Palmistry

It's Palm Sunday in the Catholic faith. When I was a kid and forced to attend church, it added a welcome novelty to the usual boring service in that they'd give out palm leaves. These could vary a lot in size/shape and had sometimes been painstakingly woven into little crosses by anonymous devoted parishoners. We'd play with them, then take 'em home to stick behind a religious icon or whatever until we decided they were too deteriorated to keep. I wonder if the tradition is as strong today.