From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!lanl-a!jhf Newsgroups: net.followup Title: Re: CHRISTMAS - (nf) Article-I.D.: lanl-a.196 Posted: Tue Jan 4 08:43:30 1983 Received: Wed Jan 5 01:35:54 1983 References: utcsstat.486 utcsstat!wagner asks when Jesus was really born (if not December 25 or January 6). As I understand it, He was probably born in the spring, since St. Matthew tells us that shepherds were keeping watch over their flocks by night, and that such watches were kept only in spring, when there are lambs about.