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A pink and black pompom hat was his signature look, though he was also known to wear cashmere.

Giant red pompom decorations are usually added to the furs.

The event’s rules specifically state the hat must bear a white pompom.

And when her team couldn’t find something, they had it made — like the giant Santa hat that tops the bear statue in Jack’s bar: “It’s hard to find a really giant Santa hat, so I had one of my dressers make one with a pompom topper; there’s all these little tiny little details everywhere.”

And, yes, the squat little rosebush by my front stoop is a pompom of tiny green leaves, and the cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin are nearing peak bloom, but the morning temperature in D.C. still hovers around a frosty 32.