Origins of Christmas

If you're interested in the origins of Christmas you might want to read this article, Why Dec. 25th? Church settled on ‘Christ’s birth day’ centuries later.

- Other scholars argued that Jesus became incarnate not at his birth but at his conception. If Jesus was conceived March 25, he would be born nine months later, Dec. 25.

The Magi were three kings, Melchior, Caspar and Balthasar, right? Not really. Matthew's Gospel speaks only of Magi; it doesn't call them kings, or say they rode camels or give their names.