Thirty or forty years ago to suggest to your average christian that Christ was not, could not have been, born on December 25th was an invitation to a potentially verbally violent exchange. But now, perhaps through the rise of the Internet and Google searching, and not least because of the Garner Ted Armstrong "GTA" telecast and other Church of God broadcasts and magazine articles and booklets, millions upon millions KNOW that December 25th is nowhere near the real birthday of Jesus Christ.

BUT because of tradition those millions still observe a false date, a date and observance that is riddled with PAGAN symbols no less. Nothing 'Christian' about it. At least not according to the Bible, except perhaps the provable claim that December 25th was in fact 'conception day". In this sermon Garner Ted Armstrong surveys the origins of christmas, it's place in christendom and the evidence for the real birthdate of Christ, including that December 25th was indeed Christ's day of conception - His birth being nine months later.