New Theme: Vermilion Christmas
We’ve got a pretty slick new holiday theme for you guys. Like Christmas lights, holiday themes are perfectly tasteful on your blog until January 2nd. (Though I’m not one to talk, my lights are up almost all year.)
Here’s a preview of the theme:
It has widget support, so you can customize the sidebar to your liking.
You may also notice we’ve put some snowflakes in the WordPress.com header above. I hope everyone is having a happy holiday season. 
December 21st, 2006 at 11:50 pm
Now that’s an excellent theme!
Well done Matt!
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:04 am
Looks nice. I think it’d be great for tourist websites to use this one.
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:06 am
I like what I am using right now but wanted to say I do think this is very pretty. Good job
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:11 am
i really love WP
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:13 am
Very Pretty – I think I might just be tempted !
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:13 am
Very nice looking
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:21 am
Love the delicious, sugary effects in the header. Makes me feel like I’m in the forest!
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:31 am
Great theme, though like all things Christmas it needs to be packed away before the 6th of January!
Until then it will have pride of place on my personal blog
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:43 am
Looks great! Really Christmasy and all (: Merry Christmas everyone!
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:47 am
purdy!
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:53 am
My blog is for my own ‘tales of the macabre’ but I’m using this theme for the holidays … See I hang little mummies and shrunken heads from Ye Olde Curiousity Shoppe in Seattle on my Christmas Tree so I guess you could say DO I like to get into the “spirit” of things.
Har, har…anyway I love the colors and I really love the fonts and sidebar on the left.
Anita Marie
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:56 am
A warm colour – YES! ****kisses**** for that kewl dude in the Santa hat.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:06 am
Looks fantastic, I’m using it now to reflect the joyous holiday spirits.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:07 am
thank you! thank you! thank you! and happy holidays to you!
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:16 am
very festive indeed!!!
does this mean we can all look forward to other seasonal themes??
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:23 am
love it can we keep it
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:27 am
I love it, I’m already using it!
And hey, keep it up with the themed templates – I like to change once in a while so I’ll be checking for new ones.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:39 am
I love it! I’ll keep it around for the holidays, thanks
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:48 am
I love this, it is the very best. So, only until Jan 2nd?
Thanks for this, it really is great!
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:48 am
Simply fantastic… and Christmasy of course
Great job!
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:06 am
Loving the theme and the snowflakes!
Eoin
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:56 am
cool.. very nice theme.. I love it.
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:16 am
great theme. usually i am accustomed to the Regulus or Blix theme, but this is a good change for my blog [for the holidays]. WordPress.com have outdone themselves again.
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:51 am
I might keep that one a little past Christmas.
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:56 am
This is a wonderful theme. It renders well in both Firefox 2.0 & IE. Thank you very much!
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:14 am
I think it’s great, but question its effectiveness in mid-February. Any chance of another set of graphics or customizable header graphic perhaps …
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:38 am
This is wonderful! The colors are so vibrant.
Any chance of making a non-christmas one for the rest of the year?
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:45 am
Beautiful! I’m stuck in a bit of a comfortable rut but come February, I may just switch it up!
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:45 am
Well, if you are not reading my mind, then your are one conglomerate genius.
That is all I have to say (for now at any rate)!!!
Oh, yes, that, and…
THANK YOU AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYBODY, EVERYWHERE!!!!
(Did I almost forgotted that???!)
–g
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:46 am
oh, and I did notice and have appreciated the snowflakes in the WP header.
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:55 am
Hmmm, I just got done completing the graphics on my blog. Nice theme though!
December 22nd, 2006 at 5:21 am
Nice colors.. it would be great if there is an option for changing the header image!!!
December 22nd, 2006 at 6:26 am
well, what can i say! Merry Christmas!
December 22nd, 2006 at 7:06 am
Nice theme,
and keep rocking the santa hat, matt
December 22nd, 2006 at 7:46 am
Nice theme [Nice photo as well! I like Santa!
] I’m gonna put it up my blog for the festivities but alas will switch back to PressRow. There’s none like it out there.. 
December 22nd, 2006 at 7:48 am
Very nice !!! But if only it would show the author of the post…
December 22nd, 2006 at 7:51 am
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Guys!
December 22nd, 2006 at 7:51 am
Ho man! The looks are awesome. Very themed.
Merry Merry Christmas! Thanks.
December 22nd, 2006 at 7:55 am
I like this one even better. Thank you and Happy Holidays to you and yours.
December 22nd, 2006 at 8:31 am
Nice Theme that! Festive season is almost upon us and itz about time we jazzed up our blogs a bit!
~~Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year~~
December 22nd, 2006 at 8:43 am
well done. good looking
December 22nd, 2006 at 9:04 am
I like it but it keeps changing my word format.
Otherwise I like it.
December 22nd, 2006 at 9:10 am
Wow…pretty! I love the snowflakes in the wordpress header!
December 22nd, 2006 at 9:15 am
Amazzzzing~!!!!!!
I love this one so much~~
I like new-theme-release day.
December 22nd, 2006 at 9:22 am
Nice theme Matt,and yes we did notice the festive season in the WordPress.com header.It looks absolutely stunning.
I hope all the administrators,bloggers and readers have a wonderful Christmas and an excellent New Year.
December 22nd, 2006 at 10:08 am
Good theme I like it!
December 22nd, 2006 at 10:18 am
thx man, i was looking for a Christmast theme ..
December 22nd, 2006 at 10:24 am
Very nice theme, could be fun to use it this Christmas
Where is the Snow-Princess though?
December 22nd, 2006 at 10:55 am
And the colours and fonts.
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:52 am
lovely lovely theme
10x , right on-time for cristmass
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:08 pm
Really nice
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:35 pm
Just in time for the holidays.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:52 pm
Very nice!! Thank you. I like it.
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:28 pm
Merry XMas/Happy New Year for WP team and all WP users! Keep your great work in 2007!
Thanks!
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:31 pm
Three words – FAB-U-LOUS!!
Finally, something besides blue!! YAY!!
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:37 pm
That’s pretty cool. Thanks for the hard work. Have a very Merry Christmas!
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:37 pm
There is something funky going on with the header in IE7. It looks fine in FF, but IE is shoving the “Main Menu” part of the titlebar to the left a few pixels.
Also, I would love to see the “Edit” link on posts moved to the same line as the categories. I know the guests can’t see it, but it’s an eyesore for admins.
Have a great Christmas everybody!!!
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:43 pm
You forgot a layout that can change between winter holidays for those of us who celebrate Hanukkah
. What will we do to decorate our blogs?
How about a Festivus pole? Anyone?
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:50 pm
LOVE IT!
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:08 pm
Now that’s beautiful
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:28 pm
Great, a nice, Xmas theme, pity I can’t use it now
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:47 pm
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:08 pm
I’m lovin’ it.
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:35 pm
haha. christmas is really a large event of the year – almost every one is eager to do something related to it. thanks for your pleasantly sudden slew of themes this christmas.
really enjoyed them, like iceburgg and the very interesting ‘colour picker’ thing. santa will share the same mood too, at .
merry christmas everyone!
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:43 pm
It’s nice … but I really wish WordPress would make more themes available that follow the philosophy of some of the older ones. Example: If we could get Unsleepable v2.0 or the new Rounded Blue that would be great. A lot of the older themes had great principle design and I find myself wanting to simply have more basic design options.
Thanks though – you guys and gals are doing a fantastic job of adding more and more themes … I think this is the fifth one in a month … wicked!
Cheers
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:45 pm
Thank you Santa
December 22nd, 2006 at 5:15 pm
That’s one amazing theme, could you do one without the Christmas Tree? Would love to use it as a regular theme. Same colour scheme too, just no tree.
December 22nd, 2006 at 5:37 pm
I wish the main post area was a bit larger, but it’s nice, I’m going to activate it for the week-end, at least…
December 22nd, 2006 at 5:42 pm
Thank you! I love it!
December 22nd, 2006 at 6:00 pm
I agree with Menco–I share a blog and themes that don’t credit the author don’t work well. That being said, I think we’ll use it for a couple days. Cheers!
December 22nd, 2006 at 6:03 pm
I like the colours in it a lot … any chance of offering it after the holidays with a custom header (and without the trees at the bottom) ?
December 22nd, 2006 at 6:40 pm
Maybe next year you can offer Chanukah and Kwanzaa themes, too?
December 22nd, 2006 at 7:20 pm
Very nice! (Although.. I shall stick to the Iceburgg for my holiday theme! ^_^)
December 22nd, 2006 at 7:25 pm
Fun for the holiday! Limited use as you stated.
December 22nd, 2006 at 7:27 pm
Thx. I will use it over the holydays
December 22nd, 2006 at 7:31 pm
I love this festive theme. I just wish it had an area for my pages!
I want to use this theme!
December 22nd, 2006 at 7:49 pm
I was thinking that several blogs had suddenly changed.
Seems to be a big success with so many people adopting it.
Merry christmas to you lot.
December 22nd, 2006 at 7:53 pm
Very sweet
December 22nd, 2006 at 8:02 pm
Hey guys! I like the Xmas thing, but I’m in the Southern Hemisphere, so I need BBQs and beach scenes and sun themes!!! (Ok, so the weather is lousy at the moment, but I’d love to see some summery themes coming along…)
December 22nd, 2006 at 9:10 pm
merry xmas
December 22nd, 2006 at 9:27 pm
I love it! I’m using it
Thanks!!
December 22nd, 2006 at 9:41 pm
Cool theme… I will use it around christmas
December 22nd, 2006 at 10:14 pm
Beautiful!
But actually, Christmastide doesn’t officially end until February 2, Candlemas – and you really shouldn’t put up Christmas stuff until right before the day.
If people didn’t start so early, they wouldn’t be so eager for it to end.
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:05 pm
It looks very festive. Thanks, and happy holidays!
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:34 pm
Love it!
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:43 pm
Excellent!!!
I’ll be using it through the holidays.
Neath
December 23rd, 2006 at 12:23 am
thank
December 23rd, 2006 at 12:50 am
Thanks!!! I love it; I think it’s pretty and I’m using it.
December 23rd, 2006 at 1:41 am
nice design..
good work…
December 23rd, 2006 at 2:11 am
I switched to it and I luuuuv it! ‘twould be cool to have something similarly styled for all the seasons!
December 23rd, 2006 at 3:09 am
That’s a really cool theme. Too bad it’s only for Christmas!
December 23rd, 2006 at 6:21 am
love this! I’ll definitely have it in use for the next couple of weeks.
it looks like I’m really going to like the format – might a non-seasonal variation become available after the holidays?
December 23rd, 2006 at 6:24 am
It’s a beautiful theme, but only until January 2nd?
I must protest in the name of all bloggers of Ukrainian ancestry. Ukrainians celebrate Christmas Eve on January 6th, Christmas Day on January 7th. New Year’s for them, then follows one week later. You simply must find it acceptable to allow blogs to use the holiday themes until all our Ukrainian friends have celebrated as well.
(I tried fellow bloggers)
December 23rd, 2006 at 6:42 am
cool…thank u
December 23rd, 2006 at 6:43 am
i like christmas… and the theme’s s nice too =))