2007-10-08 13:06:12 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Green represents life continuing through the cold white winters of the northern hemisphere and points us to the Christian belief in eternal life through Christ.
Red is a symbol of the blood that Jesus shed at His Crucifixion, reminding us that the baby born that first Christmas came for a definite purpose.
2007-10-08 14:33:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The color symbolizes the blood of man and the green symbolizes divinity. When the two come together, they represent Jesus Christ. Hence why the poinsetta plant is so popular during the Christmas season. It is a visual representation of the coming together of the divine and of man.
2007-10-09 00:30:33 · answer #2 · answered by lisamarie8503 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fire (red) represented hope and green represented boughs of pines. That is all that we know about the traditional colors. They probably have pagan origins as most Christmas and Easter traditions have.
2007-10-08 20:18:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well I 've noticed in really (really ) old christmas card santa(or st nicholas wore green clothes. then when coca cola started advertising with him he was wearing red. So maybe people wanted to add traditon to something modern.
2007-10-08 20:12:06 · answer #4 · answered by @(*0*)@ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
somebody had extra stock of red and green christmas decorations and "sold" them as special.
2007-10-09 01:20:44 · answer #5 · answered by peezim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a great question. I can only guess that these colors meant something in pagan times. So much that we celebrate today has roots in paganism.
2007-10-09 01:26:59 · answer #6 · answered by curious connie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we don't know.
2007-10-08 20:09:13 · answer #7 · answered by W.I.C.K.E.D. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋