The colors of Christmas, 2008

I don't know if I have ever mentioned that it has fallen upon my head to make an announcement every year for the past few years as to the "colors of Christmas" for the year. I'll explain.

Several years ago, I noticed that there was a surplus of green and gold in the Christmas decorations that I was seeing around town. I made the statement to Cindy and Kate that it appeared that the colors of Christmas that year were green and gold. While Cindy was somewhat skeptical, Kate agreed that it appeared that there was a lot of green and gold at Christmas time that year.

Ever since that Christmas time, it has been my stated duty to look around town and try to determine what colors were being used for the colors of Christmas this year. Later we amended my task, so that now, like Mr. Blackwell and other fashion mavens, I make my announcement as to what will be the colors of Christmas for the advent season.

So far, my announcements have been little regarded by most, although Kate has been gracious enough to show some interest and Cindy has made it her duty to find reasons why the announced colors are not the true colors of Christmas of this year.

Nevertheless, I have continued to make my annual declarations. And so this year, Kate called me one evening and asked me what I thought were to be the colors of Christmas for this year. It just so happens that I had been looking at the Baynham coat of arms that morning, and so I decided that perhaps this year, the colors of Christmas would be red and silver.

So with that having been said, I would like everyone to make an effort to utilize the colors of red and silver in their Christmas decorations and packaging. It shouldn't be that difficult, since those colors are ordinarily prevalent at this time of year. At any rate, that's the word for this Christmas season.