The Entire world has chosen a consensus date to celebrate the divine birth of the man who saved us all by sacrificing himself in a painful, miserable way. He showed us all that through his single sacrifice we have nothing to fear, we have everything to be thankful for, and that we are free in the free-est way.
The actual holiday is not the birth of Jesus. It’s not his birthday. The church declared this day to be his to take the wind out of the sails of the Pagani and the Heathens who celebrated Yule, Solstice, or some other tribal harvest / sacrifice holiday.
In my house we know it’s not his actual birthday. We just know this is the day we celebrate Him and his, and what he gave us all to enjoy forever.
I don't think it worked. God said specifically:
Deu 12:29 "When the LORD your God cuts off from before you the nations which you go to dispossess, and you displace them and dwell in their land,
Deu 12:30 take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, 'How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise.'
Deu 12:31 You shall not worship the LORD your God in that way; for every abomination to the LORD which He hates they have done to their gods; for they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.
Deu 12:32 "Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it.
And so what have we done? Taken every pagan custom, myth and observation of non-Christian societies and polluted our worship of the Lord...exactly what he said not to do.