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I hate to bust all of your Christmas dreams, but the first Christmas wasn’t snowy and bright. The truth is we don’t know exactly when Jesus was born. The Bible never says. However, pretty much everyone agrees it was not in the winter! 

Many clues have helped smart people figure this out, but one of those clues is in what we read today: the shepherds were out with their flocks at night. 

That may not seem like a significant detail, but it tells us more than you might think. You see, winter in this part of the world is cold and rainy - not ideal conditions for sheep to be outside! So, shepherds took their flocks to shelter to protect them from the cold and rain. This little detail tells us it was likely between March and October when the angels appeared to them. 

Which means... no December birthday.