Don't let Keith A of Hertford hear you call yourself a historian. He listed them all a while back and your name wasn't on it, I recall....

Which Jesus? You historians occasionally let slip that some of the more credible feats and accomplishments of his are at the very least an amalgamation of a few freedom fighters of the time and at most an idealist construct to gather like minded opinion around at the time of the gospels. A number of people were nailed to a tree by the Romans to keep the local leaders happy, and more than one had a name that could be translated into what has evolved into Jesus.

If you must bring Jesus into a thread about Christmas...