Can "Christ­mas" be used as an ad­jec­tive in "Christ­mas-col­ored"?

I was just won­der­ing whether I can write:

Christ­mas-col­ored stock­ings

I know that Christ­mas can be a mod­i­fier as in Christ­mas gift, but can it be used as an ad­jec­tive in Christ­mas-col­ored?

Christmas colors are red and green, I believe, throughout the West, with white, silver, or gold often accompanying them, and in modern times other colors as well. Christmas-colored would be understood as such, hence you can find Christmas-colored flames, and so on. But I wouldn't recommend it in general.

Most things described as X-colored are tinted in a single color—

• brick-coloured ribbons
• cherry-colored scarf
• mud-coloured streets
• sky-colored bra
• rose-colored glasses

— or in a handful of very similar colors, e.g. desert-coloured animals. If multiple colors of a single X are intended, they tend to be specified— red, white, and blue-colored cocktails.

You can certainly invoke other imagery in narrative, referencing the appearance of a set of colors: kaleidoscope-coloured ornaments, confetti-colored lumber. In literary writing, I would take no issue with the appearance of Christmas-colored stockings. But in more general communication, I would prefer stockings in Christmas colors, and would name the specific colors in business and other communication where precision is preferable, especially in cross-cultural settings.

Yes (but you do have to know what you are meaning!)

Some examples ...

'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale; 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year. ~Walter Scott

I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month. ~Harlan Miller

Christmas cheer.

Christmas Shopping.

Christmas TV special.

Whose heart doth hold the Christmas glow Hath little need of Mistletoe; Who bears a smiling grace of mien Need waste no time on wreaths of green; Whose lips have words of comfort spread Needs not the holly-berries red— His very presence scatters wide The spirit of the Christmastide. ~John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922)

Christmas lists for gifts and cards.

The Christmas season has come to mean the period when the public plays Santa Claus to the merchants. ~John Andrew Holmes

The Christmas bells from hill to hill Answer each other in the mist. ~Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Wouldn't life be worth the living Wouldn't dreams be coming true If we kept the Christmas spirit All the whole year through? ~Author Unknown

Christmas gift suggestions...