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Special Christmas Edition

Special Christmas Edition

A forbidden colour between red and green

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Dec 24, 2021
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I thought I would write something about the true meaning of Christmas colours maybe starting with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and its pre-Christian roots in Druid sun worship with the Holly King battling the Oak King on the winter solstice, but getting to the bottom of the meaning of colours, especially for some belief system of the past, seems to b…

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