The book Daily Life in the Time of Jesus notes that flocks lived in the open air from "the week before the Passover [late March]" through mid-November.
(Luka 2:8) Buku ya Daily Life in the Time of Jesus yi vula leswaku mintlhambi a yi tshama endhawini leyi pfulekeke ku sukela hi " vhiki ra le mahlweni ka Paseka [eku heleni ka March] " ku fikela exikarhi ka November.