Back in 221 AD Julius Africanus has proposed that Jesus was conceived on 25th of March. It would then follow that his birth would be 9 months later, falling on 25th of December. So it is possible that his ideas have laid the foundation for accepting 25 December as Jesus’ birth date. If that’s the case I guess it would be mainly for symbolic / theological reasons as apparently according to the Jewish tradition 25 March was the date of the creation of the world. Interestingly this is also believed to be the date of the crucifixion
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Back in 221 AD Julius Africanus has proposed that Jesus was conceived on 25th of March. It would then follow that his birth would be 9 months later, falling on 25th of December. So it is possible that his ideas have laid the foundation for accepting 25 December as Jesus’ birth date. If that’s the case I guess it would be mainly for symbolic / theological reasons as apparently according to the Jewish tradition 25 March was the date of the creation of the world. Interestingly this is also believed to be the date of the crucifixion
I find this information acutely fascinating as Christs' "written" record for his physical birth is just as mysterious as his supernatural rebirth.