"Christmas is an
annual Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus
Christ. It is celebrated on December
25, but this date is not known to be Jesus'
actual birthday"
- Christmas, Wikipedia, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas)
"There was no
consensus among third and fourth century scholars as to the
birthday of Jesus. Different scholars gave many different dates. It seems that January
6th was one of the more popular choices during that time
period."
- Christmas, by Richard Rives, author of
the book “Too
Long in the Sun”
(http://www.toolong.com/pages/christmas.htm)
“Inexplicable
though it seems, the date of the [Messiah’s] birth is not known. The
Gospels indicate neither the day nor the month,”
- The New
Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 3, p. 656.