Same here.....I don't have anger about it, but, I REALLLLLY like them now!!! (And I think because I missed out, they are still magical in a way for me now)
Are You Angry That You Didn't Get To Celebrate The Holidays?
by minimus 21 Replies latest jw friends
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BrentR
I was at first but after 24 yrs of having holidays I get a little burnt out on them. For me Christmas is way too stressful and expensive and I am always glad when it's over. So in hindsight I never really missed anything. I am not a grinch but I stopped being a retail spending puppet a long time ago.
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TheSilence
Angry... no. But I listen to people at work gripe and complain about the holidays every year... and I enjoy them maybe even more than my nieces and nephews do :::smile::: so maybe that I get to truly enjoy them as an adult rather than looking at them as a burden is my compensation. I'll be an adult far longer than I was a kid.
Jackie
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[Are You Angry That You Didn't Get To Celebrate The Holidays?]
No, but I sure missed them as a kid growing up. Halloween and Christmas were the hardest.
I won't let anger consume me or the life I have left that's mine.
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R.F.
No. Never really cared actually, and still don't.
R.F.
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horrible life
The dubs say that they give gifts all year round. BULL
I know we didn't have money to spare, but I think that if my father would have been able to move up, in his occupation, we would have had more money. He was held back by the Witnesses, and saying they needed him, to stay in our city. Like it really mattered.
There was so much hatred and strife, in my house growing up. Kids hating parents, being scared, siblings hating siblings, my parents hitting and spanking. Serious lack of any natural affection, between any family member. If we would have been able to gather around a Christmas tree, buy gifts, and actually think about each other for a few seconds, YES, I think we would have been closer.
As an elders family, or just a JW family, you are not allowed to care about anything but selling magazines, books, and study. If it wasn't for procreation, to bring more little dubs into the world, to replinish supplies, I don't think that JW's would be allowed to have families.
Anger, do you think??? I am not able to join the love gang here. And I think it started as a baby, when I was born without a penis, and has continued til now. I have been poisoned, and there is no cure.
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delilah
I'm not angry, Min, but try being a preteen, and suddenly having to give it all up?? Damn, that was hard.
I sure make up for it now though....waiting for November first.
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Younglove1999
I don't feel angry- My mom went out of her way to give us "family days" at least once a year and made a big deal about graduations, so we always got presents, so as a kid I never felt deprived or envious of the "worldly" kids.
But, now that I have a child, I find it bizarre to NOT acknowledge someones birthday. Giving birth and bringing my daughter into the world was such an amazing moment and I can't fathom ever forgetting it. How can you not help but celebrate such an amazing event?
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The Oracle
I have never celebrated a birthday.
Never celebrated Christmas or anything else.
It's very strange.
Secretly I loved Christmas time. I loved the snow and lights. It seemed so magical.
The spirit of giving seemed so pure.
Even though the WT tried to sell us on the fact that everyone really hates Christmas, I never fully bought in to that.
Although I did believe there were no doubt some "worldly" people who might not like it because of the long line-ups, commercialism, or some of the potential politics associated with gift giving and receiving.... - I knew that most people LOVED IT!
And I missed it.
I imagined what it would be like to be a part of a big family on Christmas morning. Everyone dressed all cuddly in their cuddle clothes and enjoying a breakfast together. Opening presents, having big laughs together.
Yes indeed. Such an evil pagan festival....
One day I will experience the evil that is Christmas.
The Oracle
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Es
More upset than angry, I def have made up for it tho, and I get to live through my kids birthday and imagine what mine would have been like. I wish I had birthdays when I was young. I feel sorry for my family for missing out on that with us kids, christmas and bdays is just so much fun, I love watching my kids faces.
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