Normal operations? Shut down because nothing else is moving?
It is coming up in book manuscript and I realized I didn't know (althogh I've seen pictures of christmas dinner at bethel in Chuck's day).
What do they do at Bethel on Holidays?
by JeffT 7 Replies latest jw friends
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darth frosty
THEY FUGGIN WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
I never knew how important holidays were till I got to bethel. When I was pioneering trying to get to bethel, I would work holidays if asked for the extra money (double time.) At bethel its like 'oh yeah we don't celebrate holidays so care yo ass in and make books.'
Aint nothing worse than walking to the factory on thanksgiving or x-mas day...AND dont get me started on NEW YEARS day and all the bowl games you miss.
O and nevermind the fact that dispite my sorry ass lions (my football team) playing on thanksgiving day nationwide, I didn't get to see them cause I WAS MAKING CULT LITERATURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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cabasilas
I remember Christmas Day in 1973. Everything was operating as usual. It was a "White Christmas" as we trudged through newly fallen snow in Brooklyn Heights to the Factory. Almost every store was closed along our route though I found one shop open where I bought some candy. The store owner was surprised to see us working. One of the Bethel guys with me started witnessing to him about how JWs don't celebrate Christmas. To be honest, a few of us were jealous of all the other people having the day off.
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St George of England
My dad went to London Bethel in the 1960's for a month long Congregation Servant's Training Course and it took in the Christmas holiday.
It was just like any other day except they had turkey for Christmas dinner as someone had sent in dozens of these birds as a gift.
George
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cyberjesus
Bethel is like prison, you are not free until you are out.
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thetrueone
They go into their private rooms and masturbate like the Devil.
Blocking out the notable fun that everyone around is having.
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WTWizard
Unlike the world, the witlesses never get a day off. If Christmas falls in the middle of the week, they have to do whatever they usually do as if it was a normal day--field circus starts at 9:30 instead of 9:00. And Beth Hell is no different: They expect everyone to ignore the fact that it is Christmas. They will have their regular schedule on December 25. If it's a weekend, there is absolutely nothing different about December 25.
I have been to regular boasting sessions on December 25. I saw two of them--1988 and 1994 when Christmas fell on a Sunday and there was a boasting session as normal (by 2005, I was no longer attending those wastefests). They have a$$emblies on December 25 as well, though I never attended a Christmas Day a$$embly. As such, I would not expect Beth Hell, where the witlesses are watched with extreme scrutiny, to be any different.
Now, I wonder if the members that make up the Filthful and Disgraceful Slavebugger itself actually observe Christmas themselves, and then expect the machines under them to "Bah! Humbug!" it away and keep working.
