The first thing I learned about Christmas from my Grandmother Despain was that it was a hoax contrived by the Catholic Church to lure pagans. Jesus was born in April.
When I read the OT it became clear that it wasn't in December. All I had to do was look at sheepherders. Did they guard their flocks at night in December? Of course not. Spring and Summer.
When I got into Roman history, there was another clue: they collected taxes and did censuses in March and April. When do you you pay taxes right now?
Easter is legitimate (although the way the West computes it is bogus); Christmas is phonus balonus.
As I've said elsewhere, I'd like to move the celebration of Jesus's birth to where it belongs and let what is now falsely called Christmas merge with the other wonderful celebrations of the Winter Solstice.
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