Colors often become associated with holidays through natural connections. Pastel colors are used in spring festivals because of the beauty of the newly forming flowers. Reds, golds, and browns are symbolic of autumn holidays. The Christmas colors are no different. White was a natural choice because of the snow on the ground in the winter time. Reds and greens of winter plants contrast with the white landscape, giving them natural preference as well.
In Christian tradition,these colors take on special meanings:
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| Red |
Christ`s blood shed for our sin on the cross. |
| Green |
Eternal life in Christ. |
| White |
The purity of Christ. |
| Gold |
Christ the Divine |
Red is the color for blood. The world associates red with war, cruelty, and slaughter. The Church sees red as a meet color for her martyrs. It reminds us of the wounds of Christ and the stripes by which we are healed Red is for us a remembrance of the everflowing fount of divine love and forgiveness.
Green is the color of nature, growth, the fields, hope and spring. At Christmas time, as during ancient winter festivals, green indicates our hope that spring will return and reign victorious over winter. Green spring brings life, but eternal frost and winter brings death. Green signifies the abundant providence of nature in the woods and in the fields. It brings us joy, love, and tranquillity. It is the color of women and the planet earth in their roles of bringing forth children and plants. |
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