Stop by this Make & Take Open House between 11am and 2pm to create your own Pomander, also known as cloved orange, to add the smell of the holidays to your home or share with a friend! The pomander is a traditional Christmas ornament and New Year’s gift. The word pomander comes from French pomme (which means apple, also the root of Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruits, and pommel, the decorative hilt of a word or dagger) and ambre. Ambre derives from either ambergris, an early perfume ingredient or another one of its meanings: golden in color.