The True Meaning Behind Christmas Pt. 1

Ah, the true meaning of Christmas. Christmas, the heartwarming holiday set on 25th of December to celebrate the birth of our saviour, the son of God, Jesus Christ. Don't stop believing that Christians, keep the faith strong.

I am confused by some articles I read online lately. While there is much debate and controversy, I present you with the other side of the story, which I gathered from batshit insane and extremely radical anti-Christian sites that hate you guys, the lovely Christians to death:

Jesus isn't actually born in December, much less December 25th, his exact date of birth could be considered controversial, it is a mystery. But there is a special time of the year, winter solstice, where they experience the shortest day and longest night of the year. The pagans hold festivals during this time. And the Catholic Church set the holy date of Christmas during the celebrations.

For a more detailed alleged and self-proclaimed debunk of the Jesus' Birthday myth: http://www.truthbeknown.com/first-christmas.html

If it proves to be true, the choice of Christmas as the celebration of the birth of the holy saviour was nothing but a political and popularity-winning move, to provide an alternative to the celebration of the winter solstice celebrated by the Pagans. Thus effectively converting the poor, misguided pagans to the one true religion.

The Catholic Church adopted the festival following the Pagans, which mainly fall on dates nearing the end of December, close to solstice. If there was no winter solstice, you could very well say the choice of 25th December was arbitrary and the Church did not respect our much revered saviour.

Though I do admit, if this is true, the Church did prove to like its followers, and wanted them to have the same celebrations the Pagans, whom the hated so much, so they could enjoy themselves.

But who's to say this assertion is true? After all, the Pope is infallible right? Oh wait, there are those Protestant guys.

Thus ends Pt. 1 of my Christmas special, the audacious claims by pagans that the 25th of December isn't actually the birthday of Jesus. I shall continue to talk about the meaning behind Christmas in Pt. 2.