Are there any people that do not celebrate?

Question

holidays such as Chrismas, Easter, Halloween or others?
If you do not, why don't you?

Answer 1

Jehovah's Witnesses

Answer 2

I do not celebrate halloween or easter. I am a bit old for an easter egg hunt, and hitting up strangers for a sugar rush. Dispite not being christian I do celebrate Christmas. My family is deep rooted into christianity and I do not mind. I think it is a priviledge to experience such events no matter what religion it comes from. As an Occultist I am not limited about what I can or can not celebrate.

Hails,
Silence

Answer 3

Non-Christians do not celebrate Christmas as the birth of Christ, but rather secular Christmas or they celebrate another religious holiday.

Non-Christians also do not celebrate Easter as the resurrection of Christ, but it's becoming just another excuse for a family gathering and there is now secular Easter.

Some people do not celebrate Halloween at all due to some of the darker origins and connotations it holds.

I celebrate secular Christmas and Easter and commercial Halloween. Hey, everybody loves a holiday.

Answer 4

I enjoy celebrating Holidays, except Halloween. I also leave out Santa Clause out of Christmas and I call Easter, Resurrection Sunday instead, and we omit the Easter Bunny. I love Thanksgiving Day and the Fourth Of July. We keep Christ at the Center of all our Holidays.

Answer 5

It surprises me how many people know that Halloween and Christmas are originally Pagan but so few know that Easter is too.

Eostre is a springtime Pagan celebration of Fertility. Ever wonder about the Easter bunny or the chocolate eggs? Bunnies are well known for their reproductive skills and eggs are a fertility symbol.
http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/sunnysweb/ostar.html

Halloween is a favorite holiday of mine. Something about the nights getting longer, the carving of pumpkins, the end of the harvest . . .it just feels really good. And it has NOTHING to do with the devil.
http://www.history.com/minisites/halloween

Christmas is a guilty pleasure of mine. I love the cold and the snow. The smell of evergreen trees and the sparkly lights. I love the smells of all the yummy things getting baked and I love taking hot bubble baths while watching it snow out my window.
http://www.locksley.com/6696/xmas.htm

Answer 6

Jehovah's Witnesses don't. If I understand it correctly, they don't participate in levity and things that would distract them from their purpose in life: salvation and fulfillment of God's will. Those I've met have been extremely devout, good people, striving their best to make a difference in the world, and this is an outward sign of their inward commitment.

I've heard of other groups that have been less prone to celebrate things for one reason or another: that Christmas was a political move, masking a pagan ritual and taking on many of it's customs, that Halloween was a day of fear just before All Saints Day (November 1st) and that they don't want to celebrate the evil in this world, that Thanksgiving is a celebration of Colonial Imperialism and the degredation of indigenous nations, etc.

For me, I feel that the celebrations are about connection, family, forgiving old grudges, and putting the priority in life on the more lasting things.

Answer 7

I cant say that I celebrate any of the above (Christmas, Easter, Halloween).

I tolerate Christmas for the sake of friends and family -- I am frankly very turned off by the focus on gifts and selfishness at Christmas time, rather than a focus on the person of Christ. I do enjoy the lights and the Christmas services/ church music though (not the xmas music in the stores and shopping malls).

I attend a church service to celebrate Resurrection Sunday, and express my gratitude to Christ.

I do not celebrate Halloween...

However I am not personally offended by those who choose to celebrate the festivals you mention above.

Cordially,
John

Answer 8

Jehovah's Witnesses don't celebrate holidays. Holidays as Christmas, Easter, New Years Eve and others have pagan origins, Halloween says it all don't you think? We do celebrate Weddings but without the man made traditions, we celebrate our childrens graduation from school as an accomplishment, we observe the Memorial of Christ that he himself established.

Answer 9

There's A LOT of people who don't celebrate those. Non-Christians generally don't celebrate Christmas and Easter and I think few non-Americans celebrate Halloween.

My family is half Christian, half atheist. We celebrate Christmas. For the Christian family members it has to do with religion, the rest of us just see it as a nice opportunity to enjoy quality time with the family. I don't celebrate Easter although a part of my family does. Easter simply means nothing to me. And we don't have Halloween and thanksgiving in my country (Iceland).

Answer 10

Their is an organization: Jehovah's Witnessess as the name implies are made up of a varierty of peoples from all walks of life who have who in principle adhere to Bilble principles. Using God's Word they help explain the viewpoint of christians towards ceremonies of any kind. Besides much of of the holidays are of pagan origins having to do with how we can best serve God. futhermore, I done extentive research on the above holidays,using the Encyclopedias ( various ones) and have in my opinion the these are all man made traditions. Today we see 21st century practices associated with holidays Some appear harmless, but God observed firsthand the pagan religious practices from which these originated. Should not his view be what matters to us? ( Compare Exodus 32: 4-10 ) Notice that the Israelites adopted an Egytian religous practice but gave it a new name "a festival to God", the results? Personally, no with good reason- John 15:19. Peace!

Answer 11

We don't celebrate those in my religion. We are not Christian so we don't celebrate Christmas nor Easter. We can celebrate Halloween if we want to but it isn't in our religion. Most of us in the religion to go to family gatherings and celebrate the Pagan holidays that are on Christmas and Easter though.