The Watchtower, “Part 1—Flashes of Light—Great and Small”
“Shortly thereafter, a flash of light caused the Bible Students to stop celebrating Christmas. Before that time Christmas had always been celebrated by the Bible Students worldwide, and its celebration at Brooklyn headquarters was a very festive occasion.”
The retrospective states plainly that Christmas had been celebrated by the movement worldwide, including at its own headquarters, until the change in the late 1920s.
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Provenance and verification note for The Watchtower, Part 1—Flashes of Light—Great and Small
Confidence note. Document opened on wol.jw.org on 19 September 2026; the wording was read in full and the page number taken from the library's own page markers.
Notes. The accompanying footnote extends the reasoning to birthdays. Footnote page numbers are not cited here because the library prints footnotes after the last page marker.
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-chg-d-w-1995-0515-p1-christmas