Exactly, Niebla. The "twelve days" originates in 12 Days of Yule. If you take out all the rebadged pagan festivals from the christian calender, you are left with nothing !
Actually, you can work out the birthday of "Jesus" from the bible statements. We are told that Mary and Joseph were in Bethlehem for the Passover -Passover is in April. They were there for the Roman Census - the Romans never carried out their census in winter. "While shepherds watched their flocks by night, etc" - no shepherd would have their flock outside in the winter snows, they would be under cover or at least at a lower altitude. Shimple !
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