The Color(s) of Christmas

Deadpool makes with a beefcake pose as he sports his green cap and usual red togs making with the Christmas colors.

Of all the hues in the color spectrum, only a few symbolize the holiday and only two are unmistakably Christmas.

Red and green date back to pre-Christmas and solstice. Celtics believed holly wreaths brought prosperity and good fortune. The colors continued even after the plants became nostalgia.

For the believer, the wreath became symbolic of the “crown” of thorns forced on Christ’s head prior to his crucifixion. The red symbolized the blood spilt.

In the 1930’s, the Coca-Cola company commissioned Michigan-born artist Haddon Sundblom to create a (then) modern Santa Claus. His red suit mirrored the Coke can while green lettering spelled out ad copy.

In addition to red and green are gold, blue and white. Gold represents the gift to the Christ child, blue Mother Mary’s robes and white the purity of Christ.