Pumpkin

Pumpkins are just one of the orange items that we use to represent Halloween

Halloween Colors

The colors Orange and Black are the two dominant colors that are used during the celebration of Halloween. The color orange was decided apon due to the celebration of autumn. Orange is the most prevelant color during the fall season. It also has been concluded that the color orange repesents endurance and strength. As for the color black, it is more of a dark/evil color. Halloween has been known to be a holiday of the dead. Also, since Halloween is celebrated after dark, the color black repesents both death and darkness.

Halloween

Halloween is the one of the oldest holidays still celebrated today. It's one of the most popular holidays, second only to Christmas. While millions of people celebrate Halloween without knowing its origins and myths, the history and facts of Halloween make the holiday more fascinating.

Halloween is on October 31st, the last day of the Celtic calendar. It was originally a pagan holiday, honoring the dead. Halloween was referred to as All Hallows Eve and dates back to over 2000 years ago.

All Hallows Eve is the evening before All Saints Day, which was created by Christians to convert pagans, and is celebrated on November 1st. The Catholic church honored saints on this designated day.

Halloween culture can be traced back to the Druids, a Celtic culture in Ireland, Britain and Northern Europe. Roots lay in the feast of Samhain, which was annually on October 31st to honor the dead.

Samhain signifies "summers end" or November. Samhain was a harvest festival with huge sacred bonfires, marking the end of the Celtic year and beginning of a new one. Many of the practices involved in this celebration were fed on superstition.

The Celts believed the souls of the dead roamed the streets and villages at night. Since not all spirits were thought to be friendly, gifts and treats were left out to pacify the evil and ensure next years crops would be plentiful. This custom evolved into trick-or-treating.

SOURCE:http://www.halloween-website.com/history.htm

Holly Berry

Holly is used throughout the Christmas season, because of it's colors. This plant has both colors, green and red,which are used to represent Christmas.

Evergreen Tree

This is a picture of an Evergreen tree, surviving through the winter. The evergreen tree is used during Christmas usually as a Christmas Tree, that we decorate. This tree represents eternal life. The color green,as well, represents eternal life and this is why we use the color green to represent Christmas.

Christmas Colors

The colors that we see most during the Christmas holiday, are red, green, and white. It has been said that the American culture uses the color green because it represents eternal life. Eternal life is associated with the eternal life of Christ, after he is born. Also, the evergreen tree is associated with the color green, as well as eternal life. The evergreen tree is a tree that lives all year long. As for the color red it is used to symbolize the blood of Christ that he splits to redeem ourselves of sin. The color white is used to represent the purity of Christ.

Christmas

Christmas is one of the major holidays that is celebrated every year in America. This holiday, like many others, has many items that symbolize Christmas as well as colors. red, green and white are the dominant colors that we use during this holiday. Christmas is a religious holiday in which it's believed that our savior; Jesus Christ was born. Considering, the religious background of Christmas, the colors that were chosen to represent Christmas are based on the religious aspect of this holiday.