ClaimDoctrine changesverified1920sExplicit statement

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Weihnachten wurde von den Bibelforschern weltweit gefeiert, auch in der Zentrale der Organisation in Brooklyn, und zwar bis 1926; die Bewegung wusste seit 1881, dass das Datum heidnische Wurzeln hat, und hatte darin keinen Grund gesehen, damit aufzuhören.

Claim ID claim-doctrine-chg-christmas-celebratedConcerns 25. Dezember 1926Ausdrückliche Aussage

Die Aussage und ihre Belege

Ausdrückliche Aussage · 25. Dezember 1926 Geprüft

Weihnachten wurde von den Bibelforschern weltweit gefeiert, auch in der Zentrale der Organisation in Brooklyn, und zwar bis 1926; die Bewegung wusste seit 1881, dass das Datum heidnische Wurzeln hat, und hatte darin keinen Grund gesehen, damit aufzuhören. Source: God’s Kingdom Rules!, 2014Source: The Watchtower, 15. Mai 1995

Die Position der Organisation oder ihre spätere Erklärung: Die Organisation veröffentlicht ein Foto mit der Bildunterschrift “The last time Christmas was celebrated at Brooklyn Bethel, 1926”.

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Primärveröffentlichung von Jehovas Zeugen Geprüft

God’s Kingdom Rules!, “The King Refines His People Spiritually”

2014 · p.102 · chap. 10, par. 8 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“Yet, the Bible Students did not at the time clearly see the need to stop celebrating Christmas. It continued to be celebrated even by members of the Brooklyn Bethel family. After 1926, however, things began to change.”

The chapter quotes Zion’s Watch Tower of December 1881 acknowledging the pagan roots of Christmas, then records that the headquarters staff went on keeping it until 1926, and prints a photograph captioned “The last time Christmas was celebrated at Brooklyn Bethel, 1926”.

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for God’s Kingdom Rules!, The King Refines His People Spiritually

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. 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 chapter attributes the decisive change to “The Origin of Christmas” in The Golden Age of 14 December 1927 and a radio discourse published in The Golden Age of 12 December 1928.

Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung. src-chg-d-kr-2014-ch10-christmas

Primärveröffentlichung von Jehovas Zeugen Geprüft

The Watchtower, “Part 1—Flashes of Light—Great and Small”

15. Mai 1995 · p.19 · par. 13 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“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.

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for The Watchtower, Part 1—Flashes of Light—Great and Small

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. 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.

Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung. src-chg-d-w-1995-0515-p1-christmas

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