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Depending on
which holiday or holidays you celebrate, you may be decorating your home
with various colors of the season.
Traditional
Christmas colors of red and green hark back to Europe’s holly and ivy
plants that remained green through the winter and reminded people of the
promise of spring even in the darkest days of the year.
Emerald green of the heart chakra
denotes the love we feel during the holidays and reminds us to make
space for peaceful contemplation in the midst of the busyness. Red can
be seen as the energy that makes all things sacred through our
intention, another reminder of the deeper connections underlying the
celebratory activities and events of the season |
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Decorations for the
Jewish festival of lights, Hanukah, feature the colors white and blue.
While the holiday itself celebrates the rededication of the temple
following miraculous 8-days’ lighting of the temple flame with only one
days’ oil, there seems to be no religious significance to the colors
blue and white; however, the colors are considered traditional as in the
Israeli flag. We can appreciate the expansive nature of the colors,
e.g., blue of the oceans and the vast sky, the throat chakra color of
communication, manifestation and peace; white, containing all colors,
points to the brilliance of the creative force – the spark of light --
in all things.
During Kwanzaa,
African Americans and Africans everywhere celebrate their African
heritage. According to the official
website of
Kwanzaa, the colors of the holiday are “black for the people, red
for their struggle, and green for the future and hope that comes from
their struggle.” We can appreciate the symbolism of these colors –
black for signifying the vast potential behind all of creation; red of
the foundational root chakra that connects each of us with our unique
and shared heritage; green as the symbol of love within and the nature
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