Who Colour Coded Christmas ?

Who colour coded Christmas ?

How did red, green and white become the conventional colours of Christmas? 


Dr Spike Bucklow from Cambridge University's Hamilton Kerr Institute is questioning the common belief that the traditional festive shades are a legacy of the Victorians. For the past three years, he has researched the art history of medieval wooden rood screens in churches across Norfolk and Suffolk. 


Here in this short video - from the bright rainbow palette of the 21st Century Christmas - he travels back in time to present a theory on who might have colour-coded Christmas. ( and all this took him three years ??? :-))


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