44" Red & Gold "Merry Christmas" Banner

Some holiday greetings whisper. This one sings. Bold red and shimmering gold letters spell out the season's favorite phrase across 44 inches of festive cheer. Drape it over a mantel, swag it across a doorway, or wind it through the tree branches. It's light enough to hang just about anywhere and handsome enough to earn a spot front and center.

"Merry Christmas" has been at this a long time. Its earliest known written use turns up in a 1534 letter from Bishop John Fisher to Thomas Cromwell. The phrase really took off in 1843, when Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol and Sir Henry Cole sent the first commercial Christmas card, which wished its recipients "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year." The colors have deep roots too: red for holly berries and hearth fires, and gold for the gifts the Magi carried to Bethlehem. Nearly five centuries on, the message still lands just right.

• Material — 100% polyester
• Dimensions — 44 inches (111.8 cm) long
• Colors — classic red and metallic gold lettering
• Styling — drapes easily over trees, mantels, doorways and staircases
• Durability — built to come back out of the storage bin year after year