Jesus, the radical rabbi, living on the edge of the River Jordan or the Dead Sea or the Mediteranean probably wouln't care much for the way we keep Christmas. His culture was patriarchal and judaic. There is some evidence that he was a member of the Essene fringe group. I doubt that jesus the man had any intention of letting a bunch of A type personalities use his bio as the basis for a cult or an organized religion. His life and backround has been mytholigized very much like the life of Buddha and Confuscius(sp?)
The Catholic Church educated me,and taught me how to study. I developed a curiosity about many things,including mythology.