HOLIDAYS

(See also Birthdays; Festivals; individual holidays by name)

All Saints’ Day: sj 20; g81 10/22 16; g78 11/8 3; g77 7/8 13; w66 188; g64 11/8 11; g63 10/22 19; g61 4/22 23; g61 10/22 12; w60 669

All Souls’ Day (Day of the Dead): su 49; g78 11/8 3; g77 7/8 13-14; w66 188; g64 11/8 11; g62 5/8 20, 22; w61 582; w60 669; g59 1/22 13-15; g45 11/7 17-19

April Fools’ Day: g47 3/22 27-28

Bairam (Muslim): w74 742

birthdays: g85 9/8 30; sj 17-18; tr 146-147; g81 12/22 12-15, 29; w80 7/15 30-31; te 123-126; g69 5/8 6; ms 66, 235-236; w64 534; w63 198; g62 3/22 15-16; g62 4/22 7; g62 12/22 7; w61 416; g61 4/22 25; w60 703-704; w59 736; w58 740; w56 742; g56 12/22 24; g55 12/22 6; w54 741; g54 12/8 26; w52 741; w51 607; rm 234; g47 6/8 27-28; w42 349

Candlemas: g70 1/22 11

carnival: g74 5/22 31; g73 3/8 5-8; g68 3/8 8-12

Christian view: tr 145-149; w74 739-741; g74 2/8 27-28; g73 12/22 6-7; g69 5/8 6-8; w68 572-574; w67 767-768; yl 33; ms 62-67, 235-242; w64 199; g62 3/22 15-16; g62 4/22 7; g61 4/22 25; w60 44, 703-704; w59 262-263, 479; g57 12/22 5-8; g54 5/22 11; w51 607, 739-740

inviting other Christians for a meal on: w59 479

when an unbelieving husband asks his Christian wife to visit his family on a holiday: w67 734-735

Christmas: g85 12/22 12-14; w84 12/15 3-7; sj 18-19; w82 12/15 8-10; w81 12/15 3-5, 27; tr 148-149; g81 12/22 16-17; hp 171; g80 10/22 29; w79 12/15 3, 5; g79 12/8 3-9; g79 12/22 3-4; w78 12/15 3-5, 7-8, 15; g78 12/22 10-11; w77 739-741; w76 743, 766; gh 128-129; w75 739-740; w74 739-741; g74 12/22 3-4; yb73 212; g73 1/8 28; g73 12/22 3-7; g72 10/22 29; te 126; g71 6/22 23-24; g71 8/22 16; g70 11/8 5-6; g70 12/8 3-6; g69 5/8 7-8; g69 12/22 5-8; g68 11/22 26; g68 12/8 3-7; g67 12/8 3-7; w66 189-190; g66 2/8 30; ms 63, 236-238; g65 12/22 3-4; g64 4/22 7; g64 12/22 5-8; w63 446; g62 4/22 7; g62 12/22 5-8; w61 536; g61 4/22 24; g61 12/8 4-8; w60 703-704, 741-744; w59 262, 736; w58 739-740; w57 739-743; g57 12/22 5-8, 24-25; w56 91, 740-743; g56 12/22 24-27; g55 6/8 24; g55 12/22 5-7; w54 739-745; g54 12/8 3-8, 25-28; w53 739-740; g53 12/22 5-8; w52 660, 739-743; g52 12/22 21-24; w51 574; rm 96-97, 233-234; g51 12/22 21-23; w50 501-504, 522-523; g50 12/22 24-27; g49 12/22 12-16; g48 12/22 9-12; g47 12/22 9-11, 25-26; g46 12/22 3-8; ta 297; w42 349-350; g42 12/9 16-17; g40 3/6 27; g40 8/7 12; g40 12/25 20; g39 9/6 20-21; g39 12/13 22-23; g38 3/23 22; g37 12/15 17-18; g35 1/16 252-255; g35 12/18 186-190

accepting gifts: w65 768; w59 736

bonus at time of: w79 11/1 31-32

family meals: w79 11/1 31

music of: w83 12/15 3-7

witnessing during holiday season: km 12/77 4

day of Holy Cross: g40 6/26 12

Day of the Dead:

origin: su 49

Day of the Race: g63 11/22 24-25

discontinuance of religious holidays after Babylon’s destruction: sl 245

discussion: sj 17-21; g61 4/22 23-25

Easter: sj 19-20; tr 147-148; hp 171; w78 1/1 15; w76 72; g75 4/22 29; g73 1/8 28; g70 12/8 5-6; g69 5/8 7; w68 167-168, 286; w66 188-190; ms 64, 239-240; g64 7/22 10; w63 244-247; bf 478; g62 4/22 7; w61 536; g61 4/22 23-24; w60 704; g60 4/22 13; g60 8/22 7; g58 3/22 5-6; w57 195-197; g57 4/22 25-26; g55 4/8 25-26; w53 355-356; g49 4/8 12; g48 3/22 17-20; g46 4/10 16-17; w44 90; g40 3/20 17-18; g39 9/6 20

effect on families: g64 12/22 6

Epiphany: g61 12/8 4-8; w60 742

Father’s Day: g56 5/8 25-26

Feast of Fools: g61 4/22 23

Good Friday: w76 72; ms 239; g55 10/8 20; g53 10/22 24; g39 9/6 20

rituals in the Philippines: w84 9/15 21

Greek Orthodox Church:

holiday of “Saints” Helen and Constantine: w79 1/15 27

Guy Fawkes Day: g84 10/22 24; g61 4/22 23; g60 11/8 13-15; ta 320

Halloween: sj 20; g81 10/22 16; g71 12/22 30; g63 10/22 17-20; g62 3/8 30; g61 4/22 23; g61 10/22 12; w60 669-671; g59 10/8 27-28; w56 107; g56 10/22 25-26; g55 10/22 21-23; g46 10/22 13

name: g78 11/8 3

“Holy Friday” (El Salvador): g76 4/8 28

Homowo: g60 8/22 23; g54 4/8 9-10

Lent: g73 3/8 5-6; w66 188-189; ms 238-239; g63 2/22 27-28; g61 4/22 25; g55 2/22 5-8; rm 274; g48 2/22 26

Mardi Gras: g73 3/8 5; w68 213; g61 4/22 23; g61 8/22 8; g53 10/8 14-16; g42 2/4 20

May Day: sj 20; g74 2/8 28; g61 4/22 24; g56 4/22 24; g55 6/8 24; w53 687; g47 4/22 8

more wanted: g57 7/8 15

Mother’s Day: sj 21; g74 2/8 28; g56 5/8 25-26; g41 4/30 17-19; w40 158-159; w38 318-319; g34 5/9 489-490, 492-493; v-1 158-159

national holidays: sj 21

New Year’s Day: sj 20; g80 12/22 21-24; w74 32; g70 1/8 9-11; w67 767-768; g61 12/8 7; w60 704; g58 5/8 20; g57 1/8 21-23; g49 6/8 19; g46 12/22 23-24; g34 8/15 708-710

witnessing on: km 12/77 4

number of holidays by country: g84 4/22 30

“official” holidays: g73 8/8 30-31

Palm Sunday: g40 3/6 17; g39 9/6 20

“Saint” John the Baptist’s Day: w81 12/15 27

San Zopito: g54 5/22 19

schools:

activities: sj 21; w64 534-535; w60 703-704

Witnesses’ attitude toward doing holiday-oriented classwork: w84 11/15 31; sj 21

Sho-Gatsu: g51 12/22 21-24

Thanksgiving Day: g76 11/22 9-13; g69 11/8 5-7; w60 704; g59 11/22 4; g58 11/22 8-11; g52 11/8 21-24

three, eliminated by Catholic Church in Chile: g68 9/22 31

Valentine’s Day: sj 20; g82 1/22 12; g74 2/8 28; w68 573; w60 704; g47 2/8 27-28

Vappu: g61 4/22 24; g56 4/22 24

Vesak: g54 12/22 16

water festival in Burma: g50 4/8 27-28

Witnesses adjust view of: yb75 147