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I mean, an April or spring birthday makes way more sense from a narrative perspective. It also aligns with most of the symbolism of Easter (baby animals, eggs, green grass, etc..), where as the winter solstice lines up far better with the crucifixion narrative. You know, the 'son' is placed on a 'cross' for three days, dies, and is then reborn; like how the sun, at the winter solstice, enters into the constellation the 'southern cross' for three days, and upon leaving the southern cross, the day-lengths of the year begin to lengthen again (as in, the year is reborn).

So if you just assume the whole thing to be a bunch of made up gobblty gook, from a narrative perspective, it would make far more sense that the 'savior' is born at the time of year when.. well.. everything else good is borne (baby lambs, flowers, food crops, etc..).

I do subscribe to the whole thing being shaken up and confused under Constantine and the Nicene counsel when the christian church was formalized. Its like seasons 6+ of Game of Thrones. Like the parts and pieces are all apparently there but are organized into some weird frankenstory. Nothing good comes when you are writing narrative by committee.