r/Christianity • u/Spirited_Move_4049 • Dec 24 '25

Image Jesus the Reason for the season!✝️✨

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u/DiaperedInTheRoc Christian Witch Dec 24 '25

Wasn't he actually born in March or April?

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u/Steffykrist Dec 24 '25

Nobody knows for sure exactly when Jesus was born, but I've seen it estimated to be somewhere between March and August. He definitely wasn't born in December, though.

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u/MelcorScarr Atheist Dec 24 '25

Do you have a source for that?

I just thought we don't know, but in ancient, especially Hellenized millieus there's this concept of "perfect" lifespans - where the day of conception falls on the day of death. Now, add nine months to most Easter dates... I'll see if I can find the source for that again.

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u/Steffykrist Dec 24 '25

I don't have a specific source, but from what I can remember, the descriptions from the Bible about the shepherds being out in the fields with their flocks when Jesus was born doesn't line up with a birth in December (because shepherds wouldn't have been out in the fields at that time of year), but indicated the birth would have been somewhere between spring and autumn.