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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Can anyone tell me why the LC does not celebrate Christmas? My friend in the church I noticed does not celebrate Easter as well. However, they do celebrate the "american" holidays like the 4th, New Years Eve, Valentine's, and Thanksgiving (not halloween strictly).
Does anyone have any explanations for these?
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Well, some folks may celebrate all of these (a few rogue LC members may even get away w/celebrating Christmas on the down low, at least occasionally!).
But truth be told, the Summer Training competes w/July 4th, and the Thanksgiving Day Weekend Conference competes with...Thanksgiving Day. That doesn't meet that people can't celebrate them. But now that the internet allows for simulcasts, I think the pressure to decide between family time and church obligations has increased a little. (Or at least, there may be a need to rearrange Thanksgiving dinner schedules to fit the meetings in.)
(But as we all know, Jesus came to divide families, not to unite them...see Matt. 10:35 for clarification.)
As for Valentine's, that can be a bit tricky when some elders require approval to even ask a woman out for ice cream. (And even in localities where the elders don't require approval, a lot of people in their locality believe that they do. Not sure why.)
And lastly, as for New Year's Eve, I once spent it pray reading Living Stream Ministry publications w/"the college brothers." Sheesh.
