Oops!

[JimGinPA]

[jberryhill]

1. Aside from the inadvertent truth...

The proposition that no one was observing the winter solstice before Christianity came along reflects a special kind of arrogant ignorance.

[patphil]

8. Constantine was responsible for December 25th being celebrated as Jesus' birthdate.

It's highly unlikely that it is the real date. The whole thing with the shepherds tending their flocks at night is something they do in the lambing season, which is in the spring.
It is most likely the date was set to coincide with two Roman holidays, Saturnalia and Sol Invictus.

See link:

https://www.gotquestions.org/Christmas-Saturnalia.html

[Cartoonist]

2. My meme

[jberryhill]

3. Yep

[Cirque du So-What]

5. Root cause analysis at its finest

Doing Deming proud.

[MyOwnPeace]

9. Beautiful album cover!

Is it from a "New Age" label?

[Cartoonist]

11. Could be

I lifted the image from the web. I see others are using it to sell scents and Jesus.

[dewsgirl]

4. LOL😆

[lunatica]

6. Ha!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Dominionists . . . nt

[Karadeniz]

10. Took me a minute, but worth the wait!

[paleotn]

12. Sorry. Pagan. Winter solstice

What's more, I can observe the solstice. Angelic hosts proclaiming? Not so much.

[crazytown]

13. December 25th Dies Natalis Solis Invicti