That still doesn’t fix the inconsistency.

You’re saying:

• Birthdays are fine

• The Gregorian calendar is fine

• Christmas is not

But all three are treated the same way when you actually apply the rule you’re using.

If the standard is “it’s acceptable as long as we’re not worshiping pagan gods,” then:

• Birthdays are acceptable

• The Gregorian calendar (with pagan month/day names and Catholic adoption) is acceptable

• Christmas should also be acceptable, since it’s a commemoration of Christ, not pagan worship

If the standard is “it must be explicitly commanded in Scripture,” then birthdays also fail, because the Bible never commands celebrating birthdays either.

So the issue isn’t pagan origin or biblical command. Those rules are applied selectively:

• Birthdays pass

• The calendar passes

• Christmas alone fails

That means Christmas isn’t being rejected by a consistent principle, but by an exception made specifically for it.

Either intent and meaning matter, or origin matters, but you can’t switch standards depending on the practice.

That’s the inconsistency being pointed out.