All who celebrate Christmas, do so on the 25th December each year. This date marks Jesus’ birth in a manger somewhere in Bethlehem. It was a major event, prophesied and expected for a long time and it had a profound effect on the way the modern world unfolded. For one, Jesus birth gave rise to the Julian and Gregorian calendars, the primary system of global timekeeping today. But the big question is: Was Jesus really born on 25th December in the years spanning 1 BC to 1 AD? In this show, we investigate Biblical texts, historical records and astronomical events to find out if we can get a better handle on the actual date of Jesus’ birth.
