Often awarded for sporting events, from youth sports to professional level athletics. Tangible, durable reminder of a specific achievement, and serves as recognition or evidence of merit.
Lanterns originated as a protective enclosure for a light source - usually a candle - to make it easier to carry and hang up, and more practical outdoors or in drafty interiors such as passages and staircases where unguarded candles were more likely to be blown out by gusts of air - not just from wind but even opening a door.
Long, Narrow Plastic Balloons That Are Used as Promotional Noise Makers. the Noise Is Created When Two Thundersticks Are Struck Together. They Are Most Often Used at Sporting Events, Political Rallies and Concerts.