Ask HN: Why is HN red right now?

Merry Christmas everyone! I'm going to choose not to be cynical about this and wish everyone a happy holiday in a way that is meaningful to them, whether that is with family or alone.

spraak6• 10 years ago

ok I see now, thank you

saycheese• 10 years ago

It's a seasonal theme for Christmas; the numbers on the homepage are also alternating between red & green.

It's not new, here's an example of prior years covering the topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8796932

Happy Holidays!!

Here's a InfoGraph covering some of the meanings of colors around the world: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/f0/e0/c4/f0e0c4efe...

spraak6• 10 years ago

Ah ok, I didn't realize, thank you

hellofunk2• 10 years ago

Today is a very popular holiday in many parts of the world. It's called Christmas, and always occurs on December 25. Red is a common color for that holiday.

spraak6• 10 years ago

Ah I see, thank you for explaining

modin• 10 years ago

It's celebrated on the 25th in many parts of the world, but not all. Swede here, we celebrated 24th.

Also Russia celebrates on January 7th.

hellofunk2• 10 years ago

With Russia, you were talking about orthodox Christmas, which is a slightly different holiday with a slightly different tradition. The word "Orthodox" should be part of the description.

LAMike• 10 years ago

They are celebrating the birth of Jesus

trav4225• 10 years ago

but... that's bigotry!

;)

webmaven• 10 years ago

Because it's Isaac Newton's Birthday! We celebrate the falling of the apple on his head with red and green (both common apple colors).

vram22• 10 years ago

They forgot one color though - blue. Coz his head would be black and blue from the hit from the apple. (We have black already in the text).

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