Was Jesus was born on December 25th?

Many years ago I met a young man, he was about 12 years old, and didn't know when his birthday was because nobody has ever celebrated it. He had a very low economic condition and has suffered a lot, even being abandoned by his parents. I was with some people of the church in that moment and, with them, we decided that that day would be his birthday, and so we went on and celebrated it!

For a few more years we celebrated his birthday that day (I think it was a day on April), until he grew up and knew what day was his actual birthday.

Was it important that that day on April was not his actual birthday? NO, it wasn't.

Was it important that that day on April was in fact many other people's birthday? NO, it wasn't.

The only thing that was important was that we were celebrating together the birthday of this young man. Period.

Sometimes we let ourselves to be entangled by trivial things. I've heard many people discussing on the fact the Jesus was not born on December 25th, and that that day is, in reality, the celebration of some others pagan gods. You know something, it is not important to know the real day on which Jesus was born, and neither is if that day some other pagan god is celebrated. What really matters is that we are celebrating together his birth and the reasons He came for.

If Jesus was born on December 25th or not is meaningless. And no, we are not celebrating a pagan god if we celebrate Christmas that day. The people that celebrate Jesus' birthday ONLY celebrate Him, in the same way that when we celebrated this young man birthday, we celebrated ONLY his birthday, and not any other's person birthday that was born on that same day on April. Can you imagine how awful it would've been if we would've told this young man: "Sorry, we can celebrate your birthday today because it's somebody else's birthday!"

All the happiness, union, and peace we feel on Christmas days, all the words of forgiveness and love that are shared, all the hope that many feel when they celebrate the birthday of Jesus on December 25th, are not affected by any means by the fact that Jesus maybe wasn't born on that day.

So, was Jesus was born on December 25th? I don't know. And the truth is that I don't care if He was born on that day or not. But I do care is that we celebrate His birthday, which, as many rightly say, should be celebrated all year long. On the top of that, I'm glad to know that in a lot of parts of the world, whether they believe in Jesus as I do or not, His birthday is being celebrated. And, though it's true that many don't celebrate Jesus directly, they do celebrate a moment of peace, joy, union, family, and hope, which is also what Jesus came for.

I hope this helps you!