Colours Of Christmas ~ White

White is a symbol of purity.  It's associated with Christmas because of the purity and innocence of Jesus.

It is also considered to be special if snow falls on Christmas day and covers the place in a shroud of white.

Bing crosby's famous White Christmas is one of the most recorded Christmas Songs of all time.

With the modern interior, white is perfect for Christmas colour scheme.  

Christmas weddings often have this sort of Narnia look, with white trees and branches decorating the tables.

Colours Of Christmas ~ Silver

As a child I grew up with a silver tinsel Christmas Tree.  It was beautiful (in the eyes of a small child) Sparkley and shiney.  Of course, it eventually went out of fashion and our family moved on to embrace the "real tree's"
Silver is a colour long associated with Christmas and is probably derived from the sparkiling effect of snow and ice.

Vintage silvered glass decorations

Colours of Christmas ~ Red

Red is a colour long associated with Christmas.  Red is a sacred colour often associated with the Blood of Jesus Christ.  It was felt that holly was a specially blessed with it's bright red berries and this was often brought from the hedgerows and forests to decorate houses.

In 1931 Coca Cola took the figure of Santa (which had developed from Saint Nicholas  A man clad in deep green) and dressed him up in their corporate colours.  This is the figure we now most think of.

Red is a special colour that the human eye actually recognises before it sees the other colours.  So it's striking nature means we are attracted to it.

In Mexico Poinsettia's feature heavily in Christmas decorations and in the next post I'll tell you why!

Card by Shirley who sells the templates needed to create them

Another red we associate with Christmas is the red of the robins breast which is actually an orange toned red) and post boxes.  These red items are often included in designs for cards and decorations.

Card by Shirley who sells the templates needed to create them