Petruchio comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 25, chapter 96 - Less Wrong
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I took that passage to indicate the tradition of green and red colors during Christmastide, not of the origination of any holiday,
Christmas and Easter both borrow heavily from pre-Christian European traditions. Presumably those threads are carried over even more strongly than in muggle Europe.
That does sounds like a solid theory as to why Wizards celebrate those holidays. I'll update my beliefs with this new evidence.