O Natal era celebrado pelos Estudantes da Bíblia no mundo todo, inclusive na sede da organização em Brooklyn, até 1926; o movimento sabia desde 1881 que a data tinha raízes pagãs e não havia tratado isso como motivo para parar.

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O Natal era celebrado pelos Estudantes da Bíblia no mundo todo, inclusive na sede da organização em Brooklyn, até 1926; o movimento sabia desde 1881 que a data tinha raízes pagãs e não havia tratado isso como motivo para parar. Source: God’s Kingdom Rules!, 2014 Source: The Watchtower, 15 de maio de 1995

A posição da organização ou explicação posterior: A organização publica uma fotografia com a legenda “The last time Christmas was celebrated at Brooklyn Bethel, 1926”.

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Publicação primária das Testemunhas de Jeová Verificado

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”.

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Nota de confiança. 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.

Consultado em. 19 de setembro de 2026 · Identificador da fonte. src-chg-d-kr-2014-ch10-christmas

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

15 de maio de 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.

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Nota de procedência e verificação

Nota de confiança. 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.

Consultado em. 19 de setembro de 2026 · Identificador da fonte. src-chg-d-w-1995-0515-p1-christmas

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

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