Christmas is a pagan celebration which was common in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. They used to celebrate the end of a year and the birth of a new year. The celebration would start on the 24th and end on the 1st day of the new year. When christianity was introduced to the middle east, the pagan holiday continued to be celebrated. To stop the pagan ritual, the christians thought of renaming it 'the birth of Jesus' instead of 'the birth of the new year'.
Jesus was most likely born in September.
Christmas is a pagan celebration which was common in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. They used to celebrate the end of a year and the birth of a new year. The celebration would start on the 24th and end on the 1st day of the new year. When christianity was introduced to the middle east, the pagan holiday continued to be celebrated. To stop the pagan ritual, the christians thought of renaming it 'the birth of Jesus' instead of 'the birth of the new year'.
Jesus was most likely born in September.