Yesterday, I noticed these Christmas colors at the hospital where I do group and individual therapy.
That inspired me to notice more Christmas colors throughout the day.
Sometimes I get distracted by colors. For example, yesterday I picked up the wrong Christmas-colored cup at Starbucks when I thought I heard a barista call my name.
In green-and-red Boston, “Ian” sounds a lot like “Ann.” I returned that purloined Pumpkin Spiced Latte, and here’s my correctly colored cup of Chai Tea:
Does anybody — in Boston or elsewhere — know the history of Christmas colors being green and red?
I suppose I could use Christmas-colored Google to find out, but I’d rather show you some other colors I saw yesterday:
Which colors seem the most like Christmas, to you? Right now, I’d choose those black-and-white hand-written thoughts, from my long-time friend Jerry.
Finally, here’s gratitude and a Christmas song with colors for Jerry, for you, and for all my other readers.