Nonsense.
Trying to re-write history is always dangerous, and a is a favorite pass time of liberals. When conservatives do it they only harm themselves.
An alternative article at: http://www.revneal.org/Writings/jesusbirth.htm
That story is on the right track, but the chosen date is wrong. The Feast of Tabernacles is the prophetic feast of Christ. He was born on the first day of the F of T, and circumcised on the eighth and last day, and the year is solidly decided by the info given by Luke, regarding the tax enrollment. It had to be Sept. 29, of 4 B.C. by our calendar. This was determined by C.E. McLain more than 50 years ago.
Trying to re-write history is always dangerous, and a is a favorite pass time of liberals. When conservatives do it they only harm themselves.
If you had read the original article from Touchstone, its not about what the date of Jesus birth actually was, but historically, WHY Christians calculated it to be Dec. 25.
Very convincing case, and not nonsense--and importantly NOT from an old pagan holiday. Doesn't contradict your the author of your link either--who attempts to calculate the date itself. Veith is just telling the history of the calculation, during Roman times.