[tdurden]

Is this really a mystery to you? It is clearly a Christmas thing along with the red/green alternating colors for posts.

[cvoss]

Not all parts of the world observe Christmas, and even then, the traditions vary regionally.

The question may even be referring to the rationale of having HN decorated for Christmas at all, given that it's not universally observed.

[copperx]

I'm kind of curious about the code for alternating red/green. Could anyone share the Lisp/Arc snippet?

[kazinator]

Alternating styling for even/odd elements is doable in CSS.

https://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/007/evenodd.en.html

[greenyoda]

There are large parts of the world where Christmas isn't celebrated, so it's entirely plausible that not everyone recognizes these cultural references.

[tdurden]

Of course.

Given where HN is based, and that the holiday is fairly well known even among those that don't celebrate it, I assumed it was obvious - my mistake.

[tabakd]

ay lmao