Hello Aztec,
I had grown up with several Jehova's Witness friends. Always had questions for them, why they coudln't attend a birthday party or exchange gifts or many other things. Most of them genuinely seemed ashamed of it, especially around the holiday season. When Christmas parties went on at school, they couldn't attend. They stayed home. Halloween was totally out of the question too. I can remember years ago when a young girl and older woman(both witnesses) came to my house. I listened, trying to see what drove these people to supress that natural shyness about trying to convince strangers to join from reading a pamphlet. My mother, a rather fiesty Italian lady decided to run them off screaming we were Catholic. Certian memories never go away I suppose.
Also, why are they called Jehova's Wtinesses? Used to always ask them what they witnessed, and why they call God Jehova. Most never seemed to want to address the question and tried to change the subject. Maybe you and others can "educate" me of why things are different? Never hurts to know.
Pierre