Do you think it impossible God migh have CHOSEN to be born on that date? God uses Grace to build upon nature. nature. I think God make a great choice..talk about a sense of humor. "These clowns worship the Sun? OK, soon hey really WILL worship the Son"
God can do whatever He likes.
Of course Jesus could have been born on that actual date. I should have said based on Biblical accounts of the weather conditions, He most likely was not born mid/late-December.
Actually, God does choose certain days for major biblical events to occur. These days are the holy days he created. For example, the new testament church was founded on Pentecost. Christ died on Passover. That is why the holy days were created and why they are important to God. They mark, portend and signify salvational events. When kept, they increase understanding of God's plan.
Not impossible, and might be, but most importantly, it's the day set aside to comptemplate what really matters:
O Lord,
amazing is your love
that you come to us
so vunerable,
so open,
a babe crying in the night.
From the beginning
you were aware of rejection,
of how little room there was for you,
No room at the inn,
No room in many hearts,
So little room in modern life,
and yet,
rejected or not,
you wait patiently
for the heart that will hear your calling,
like Mary did,
like the shepherds,
like Andrew, and Peter and John.
O Lord,
that night so long ago,
you ignited hope
as the angels sang,
hope
that says
there is balm
for all the wounds,
there is rest from all labors,
there is true peace.
O Lord,
let us once again in our hearts
hear the song the angels sang,
and seeing the babe in the manger,
fall on our knees,
amazed at such radical love.