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Jahovah's Witness
I made a new friend this year. We've became very close but she's a Jahovah's Witness (I hope I'm spelling this right). If y'all don't know, they are Christians but don't *celebrate* christmas. So, would it be inappropriate of me to get her a christmas gift?
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You dont necasserally have to get her a "Christmas" gift. You can get her a gift, and tell her that the holidays are coming around, and you want to get her a gift just to be nice. I know that she will take a gift even if she does not celebrate Christmas! ;)
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Jehovah Witnesses are not Christians. Their beliefs are not based on salvation by Grace through Christ alone which is the bases for Christianity. They don't celebrate the birth of Christ because they don't believe in the significance of Jesus coming to earth as Savior. Their religion is based on their good works earning them a place in heaven.
That said, I don't see anything wrong with giving this person a gift, but you may not want to call it a Christmas gift. Give her a gift just because you care.
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It could go either way. I think that you should talk to her about it. Different families will handle something like this differently. The present doesn't have to be a surprise. In this case it would be better if it wasn't. Tell her that you understand that she doesn't celebrate Christmas, but since you were getting presents for your other friends you felt bad leaving her out and were wondering if it would be okay for you to get her something to celebrate your friendship. It wouldn't be a Christmas related gift (a teddy bear with a santa hat, etc.) and could even be just a batch of cookies or something that you made instead of bought. If she politely refuses you can go into the fact that if she didn't accept it that it would go against YOUR beliefs. That's not very fair since you are obviously very respectful of hers. Getting presents for friends and showing that you care is important to you, Christmas or no. Accepting a small present from a friend, in my opinion, is not celebrating a holiday. It is merely being respectful of other people, their beliefs, and their culture. People should stick to their belieifs, but need to respect the beliefs of others too. If her family was so strict about all this then they shouldn't allow their children to be friends with anyone except other Jahovah's Witnesses. I'm pretty sure you will be able to work something out with her. Good luck. :)
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tell her how your family celebrates christmas and inite her over and maybe just give her a gift and just tell her why u gae it 2 her so she doesnt really have 2 celebrate it!
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Well think about it like this.
Lets day you celebrate Christmas but have never celebrated Hannukah before. Then your friend got you a present for Hannukah and not one for Christmas. It would be awkward because its a gift for something you dont celebrate.
Try figuring out what holidays she DOES celebrate and buy her something on those days.
Good luck!
EDIT: Dont blame me for not knowing that because idk you and obviously you didnt say that in your question, so dont rate people low when they try to help you and just mess up a little.
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i admit i don't know that much about jehovah's witnesses but...i don't think they'd view accepting a christmas gift from you as sacrilege...get one for her.
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i have the same problem. two of my friends are Jahovah's Witnesses. I figured that I probably should not get them christmas gifts, because that is totally against their religion.
Ask her what else she celebrates, and get her a gift on that day!
hope i helped...
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