Chrismas truth.

So I'm asking you to lay aside cultural prejudices and preferences, and approach this question with an open mind. Granted, that can be hard to do but it isn’t impossible. We are so snowed under a century of tradition and nostalgia that it's almost impossible for some people to look at the issue objectively at all. I'm asking you to put aside your preconceived notions, at least temporarily, to look honestly at the institution called Christmas.
To begin, there is no indication in the New Testament that the early Christians observed Christmas at all. You cannot find the exact day of Christ’s birth anywhere recorded in Scripture, let alone the celebration of it. In fact, it can be demonstrated in church history that, for probably the first 300 years after the birth of Christ, Christians knew nothing of a Christmas celebration.
Frederick Neilsen, a Danish bishop, says, "During the first three centuries we find no trace of any feast for the birth of Christ."-- Ecclesiastical History, page 224.
Lector P. Walsdenstrom says: "The custom to celebrate the birth of Christ in the last part of December began first in the fourth century."-- Notes to Luke 2:8.