by JH 3 Replies latest jw friends
When you were an active witness, did you wait up to midnight before going to bed, just to see the celebrations of the new year? Since witnesses don't celebrate the new years, why would they stay up to see the midnight celebrations?
Edited by - jh on 24 December 2002 17:2:42
Hi JH,
My parents are both realists and atheists.
They very much worship science and intellectualism.
When I was such a good JW and opened my big fat trap about all the pagan and primitive origins of the holidays they stopped putting such emphasis on them
They didnt stop celebrating but my children being the ONLY Grandchildren anyway. They decided not to make the big deal.
So even New Years was ruined for them. We just treat it like a normal day.
Sometimes we stay up, but not for the Apple being dropped in Times Square.
My dad and I do the same we do any day off,Watch a ton of sci-fi or action flicks together!! He loves old westerns,too. So the children and I amuse him.
My being a JW really effected my WHOLE family, not just my nucleus.
If they wished to be involved with me they had to change the way they lived THEIR lives.
My parents LOVE their Grandkids and have bent over backwards to accommodate beliefs that are not even their own.
Sometimes I am so ashamed.
I spent 15 years being rigid and unbending in my beliefs and now that I am willing to compromise they cant seem too. Its like they became Honorary JWs. But that is another thread.
Ty 4 listening
Agape,
Utopian_Raindrops
Edited by - Utopian_Raindrops on 24 December 2002 14:20:3
I think there are a ton of jw's who watch the activities on tv. They probably don't go out, and possibly get caught. My dad was an elder my entire childhood, and every year he stood out on the porch and listened to all the fireworks and commotions common with the new year.
I have always celebrated new years eve and day, When much younger, we did go out, but now we just stay up and watch all the "the year in review" stuff, and of course watch the ball drop in NYC and have some drinks. We can't share this with anyone but our kids as"offically" jw don't celebrate the holiday, but i know a lot really do, privately in their home.On new years day , often we watch the Zone-a-thon or the Treck-a -thon. I usually prefer the zone.
btw, happy new year
