"There is no contemporary evidence of the exact date
of Jesus' birth."
- Jesus, Wikipedia, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus)
Unfortunately, there does not seem to be any
evidence that either December
25th or January 6th was actually the day that Jesus was born on.
The biblical account of the nativity is
silent regarding the date and most scholars agree that the exact date of Jesus' birth
is not known.
Furthermore, the probability of Jesus being
born on either December
25th or January 6th is slim to none, making us wonder how they came up with those dates in the
first place.
Let's try to find out when the celebration of
Jesus' birth first began.