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What I like about a September birth day is to back track 9 months and speculate on the day of Mary's conception.

We know that 12/25 coincided with pagan winter feast dates. Might the early church have accidently stumbled upon the actual birth date of Jesus in the womb. What a victory for Pro Life arguments.

Interesting! If Jesus' conception day were actually Dec. 25, it would make wonderful sense. The Catholic Church has, I think, three people's conception days on its Liturgical Calendar:

Mary's conception day (the Immaculate Conception, Dec. 8),
Jesus' conception day(the Annunciation, March 25 --- 9 months before December 25)
and, in the Eastern Churches, St. John the Baptist's conception day (September 23, or 6 months before his cousin Jesus' conception --- am I right, NYer?).

But these exact dates are not part of revelation. As far as I know, they were just best-guesses at the time.

Maybe we should all celebrate our children's conception days! Time to have a glass of wine and look at those old sonograms!

What I like about a September birth day is to back track 9 months and speculate on the day of Mary's conception. We know that 12/25 coincided with pagan winter feast dates. Might the early church have accidently stumbled upon the actual birth date of Jesus in the womb. What a victory for Pro Life arguments

The question is whether you believe and trust the Holy Word of Elohim
in Luke 1 or you trust the traditions of man

Yah'shua's birth on Sukkot (September 26 at sundown to October 3 2007)
is supported by Elizabeth's pregnancy of John the Immerser.
The time sequence is outlined by the Holy Word of Elohim in Luke 1 with Zacharias.
Zacharias served as a high priest and based on his tribe, we know when he served
and when he was struck dumb and when John was conceived.
John would have been born on Pesach. Most Jews believed
that Elijah would come at Pesach to announce the coming of the Messiah
Factor in when Miriam visited her cousin Elizabeth,
timing of Yah'shua's birth can be ascertained.
John(1:14) tells us that Yah'shua was made flesh and tabernacled among us.
Eight days after the beginning of Sukkot is another Holy Feast Day called Shemini Atzeret.
Eight days after a Jewish male is born he is circumcised.
Nine months back from Sukkot is Chanukah where the light entered the temple.

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua