The celebration of Christmas at the time of the winter solstice when the Romans celebrated Saturnalia is rightly criticized by many Christians because the baby Jesus was born during the Feast of Tabernacles in the fall, yet Christmas at the winter solstice with the gifting excesses to the not-needy, Santa Claus and all the rest, has garnered a worldwide appeal to people having no choice but to consider the claims and works of Messiah Jesus Christ, Yehoshua, who died then resurrected that you can have eternal life.