Truth be told, Christ did not want us to remember his birthday. He, like the many heroes and heroines of the Bible, did not celebrate birthdays. Maybe it's because of the biblical accounts of birthdays being associated with somebody's death, namely Pharaoh's chief baker and John the Baptist. Also, a fair amount of sources confirm that Christ was born near the Autumn Equinox and not near the Winter Solstice. Therefore, forgetting one's birthday, including your own, is more forgivable than following traditions that are ungodly.
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