I believe Christ is symbolic of the movement of the sun in the sky on the date Dec. 22-25. The winter solstice is supposed to be the lowest point the
sun has in the sky, which was looked at as it's death, and for 3 days it doesn't seem to change it's path in the sky until afterwards, it begins it's
ascent back higher in the sky, symbolically meaning the rebirth of the sun, or in other words, the "son".
And I honestly don't put much credence on 2012.
edit on 9-5-2011 by satron because: (no reason given)