The truth is, December 25th is just a guess as to the day Jesus was born. No one really knows when He arrived in Bethlehem's stable. In my research, the 25th of December was determined to be the day Christendom would celebrate Christ's birth. Traditions say that it has been celebrated since the year 98 AD. In 137 AD the Bishop of Rome ordered the birthday of the Christ Child celebrated as a solemn feast. In 350 AD another Bishop of Rome, Julius I, choose December 25th as the observance of Christmas. ( The date of Christ's birth isn't genuinely known. Due to the celebration being instituted as late as it was, and because it is thought the day was selected to overshadow the worship of foreign gods, some Christians elect not to celebrate Christmas.

Some Christians believe they should not hold a special day to commemorate Christ's birth, especially if that day was originally a day to esteem and ask the blessing of foreign deities.

Yet, much of the Christian world celebrates the 25th day of December in memory of Christ's birth. Are they wrong? Lets put it in perspective with a verse of Scripture, Romans 14:1-12. "Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters. One man's faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not condemn the man who does, for God has accepted him. Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone. If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. You, then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before God's judgment seat. It is written: "'As surely as I live,' says the Lord, 'every knee will bow before me; every tongue will confess to God.'" So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God." (NIV)

Christ's birth is significant to all Christians. It should come to mind throughout the year. We should worship God for sending His Son into the world continually. It is this event which grants the Word's presence on earth in bodily form. It is this event which necessarily pre-dates the Savior's ministry, atoning death, and bodily resurrection. That the Word became flesh is preeminently important. (John 1:1-14).

Yet, the birth of Christ post-dates the greater miracle. The birth of Jesus was natural, normal and made exciting by the sighting of the angelic host proclaiming His birth. The greater miracle was His conception.

...If you celebrate Christmas shouldn't you be celebrating His conception. Life begins at conception. (Luke 1:26-37; Matthew 1:18-25).