Although there is a long history of using red and green colors during the winter months and the Christmas holiday, it didn’t take off here in the United States until the early 1900s.

Following is a transcript of the video. Arielle Eckstut: So there is no definitive history of the colors of Christmas.It's not like one day red and green were declared the colors. There's a long ...

Although there’s a long history of using red and green colors during the winter months and the Christmas holiday, it didn’t take off here in the United States until the early 1900s.

The Victorian Touch. Red and green’s status as Christmas colors was further solidified during the Victorian era. Many of the customs we now associate with Christmas, such as decorating with ...

Red and green were Christmas colors well before Coke was being sold as Santa’s favorite beverage. For instance, an 1896 newspaper mentions, “The decoration of the hall was as unique and ...

An 1896 article in the Indianapolis Journal, for instance, notes that "the Christmas colours, red and green, prevailed" in the decor of a December debutante ball.

The main building of Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – Riverside is covered in classic Christmas decorations for the 2024 ...

But the Celts’ use of holly isn’t the only reason red and green colors are so prominent during the Christmas season today. There are also religious connections, specifically throughout ...