fleshdancer]

4. I hate them. They make my nose burn

It's a weird fall decorating thing that I've never understood.

[Phentex]

10. the smell is just about

overwhelming. That's why I noticed them. Then I started wondering who buys them?

[Bertha Venation]

5. My sister gets them during the holidays. They make the house smell really good.

Of course, if I had one in my house, Rat Face would probably pee on it.

[Phentex]

11. oh, Rat Face!

With as strong as they are, you'd probably not notice! :)

[EnviroBat]

6. Girlfriend just bought one and hung it on her door.

Makes the house smell great, but they "shed" like crazy. So then you use the broom to sweep up pieces of itself!

[Phentex]

12. What are they made of?

What sheds?

just curious :)

[EnviroBat]

16. I looks like straw or something similar...

For what ever reason, the spindly ends of it come off and fall to the floor.

[Doc_Technical]

13. "I want to live with a Cinnamon Broom,

I can be happy, the rest of my life
with my Cinnamon Broom."

(Sorry Neil)

[City of Mills]

14. Couldn't let this go unnoticed

I LOL'ed!

[Phentex]

15. I laughed too...

I should have expected it.

:D

[ChoralScholar]

17. Well, what else would you sweep up spilled nutmeg with?