You've probably hit the karma threshold where you can set the top bar to any color, and have the default color set (if you go to your profile page there would be a "topcolor" field)
The title bar it too dark and definitely did not scream Christmas to me; it wasn't until I noticed the colored numbers that I realized what it was. I'd suggest dropping the title and just going with the numbers.
Same here, I noticed the title bar first, was somewhat confused as to what the color change was for (though I assumed Christmas), and then I saw the numbers.
If it's really necessary to do something for Christmas why not just a small tree next to the logo, or perhaps replacing it. Changing the color scheme to me doesn't really add much Christmas flair to anything, it just makes the familiar design more jarring.
I'm slightly color-blind (not red-green, something not well known and milder and somewhat treatable with the right supplements, so less so than I once was) and I have a crappy monitor in that regard on my netbook (I know because I have seen the green newbie names on a better monitor and it is much more visible there than here). Plus my topbar is only maroon when I hit "reply". So I had not noticed it until people began commenting. If I look closely, I can tell the numbers alternate color.
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If it's really necessary to do something for Christmas why not just a small tree next to the logo, or perhaps replacing it. Changing the color scheme to me doesn't really add much Christmas flair to anything, it just makes the familiar design more jarring.
The color simplicity is one of the best things of HN's design.
It's OK.