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Noël a été célébré par les Étudiants de la Bible dans le monde entier, y compris au siège de l’organisation à Brooklyn, jusqu’en 1926 ; le mouvement savait depuis 1881 que cette date avait des origines païennes et n’y avait pas vu une raison d’arrêter.

Claim ID claim-doctrine-chg-christmas-celebratedConcerns 25 décembre 1926Déclaration explicite

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Déclaration explicite · 25 décembre 1926 Vérifié

Noël a été célébré par les Étudiants de la Bible dans le monde entier, y compris au siège de l’organisation à Brooklyn, jusqu’en 1926 ; le mouvement savait depuis 1881 que cette date avait des origines païennes et n’y avait pas vu une raison d’arrêter. Source: God’s Kingdom Rules!, 2014Source: The Watchtower, 15 mai 1995

Position de l’organisation ou explication ultérieure : L’organisation publie une photographie légendée « The last time Christmas was celebrated at Brooklyn Bethel, 1926 ».

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Publication primaire des Témoins de Jéhovah Vérifié

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”.

Note de provenance et de vérification for God’s Kingdom Rules!, The King Refines His People Spiritually

Note sur la fiabilité. 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.

Date de consultation. 19 septembre 2026 · Identifiant de la source. src-chg-d-kr-2014-ch10-christmas

Publication primaire des Témoins de Jéhovah Vérifié

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.

Note de provenance et de vérification for The Watchtower, Part 1—Flashes of Light—Great and Small

Note sur la fiabilité. 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.

Date de consultation. 19 septembre 2026 · Identifiant de la source. src-chg-d-w-1995-0515-p1-christmas

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