Every fall, the State Fair of Texas draws in millions of people to enjoy the rides, games, food and football. Football will remain a main attraction for the next decade and a half.
It is not just incredibly popular and common, it is most likely a decoration you have used not just for Christmas, but also every other holiday you celebrate in your home.
You can immediately see where Lone Star Staters would get defensive by the prospect of being called rude. Sure, we don't have a hipster verb like Midwest Nice to describe our residents, but we do have, "Bless your heart."