Early Usage Of December 25 In Christian And Pagan Sources

Chronicon Blog has been featuring a lot of articles on the December 25 date in ancient pagan and Christian sources. The author of the blog, Tom Schmidt, argues that December 25 was advocated as Jesus' birthdate by Hippolytus and may be mentioned in Clement of Alexandria. He also addresses claims of early pagan usage of the date. I've done little or no investigation of some of the issues he covers. I'm not in much of a position to judge some of his conclusions. But there's a lot of helpful information there.