“Objection 3: Christ could not have been born in December since Saint Luke describes shepherds herding in the neighboring fields of Bethlehem. Shepherds do not herd during the winter. Thus, Christ was not born in winter.
Reply to Objection 3: Recall that Palestine is not England, Russia, or Alaska. Bethlehem is situated at the latitude of 31.7. My city of Dallas, Texas has the latitude of 32.8, and it’s still rather comfortable outside in December. As the great Cornelius a Lapide remarks during his lifetime, one could still see shepherds and sheep in the fields of Italy during late December, and Italy is at higher latitude than Bethlehem.”
Plus also the Holy Land is in the same latitude not only as mentioned above as Dallas, Texas but also both the Holy Land and Dallas TX are in the same latitude as Southern California, which would include both Los Angeles and San Diego.
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The worse of winter weather that would come would be very heavy rain storms. Any snow storms would come quick and be gone.