The shepherds were keeping watch over their flocks by night. This wouldn’t have happened in the dead of winter. Also, tax collection time wouldn’t have been then, either.
Um...where on Earth did you get the idea that I think Jesus was actually born on Dec. 25?
Did you even read my post?
True. OTOH, Louis Armstrong celebrated his birthday on July 4 because he didn't know when it really was. December 25 is as good a day as any, and better than most, because it breaks the power of the pagan solstice, just as Christ breaks the power of the devil.
“The shepherds were keeping watch over their flocks by night. This wouldn’t have happened in the dead of winter. Also, tax collection time wouldn’t have been then, either.”
Actually, it happened outside Jerusalem every day of the year. Sacrifices were happening continually and sheep and lambs were necessary.
You are sounding like a cultic “Jehovah’s Witness”.