HOLIDAYS
(See also Celebrations; Festivals)
(Note centered heading below: List by Name)
Bible view: lff lesson 44; od 202-203; w18.11 11; lvs 172-183, 252-253; bhs 172; bh 222-223; lv 144-159; kl 49-50, 126; pe 212-214
celebrations based on Law covenant: scl 12-13
celebrations of political or social movements: ijwfq article 59
employer’s bonus: lvs 252-253
gifts: lvs 253
holidays exalting men or human organizations: ijwfq article 59; scl 13; pe 214
holidays exalting one nation or ethnic group: ijwfq article 59; scl 13
holidays having pagan origins: ijwbq article 37; ijwfq article 59; scl 12; lvs 172-173; rr 58; bhs 165-170; w14 3/1 2; bh 156-161; kr 105; lv 144-145; g01 10/8 10; w87 6/15 20; g86 3/8 17; g86 3/22 7-8
requests of unbelieving mate: lvs 252; lv 158-159; w01 12/15 28-29
social customs linked with holidays: bhs 168-170; bh 159-161
video Holidays and Celebrations That Displease God: lff lesson 44
weekly holy day for worship: g 9/11 10-11
comments by Witness children: ed 18; w97 12/15 7; kl 126-127; g94 5/8 30; g94 7/22 30; g94 12/8 31; g93 11/22 8-10; g92 12/22 12
discussion: rs 176-182
experiences:
at place of employment: yb96 53
schoolboy asks why Witnesses don’t celebrate: w08 2/15 19
explaining Christian position to others: lvs 182-183
video Tactfully Explain Your Beliefs: lff lesson 44
field ministry during: km 10/13 3; km 8/99 7; km 8/97 7; km 12/90 8; km 12/86 8
greetings: km 12/90 8
holiday season (Christmas to New Year’s Day): w05 12/15 3-8
national holidays: ijwfq article 59; rs 182
Witness view: ijwfq articles 59-60; kr 103, 105; w02 7/15 22; jv 198-200
how determined: ijwfq article 59
video You Are Precious to Jehovah: lff lesson 44
List by Name
(Where no references appear, see main heading)
All Saints’ Day (Nov. 1):
All Souls’ Day (Day of the Dead) (Nov. 2):
Anzac Day: ijwfq article 59
Australia Day: ijwfq article 59
Christmas:
Chuseok: ijwfq article 59
Easter:
Epiphany:
Father’s Day:
five-year-old addresses school about: g 8/07 28
Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary: ijwfq article 59
Feast of the Immaculate Conception: ijwfq article 59
Fiesta of Our Lady of Guadalupe: ijwfq article 59
Flag Day: ijwfq article 59
Good Friday: yb98 193
Grandmother’s Day: g 12/06 20
Guy Fawkes Day: ijwfq article 59
Guy Fawkes Night: g02 5/22 30
Halloween:
Hanukkah:
Hungry Ghost Festival: ijwfq article 59
Independence Day: ijwfq article 59
Ivan Kupala: ijwfq article 59
Kwanzaa: ijwfq article 59
Lent: ijwbq article 139; ijwfq article 59
Loy Krathong: ijwfq article 59
May Day:
Memorial Day: ijwfq article 59
Meskel (Maskal): ijwfq article 59
Mid-Autumn Festival: ijwfq article 59
Mother’s Day:
Name Day: ijwfq article 59
National Repentance Day (Papua New Guinea): ijwfq article 59
Nauruz (Nowruz): ijwfq article 59
New Year’s celebrations:
Purim:
Qingming Festival (Ch’ing Ming): ijwfq article 59
Remembrance Day, Remembrance Sunday: ijwfq article 59
Rosh Hashanah: ijwfq article 59
Saint John the Baptist’s Day: g97 2/8 29
“St. Nicholas Day” (Dec. 6):
Shab-e Yalda: ijwfq article 59
Songkran: ijwfq article 59
Thanksgiving Day:
Valentine’s Day:
Vesak: ijwfq article 59
Veterans Day: ijwfq article 59