I've known about this for quite some time. Apparently, a high ranking
early church prelate was asked his opinion about Christ's actual birth
date. He favored December 25th, as pagans were ending their winter
solstice celebration, and he wanted to give them a reason to continue
celebrating, and, maybe, convert to Christianity.
The fact is, back then, births were very rarely documented. When done,
it was only for a king or pharroh, and in the format "X was born on the Ath
day of celestial body's travel through the heavens or zodiac." Or, "during
the B month of the 12th year of some other king's reign". And, that king's
birth may have been similarly recorded.
Further, scientific (anthropologic, archaeologic, linguistic, other) and
astrological studies of the relevant Biblical passages, resulted in the
conclusion that Christ was born under the Leo or Virgo zodiac sign. Due
to the overwhelming societal belief in December 25th, these studies were
intentionally suppressed.
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