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The Sol Invictus cult didn't start celebrating it until 200 years after Christ was born.
Yes but was anyone celebrating Christmas (Jesus' birth) then?
I think the answer is no, but still not answering the question you intended to ask. What you really mean is did the church recognize 12/25 as Christ's birthday before the Sol Invictus cult, and the answer would be yes. Sextus Africanus calculated it to 12/25 in 221 AD. The Sol Invictus cult didn't form until late 3rd century (260 ADish) and didn't celebrate a 12/25 festival until mid 4th century (first recorded in 354)
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sextus-Julius-Africanus
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sextus-Julius-Africanus
There's only 365 days in a year. Dates are going to collide. It's like the classroom paradox -- in a classroom with 30 students, the odds are almost certain that there will be 2 students with the same birthdate. It's just how having lots of holidays works.
Jews dont travel en masse and fill up all the inns in December. They do, however, do so for their spring and fall holy days. Which would be mid-late September or Early October for the Fall ones, or Aprilish for the Spring ones.
Additionally, shepherds dont hang out in fields in December. Unless they enjoy freezing their butts off and getting their sheep sick.
So take your pick - whenever He was born, it was no where near December.
Nope.
Xmas wasnt celebrated until 336 AD. Try again, heathen.
I posted the links showing that Dec 25 was determined to be Christ's birthday by the church much earlier than that. Get thee behind me.
Determined by the church of Satan to coopt Mithra worshipping pagans, perhaps. Shepherds dont hang out in fields in December in the region. It's cold and (by regional standards) rainy.
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