2007-12-01 17:38:44 · 11 answers · asked by WonderKate 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Green comes from evergreens which have been used since ancient times to celebrate the winter solstice. In the early days of the Roman Catholic Church when the pagan rituals of the winter solstice were merged into the celebration of Christ's birth evergreens continued to be used. In winter solstice celebrations evergreens symbolized life that survived through the long, dark winters. The Christians thought of green as symbolizing the hope for eternal life that Jesus offers.
A commonly accepted explanation for the use of red and green is based on a historical fact. Back in the 1300's Adam and Eve's day was celebrated on Christmas Eve. Churches in those days presented a lot of plays because most people were illiterate. The plays were focused on religious stories of importance to the church and were called miracle plays. On Adam and Eve's day the play was called the paradise play and portrayed what happened in the garden of eden. There wasn't an apple tree available in the winter so they made one by tying apples to a pine tree and it served as the tree that bore the forbidden fruit. This pine tree with the red apples eventually became a tradition in all churches and was used in their Christmas celebrations every year.
The tree became known as the Paradise Tree and soon people began erecting pine trees in their own homes during the holiday season decorated with red apples. This began the tradition of Christmas trees and the most popular explanation for the use of the colors of red and green for the holidays.
Another explanation is that green symbolizes the hope Jesus gave us through his sacrifice and is the color of evergreens which stay alive all year. Red is said to symbolize the blood of Christ in this explanation. The blood was shed by Jesus so that people could be saved and when combined with green it expresses the hope of our redemption through Christ sacrifice.
2007-12-01 17:54:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would guess it is because of Holly berries that are usually associtated with Christmas, which have red berries and green leaves.
Or red from Santa's clothes and the green of the Christmas tree.
2007-12-01 17:43:42 · answer #2 · answered by christiantrekkie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Red is because of Santa's suit and green is because it's a cool color
2007-12-01 17:42:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was at a wedding last year that was a few days after Christmas. Nearly all the women wore black. I think any other color besides black would not be over represented.
2016-03-19 03:15:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because trees are green and red is complimentary to green for decorations.
2007-12-01 17:41:43 · answer #5 · answered by moondrop000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
aha could it be that green is symbol of evergreen such as xmas trees and other festive plants (before the days of tinsel and glitter that is all people had to decorate with) and that red is symbolic of the blood of christ?
2007-12-01 17:42:44 · answer #6 · answered by swayisonline 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.cvc.org/christmas/daniels1/index.htm
2007-12-01 17:41:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a secret
2007-12-01 17:41:25 · answer #8 · answered by it's me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO IDEA!! I can't wait to see what people say. Good question.
2007-12-01 17:40:56 · answer #9 · answered by Tom from the Top 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you really wanna know its mexican colors lol
2007-12-01 17:46:38 · answer #10 · answered by ninaross 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋