Well, in reality Christmas is a mish-mash of locally-celebrated pagan rituals with Christian themes, and that time was apparently chosen because it's close enough to an established ritual (solstice) that folks could be convinced to tack it on back in Ye Olden Tymes.
And because all that stuff happened in the Western European countries of the Northern Hemisphere, theirs is the iconography that became traditional. Thus, the snow, the pinetrees, the reindeer, the chestnuts roasting on an open fire, etc.
Top Tip: I don't think we even have chestnut trees here. Our Santas swelter in their snow suits, and it's more common to have a barbeque at the beach than to roast anything. Yet our cards are full of reindeer (don't have those here either) and our carols are full of snow. It's all a bit bizarre when you think about it.
I'm hoping it'll hit 30 on Christmas day. That'd be awesome.
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And because all that stuff happened in the Western European countries of the Northern Hemisphere, theirs is the iconography that became traditional. Thus, the snow, the pinetrees, the reindeer, the chestnuts roasting on an open fire, etc.
Top Tip: I don't think we even have chestnut trees here. Our Santas swelter in their snow suits, and it's more common to have a barbeque at the beach than to roast anything. Yet our cards are full of reindeer (don't have those here either) and our carols are full of snow. It's all a bit bizarre when you think about it.
I'm hoping it'll hit 30 on Christmas day. That'd be awesome.