Holidays

Freedom · 11-03-2014, 08:48 PM

Since we are nearing the holiday season, I wanted to hear what everyone has to say in regards to the LC and holidays. I will start off by saying that I don't agree with the LC position on holidays. Even though I am in the LC still, I do not attend their trainings, rather I spend the time with family.

For me, not celebrating holidays was one of the most peculiar aspects of growing up in the LC. I think what was the most traumatic for me was dealing with the inevitable ridicule at public school. It is not an easy thing for a kid to have to explain why they don't celebrate holidays. I had to come up with ways rationalize a choice that wasn't mine to begin with.

In the modern LC, I don't see as much legality about not celebrating holidays, in terms of trying to make someone feel bad about it, but it is still frowned upon. They schedule trainings/conferences during all of the major holidays, so nowadays they can technically avoid the subject all together by simply getting everyone to attend their trainings. It has the side effect of keeping anyone from celebrating holidays.

11-03-2014, 08:48 PM	#1
Freedom Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 1,636	Holidays Since we are nearing the holiday season, I wanted to hear what everyone has to say in regards to the LC and holidays. I will start off by saying that I don't agree with the LC position on holidays. Even though I am in the LC still, I do not attend their trainings, rather I spend the time with family. For me, not celebrating holidays was one of the most peculiar aspects of growing up in the LC. I think what was the most traumatic for me was dealing with the inevitable ridicule at public school. It is not an easy thing for a kid to have to explain why they don't celebrate holidays. I had to come up with ways rationalize a choice that wasn't mine to begin with. In the modern LC, I don't see as much legality about not celebrating holidays, in terms of trying to make someone feel bad about it, but it is still frowned upon. They schedule trainings/conferences during all of the major holidays, so nowadays they can technically avoid the subject all together by simply getting everyone to attend their trainings. It has the side effect of keeping anyone from celebrating holidays.