Jagdish Patel, an elder [said]
"Usually, on the weekdays, there will be a group of 8 to 10 people going out in the service," he said. "But on holidays, it can be 30, 40."
I seriously doubt that. This is the puffy kind of exaggerated talk that Watchtower leaders often engage in to make Witnesses appear zealous.
Idrnomo said,
THAT'S ODD, In my time as an elder we hardley had any turnout for field service on holidays.
It's always been the same way here. Precisely because it's a holiday and people will be home, Witnesses tend not to go door to door. They are accustomed to finding no one home, going through the motions, puting in time. Most of them can't deal with finding people home.
Plus, there is the deep fear that they will not be very welcome since they are interrupting people who are busy on a day that's important to them. And the fear is justified.
Witnesses tend to take holidays off just like everyone else.
Elder Patel may be in an exceptional congregation, but in most places Witnesses avoid door to door work on major holidays like Thankisgiving and Christmas.
