For December’s monthly color challenge, we will explore the traditional red and green colors we tend to see in abundance during the holiday season.
Do you decorate your home or yard for the Holidays? If you have followed my blog for any length, you know I love decorating my house for any occasion. Christmas is no exception and I tend to go overboard.
But not this year, and I will explain why later. But first, let’s talk about why red and green are popular color choices.
History of the Colors Red and Green Displayed During the Holiday Season
According to The Fact Site and Country Living:
In Christianity, it is taught that the red represents the blood of Jesus when He was crucified, and the green represents the eternal life of Jesus like an evergreen tree.
Some people claim it comes from holly bushes, as they thrive at that time of year. Ancient Celtic people believed that holly plants, with their red berries and dark green leaves, brought beauty and good fortune during the winter solstice.
Modern advertising has promoted the red and green colors we associate with Christmas during the holiday season. Blue, gold, and white are also popular colors.
Decorating with Red and Green
“With red, you feel. With blue, you think. With green, you do.” ~ Mehmet Murat ildan
Here are some examples of using the colors red and green for holiday decorating. Both images were snapped at the homes of family and friends who displayed Christmas villages.
My sister-in-law always has a wonderful table set for Christmas Eve. It is magical to not only enjoy the decorations but also the food and company of family.
Lights are a popular decor choice outside and on the tree.
“An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight… the truly wise person is colorblind.” ~ Albert Schweitzer
Red and Green in Nature
“…the winter is kind and leaves red berries on the boughs for hungry sparrows…”
― John Geddes
This red Medinilla plant makes for a festive decoration. (Snapped at Hawaii Tropical Bioreserve and Garden)
“Where flowers bloom so does hope.” — Lady Bird Johnson
I received this beautiful Christmas-themed bouquet for my birthday last week 🎂
I really admire the delivery drivers this time of year. This bouquet was delivered to my front porch in the rain. Where else would they leave this?
I chose a more minimalist holiday decor this year. We will be snowbirds in Arizona during the entire month of January, and I don’t want to come home and see Christmas in all its red and green glory when we return in early February.
Hope you like my winter forest Christmas Tree 🎄😉
“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale
Inspiring Photo Challenges This Week
Each week I find inspiration from my fellow bloggers’ photo challenges. I enjoy incorporating these into my Sunday Stills weekly themes.
- Cee’s Flower of the Day
- Johnbo’s CellPic Sunday
- Lens-Artists: Magical
- Marsha’s Wednesday Quotes: Admiration
Sunday Stills Photo Challenge Reminders
The Sunday Stills weekly-themed photo challenge is easy to join. You have all week to share and link your post.
- Remember to title your blog post a little differently than mine.
- Please create a new post for the theme or link a recent one.
- Entries for this theme can be posted all week.
- Tag your post “Sunday Stills.”
- Don’t forget to create a pingback to this post so that other participants can read your post.
- I also recommend adding your post’s URL to the comments.
This Week’s Featured Bloggers
Sunday Stills is a wonderful community of bloggers, poets, artists, and photographers who desire to connect with one another. Below are this week’s links from bloggers who shared their photos of RED and GREEN. I add these all week as new links are posted.
- YOUR BLOG’S NAME GOES HERE:
- The 59 Club
- Always Write
- Beachwalk Reflections: Green
- Beachwalk Reflections: Red
- Between the Lines
- Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
- The Day After
- Deb’s World
- The Dog Lady’s Den
- Easin’ Along Image shared in comments
- Equipoise Life Image shared in comments
- Flights of the Soul
- Frost on the Moose Dung
- Geriatrix Fotogallery
- Graham’s Island
- Horse Addict
- Hugh’s Views and News
- LadyLee Manila
- Light Words
- Mom with a Blog
- Natalie the Explorer
- In Primo Piano–Photos
- Quaint Revival
- Roberta Writes
- Stevie Turner
- This is Another Story
- Travels and Trifles
- Travels With Ali
- Two Trails One Road
- Walkin’ Writin’ Wit and Whimsy
- Woolly Muses
- The World is a Book
Upcoming calendar for December and early January:
- Dec 17 Festive
- Dec 24 No Challenge—Merry Christmas!
- Dec 31 2023 Year in Review
- Jan 7 No Challenge
I can’t wait to see how you interpret the various shades of RED and GREEN this week. You can also share just red or just green if you prefer. Join me next week as we celebrate the theme FESTIVE!
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