December 25: The Birthday That History Refuses to Confirm An interfaith editorial for Sights and Sounds of Ndon-Eyo II Etinan Every December, the world pauses. Streets glow, churches overflow, carols rise, and a single claim hums beneath it all: Jesus was born today. But history clears its throat and quietly says: We don’t know that. This is not an attack on faith. It is a confrontation with comfort. And in an age where religion is increasingly weaponized, truth—especially inconvenient truth—matters. When Faith Outran Memory The earliest followers of Jesus did not celebrate his birthday. They preached his message. They remembered his death. They expected his return. For nearly three centuries , Christians argued over when —or whether—Jesus’ birth should even be marked. There was no sacred date passed down, no whisper from Bethlehem carefully preserved. If December 25 were known, it would not have taken Rome 300 years to find it. The truth is uncomfortable but clear: D...