When did Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus before they adopted December 25th to blend in with Roman holidays?

by aloha611
talondearg

Here are two rather old discussions of the topic.

In short, the earliest evidence of a date for Christmas being 25 December is also the earliest dating for a Festival of Sol Invictus (It's the Chronography of 354).

There's nothing solid to suggest there was a different date held prior to this, and it's not well established, even though it's commonly believed, that it was deliberately designed to blend in and take over a Roman holiday.