OK, so let's nit pick awhile.
1- contra Timothym the days of the week are mainly from North Mythology (4/7), only one Roman (Saturn's Day) and the other two for Sun-day and Moon-day which are sort of general paganism.
The Seven-Day Week and the Meanings of the Names of the Days
2- Contra Koons, JC was DEFINITELY not born in winter. Shepherds keep sheep penned in villages as there is no grazing available due to both cold and dry conditions. There have been various attempts to nail down the day but for SURE it was not in winter.
3- There's no question the timing of Christmas was set to Saturnalia and also more or less to coincide with various winter equinox ancient pagan festivals to ward off the evil of the longest night of the year. This also goes for Halloween, I am not talking about an exact day here, just to accomodate pagan practices that were so commonly tied to near mid-winter celebrations.
4- Far worse is what the Latin Chuch (Rome) did with Easter. They forsook the Orthodox who quite rightly tied Easter to a couple of days after the Jewish Passover and just made up their own day. This caused a lot of grief and bickering in the early Church and, as usual, despite being 100% wrong, Rome demanded what was clearly idiotic. It bothers me greatly that Protestants follow the Roman Easter day instead of the Eastern Orthodox for Easter, which is for sure Biblical.
5- My own Latin-american tradition is way better than the USA Christmas thing. In the old land, the 24th was a Thanksgiving like day, with big meals and Church on Christmas. Gift giving, limited to children, was Jan 6, called "three king's day" to celebrate the arrival of the Magi. Yes, yes, they weren't Kings, we do not know how many (unless you believe Marco Polo) and they arrived long after the birth. But hey, at least the concept of gifts for children tied to magi is way more Biblical, plus it gave a more "religious" aspect to Christmas (I am trying to use "religious" in whatever tiny positive way I can).
Nit picking over, I say so what? Can I get back to watching my grandaughter opening her gifts the 25th? Timothy, I have no idea who is judging you, they "strain gnats while swallowing camels" to quote some ancient Rabbi. I am sorry, but I just can not quite remember who said that about the legalists of His own day.
Jesus Rodriguez AKA JR