(The oldest known icon of Christ Pantocrator – Saint Catherine s Monastery. The halo is a representation of the divine Logos of Christ, and the two different facial expressions on either side emphasize Christ s dual nature as both divine and human. - pic Courtesy Wikipedia)
The 25th is not the birth of Christ. It was on the 24th, on a Sunday, at 3 am. (CWBSSB, p. 105)
‘The ‘Christ’ is another name for the ananda Principle in the heart of man’, Baba said. ‘Meditate on Him and on His Love for all living beings. Let him be born in all His Divine splendour in your heart. Then you can celebrate the Christmas in humble thanks-giving and sincere adoration, with penitence and prayer. Do not desecrate the day with drink and dance, revelry and gluttony’, He said to the gathering of devotees on New Year Day, 1977. (SSSm Vol.4, p. 50)