Been there...done that!!!! Don't think that they won't!
I am usually at my non-JW family's house on Xmas day...well, about 4 years ago my ex and I weren't leaving to go there until about noon and it was the first year that we got daring enough to put up any kind of decoration thing that could be seen from the street. Well, lo and behold, who shows up at the door but the P.O. and another elder.
The chicken that I was.....I ran downstairs hiding......and dummy that he was...he LET THEM IN!! Well, there is our daughter just tearing into gifts, and the tree, etc. Basically, they looked disappointed and shocked and told my ex "You know what this means, don't you?" To which he replied, "Well, then do what you feel you have to do." I was furious later.
I ended up writing a letter to the elders, certified mail, using one from a site online as a basis.....threatening legal action of I heard of any kind of announcement about me, etc., as they did not see me, nor did they speak with me and a bunch of other things and I had quotes from the "Flock" book where it states that if someone has not been claiming to be a JW for a while that they don't need to take action necessarily, unless that one tries to return, or something like that. Fortunately, we have not heard back from them....but, I think that it is partially out of respect for my elderly (adoptive) JW father. I assume that once he passes they will be back.......of course, this would be the year, even though my father is still living (in the nursing home), when they come with my outdoor decorations and live-in boyfriend....and we will be home part of the day Xmas this year. Oh boy...... I will let you all know if they come a'knockin'!
