When Christmas rolls around every year, our vision is bombarded with reds and greens everywhere we go. They are the traditional colors, yes, but they can become mundane and redundant over time.

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.

Eckstut’s research found that holly, with its green leaves and red berries, long played a role in winter solstice celebrations that predate the spread of Christmas. But despite those deep roots ...

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 ...

Victorians used a lot of different color palettes, and even put Santa in blue and green robes. Thanks to Coca-Cola, things got a lot more uniform after 1931.

Learn about the history and meaning behind traditional Christmas colors: red, green, gold, white and purple. Experts explain their origins and significace.