It seems to me if someone wanted to choose light over darkness, they would study the Scriptures to see the time of year when Christ was actually born. Hint: it could not have been in winter. And I’m pretty sure it would not have coincided with pagan traditions and celebrations.
Sept 29.
I would just like someone to show where God instituted that as one of His feast day celebrations. He did say not to add to or take from them but I can’t find that one.
It could have very well been in December. The problem is that the Roman and Jewish calendars don’t match up quite right, and they both drift in relation to “our” calendar (leap days and such).
Stuff like this makes dating anything more than a few hundred years ago problematic. Seriously.