Jess
Birthday gift ideas for three 15 year old girls? Not to expensive, easily accessible to someone who lives near Edinburgh, I'd say my budget for each would be just over £5, maybe 7ish each?
And Christmas present ideas for five 15 year old girls? Maybe a lower budget of about £5 each, again easy to get in or around Edinburgh?
I have a few shops ideas, like lush, i love candy and such..any other suggestions?(:
Thankyou for your help!
(:
Answer
$5 gift cards for their fav stores is cool
nail polish
bracelets
necklaces
teddy bears
stuff animal(their fav)
candy
card
board game( if they like board games )
flowers
$5 gift cards for their fav stores is cool
nail polish
bracelets
necklaces
teddy bears
stuff animal(their fav)
candy
card
board game( if they like board games )
flowers
Do Jehovah's Witnesses celebrate ANY holidays?
Emmy
Even minor ones, like Valentine's Day, Halloween, or St. Patrick's? My boyfriend was raised as a Jehovah's Witness til he was 11 (over 15 years ago), and whenever I get excited about a holiday (the most recent being Christmas), he never gets the least bit excited. He also thinks it's silly to dress up on Halloween and says Valentine's is too commercial. I used to wonder about all this but I remembered his Jehovah upbringing (he is not one anymore, hasn't been since he was a kid - he appalls the religion) and wondered if his upbringing has something to do with him being so against Valentine's and Halloween. He seemed okay spending Xmas with me, just wasn't giddy like me, which is understandable. What do Jehovah's Witnesses believe about holidays, even minor ones?
Answer
*** sj pp. 17-21 Holidays and Celebrations ***
Holidays and Celebrations
So if a holiday or a celebration is in some way linked to other gods or goddesses, or if observing it is contrary to our understanding of Biblical principles, we do not take part.
Birthdays: Enjoying a feast or a party and generous giving to loved ones are certainly not wrong. (Luke 15:22-25; Acts 20:35) Jehovahâs Witnesses enjoy giving gifts and having good times together throughout the year. However, the only two birthday celebrations mentioned in the Bible involved people who were not true believers. They were a Pharaoh of Egypt and the Roman ruler Herod Antipas, each of whose birthday celebrations had deadly results. (Genesis 40:18-22; Mark 6:21-28) So it is not surprising to see these historical references to the attitude of early Christians toward birthday celebrations:
âThe notion of a birthday festival was far from the ideas of the Christians of this period in general.ââThe History of the Christian Religion and Church, During the Three First Centuries (New York, 1848), by Augustus Neander (translated by Henry John Rose), page 190.
Of all the holy people in the Scriptures, no one is recorded to have kept a feast or held a great banquet on his birthday. It is only sinners (like Pharaoh and Herod) who make great rejoicings over the day on which they were born into this world below.ââThe Catholic Encyclopedia (New York, 1911), Volume X, page 709 (quoting Origen Adamantius of the third century).
Additionally, birthday celebrations tend to give excessive importance to an individual, no doubt one reason why early Christians shunned them. (Ecclesiastes 7:1) So you will find that Jehovahâs Witnesses do not share in birthday festivities (the parties, singing, gift giving, and so forth).
Christmas: As you are probably aware, December 25 was not the birthday of Jesus Christ. You may feel that this does not matterâthat the event is the important thing. But the way the Christmas holiday developed shows that there is more to it than that. The following encyclopedias explain:
âThe observance of Christmas is not of divine appointment, nor is it of N[ew] T[estament] origin. The day of Christâs birth cannot be ascertained from the N[ew] T[estament], or, indeed, from any other source. The fathers of the first three centuries do not speak of any special observance of the nativity.ââCyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature (Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1981 reprint), by John McClintock and James Strong, Volume II, page 276.
âMost of the Christmas customs now prevailing in Europe, or recorded from former times, are not genuine Christian customs, but heathen customs which have been absorbed or tolerated by the Church. . . . The Saturnalia in Rome provided the model for most of the merry customs of the Christmas time.ââEncyclopædia of Religion and Ethics (Edinburgh, 1911), edited by James Hastings, Volume III, pages 608, 609.
It is commonly known that Christmas was not originally a celebration of Christâs birth. U.S. Catholic of December 1981, page 32, notes: âIt is impossible to separate Christmas from its pagan origins.â The magazine explains:
âThe Romansâ favorite festival was Saturnalia, which began on December 17 and ended with the âbirthday of the unconquered sunâ (Natalis solis invicti) on December 25. Somewhere in the second quarter of the fourth century, savvy officials of the church of Rome decided December 25 would make a dandy day to celebrate the birthday of the âsun of righteousness.â Christmas was born.â
When learning these facts about Christmas, how have some been affected? The World Book Encyclopedia (1982) observes under âChristmasâ: âDuring the 1600âs . . . Christmas was outlawed in England and in parts of the English colonies in America.â Since people in the past refused to celebrate Christmas because of its pagan origins, it should be understandable why Jehovahâs Witnesses do not celebrate it today. We take no part in Christmas parties, plays, singing, exchanging of gifts, or in any other such activity that is associated with Christmas.
Jehovahâs Witnesses take the same position of total nonparticipation in other religious or semireligious holidays that occur during the school year. The reason is that these holidays, too, are connected with non-Christian worship; in fact, certain features of such worship often dominate the celebrations. Consider the following examples:
Easter: Although this holiday is supposed to commemorate Christâs resurrection, note what secular authorities say regarding it:
âEaster. Originally the spring festival in honor of the Teutonic goddess of light and spring known in Anglo-Saxon as Eastre. As early as the 8th century the name was transferred by the Anglo-Saxons to the Christian festival designed to celebrate the resurrection of Christ.ââThe Westminster Dictionary of the Bible (Philadelphia, 1944), by John D. Davis, page 145.
âEverywhere they hunt the many-co
*** sj pp. 17-21 Holidays and Celebrations ***
Holidays and Celebrations
So if a holiday or a celebration is in some way linked to other gods or goddesses, or if observing it is contrary to our understanding of Biblical principles, we do not take part.
Birthdays: Enjoying a feast or a party and generous giving to loved ones are certainly not wrong. (Luke 15:22-25; Acts 20:35) Jehovahâs Witnesses enjoy giving gifts and having good times together throughout the year. However, the only two birthday celebrations mentioned in the Bible involved people who were not true believers. They were a Pharaoh of Egypt and the Roman ruler Herod Antipas, each of whose birthday celebrations had deadly results. (Genesis 40:18-22; Mark 6:21-28) So it is not surprising to see these historical references to the attitude of early Christians toward birthday celebrations:
âThe notion of a birthday festival was far from the ideas of the Christians of this period in general.ââThe History of the Christian Religion and Church, During the Three First Centuries (New York, 1848), by Augustus Neander (translated by Henry John Rose), page 190.
Of all the holy people in the Scriptures, no one is recorded to have kept a feast or held a great banquet on his birthday. It is only sinners (like Pharaoh and Herod) who make great rejoicings over the day on which they were born into this world below.ââThe Catholic Encyclopedia (New York, 1911), Volume X, page 709 (quoting Origen Adamantius of the third century).
Additionally, birthday celebrations tend to give excessive importance to an individual, no doubt one reason why early Christians shunned them. (Ecclesiastes 7:1) So you will find that Jehovahâs Witnesses do not share in birthday festivities (the parties, singing, gift giving, and so forth).
Christmas: As you are probably aware, December 25 was not the birthday of Jesus Christ. You may feel that this does not matterâthat the event is the important thing. But the way the Christmas holiday developed shows that there is more to it than that. The following encyclopedias explain:
âThe observance of Christmas is not of divine appointment, nor is it of N[ew] T[estament] origin. The day of Christâs birth cannot be ascertained from the N[ew] T[estament], or, indeed, from any other source. The fathers of the first three centuries do not speak of any special observance of the nativity.ââCyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature (Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1981 reprint), by John McClintock and James Strong, Volume II, page 276.
âMost of the Christmas customs now prevailing in Europe, or recorded from former times, are not genuine Christian customs, but heathen customs which have been absorbed or tolerated by the Church. . . . The Saturnalia in Rome provided the model for most of the merry customs of the Christmas time.ââEncyclopædia of Religion and Ethics (Edinburgh, 1911), edited by James Hastings, Volume III, pages 608, 609.
It is commonly known that Christmas was not originally a celebration of Christâs birth. U.S. Catholic of December 1981, page 32, notes: âIt is impossible to separate Christmas from its pagan origins.â The magazine explains:
âThe Romansâ favorite festival was Saturnalia, which began on December 17 and ended with the âbirthday of the unconquered sunâ (Natalis solis invicti) on December 25. Somewhere in the second quarter of the fourth century, savvy officials of the church of Rome decided December 25 would make a dandy day to celebrate the birthday of the âsun of righteousness.â Christmas was born.â
When learning these facts about Christmas, how have some been affected? The World Book Encyclopedia (1982) observes under âChristmasâ: âDuring the 1600âs . . . Christmas was outlawed in England and in parts of the English colonies in America.â Since people in the past refused to celebrate Christmas because of its pagan origins, it should be understandable why Jehovahâs Witnesses do not celebrate it today. We take no part in Christmas parties, plays, singing, exchanging of gifts, or in any other such activity that is associated with Christmas.
Jehovahâs Witnesses take the same position of total nonparticipation in other religious or semireligious holidays that occur during the school year. The reason is that these holidays, too, are connected with non-Christian worship; in fact, certain features of such worship often dominate the celebrations. Consider the following examples:
Easter: Although this holiday is supposed to commemorate Christâs resurrection, note what secular authorities say regarding it:
âEaster. Originally the spring festival in honor of the Teutonic goddess of light and spring known in Anglo-Saxon as Eastre. As early as the 8th century the name was transferred by the Anglo-Saxons to the Christian festival designed to celebrate the resurrection of Christ.ââThe Westminster Dictionary of the Bible (Philadelphia, 1944), by John D. Davis, page 145.
âEverywhere they hunt the many-co
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