Quote Originally Posted by Subteigh View Post
Christians don't know what year he was born in, nevermind what day.
That's true.

The birthday of Jesus was chosen by the Catholic curch, but that's a long story to tell. Mankind don't know either the exact date or year of the birthday of Jesus.
And there was a calender reform in 1582 (from Julian calender to Gregorian calender).

And having a christmas tree isn't a religious rite, it's a traditional event.

Quote Originally Posted by DarkAngelFireWolf69 View Post
Long before Europe was invaded by Christians, the Germanic peoples celebrated winter solstice in honour of Odin - the Pagan God of wisdom, around the same date as Christmas.
This is correct.