Why is Christmas colors red and green when Santa's suit is red and white?
2007-01-20 14:13:57 · 8 answers · asked by system error 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Red and green were the colors used in the pagan holiday Yule, when the christians were trying to convert the pagans they adopted certain holidays to make the transition easier. Green stands for the forest or the horned one, where red, I believe stands for the goddess. Santa...I can't totally help you with, he was adopted from Norse religions, where there is a good santa and a bad santa lol. The bad one is known as the christmas Krampus
2007-01-20 14:23:00 · answer #1 · answered by Kass 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Santa used to have many different colours until the Coca Cola bought the rights to use him in their ads:
http://www.icubed.com/~colagrrl/xmas.htm
"In 1931, the Coca-Cola Company commissioned Chicago illustrator Haddon Sundblom to develop the image of a human-like Santa Claus, based on the positive public response to a magazine advertisement for Coca-Cola depicting such a character that appeared in late 1930. Prior to Sundblom's first rendition in 1931, people envisioned Santa Claus as leprechaun-like, or as a queer mixture of a gnome and a bishop. Over the next third of a century, Sundblom's Santa would be embraced by the public worldwide, and become a holiday tradition."
2007-01-20 14:27:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it would look stupid with Santa being Red and Green. The white trim makes him stick out with that little glow to him.
Besides some people have white Christmas trees.
2007-01-24 10:25:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
using fact it would look stupid with Santa being purple and eco-friendly. The white trim makes him stick out with that little glow to him. as nicely some human beings have white Christmas wood.
2016-10-31 21:16:06 · answer #4 · answered by canevazzi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps red for the blood of Jesus and green for His everlasting love - like an evergreen tree.
2007-01-21 09:01:47 · answer #5 · answered by rosemary w 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas tree and santa.....but i dont get it either- thats italy!
2007-01-20 14:17:27 · answer #6 · answered by luhb u much!! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its just the way things are.
2007-01-20 14:21:12 · answer #7 · answered by da_hammerhead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What's the significance ??
2007-01-20 14:20:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋