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I am TRYING to think of who might remember that Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ. I know that even the Japanese celebrate Christmas and there ain't NO Christians there to speak of. But, it's just lights, presents and parties.

My mother, husband and I happened to be in Cairo, Egypt, on Christmas. The hotel gave a big party for us and out walked an Arab dressed as Santa, saying "Eid Milaad Saeed," the Arab version of Merry Christmas. I was thinking that I had just entered the TWILIGHT ZONE.

The early Catholic Church had no clue of the month and date of Christ's birth so they DECIDED to make it December 25.
As I recall, and I may be wrong, the birth date was specifically decided around the winter solstice when the days began to get longer, likening it to Christ's birth as the light in our daily lives increasing.

The Church figured out Passover and Easter, but Christmas was a DECISION by the early Church.