What colours remind you of Christmas?

JOBURG – Here are is a list of colours most commonly attributed to Christmas time.

Christmas has come to be associated with not only specific items used to decorate but for its colours too.

According to WhyChristmas.Com most of the colours associated with this time have various meanings in varying countries’ traditions and customs.

Here is what the site said about each of the following colours link to Christmas:

Green
Evergreen plants, like Holly, Ivy and Mistletoe have been used for thousands of years to decorate.

The Romans would exchange evergreen branches during January as a sign of good luck. The ancient Egyptians used to bring palm branches into their houses during the mid-winter festivals.

In many parts of Europe during the middle ages, Paradise plays were performed, often on Christmas Eve. They told Bible stories to people who couldn’t read. The ‘paradise tree’ in the Garden of Eden in the play was normally a pine tree with red apples tied to it.
Now the most common use of green at Christmas is for Christmas Trees.

Red
Early use of red at Christmas were the apples on the paradise tree. They represented the fall of Adam in plays.

The colour of holly berries, which is said to represent the blood of Jesus when he died on the cross as well the colour of bishops’ robes. These would have been worn by St Nicholas and then it also became Father Christmas’s uniform.

Gold
Five pointed gold star. Gold was also one of the presents brought to the baby Jesus by one of the wise men and traditionally it’s the colour used to show the star that the wise men followed.

White
A snowflake. White is often associated with purity and peace in western cultures. The snow of winter is also very white.
White paper wafers were also sometimes used to decorate paradise trees. The wafers represented the bread eaten during Christian Communion or Mass when Christians remember that Jesus died for them. It is used by most churches as the colour of Christmas when the altar is covered with a white cloth.

Blue
Mary being visited by the Angel. The colour blue is often associated with Mary, the mother of Jesus. In medieval times blue dye and paint were more expensive than gold. So it would only be worn by Royal families and very rich people. Mary was often painted wearing blue to show she was very important. It can represent the sky.

Purple
During Advent, purple and sometimes blue is used in some churches for the colour of the altar cloth.

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