This is incorrect Confirming the contentions in the Chronicon ancient Latin writer Macrobius Saturnalia I XVIII 10 also reported on the annual Egyptian Christmas celebration specifying the time as the winter solstice or December 25th at the winter solstice the sun would seem to be a little child like that which the Egyptians bring forth from a shrine on an appointed day since the day is then at its shortest and the god is accordingly shown as a tiny infant Here we can see the precise meaning of the theme of the newborn sun at the winter solstice a motif representing the lengthening of days after the darkest time of the year Egyptologist Dr Bojana Mojsov explains further the significance in Egypt The symbol of the savior child was the eye of the sun newly born every year at the winter solstice