Serena Williams Won't Be Celebrating Daughter Olympia's Birthday - EVER!

Serena Williams revealed that she won’t be celebrating her daughter Olympia’s first birthday in September or any other birthday, due to religious beliefs.

The tennis great revealed in a recent interview, ‘Olympia doesn’t celebrate birthdays,’ the 36-year-old said. ‘We’re Jehovah’s Witnesses, we don’t do that.’

Serena has been a Jehovah’s Witness since her mother converted to the faith in the early 1980s, shares Daily Mail.

Practicing Jehovah’s Witnesses do not observe holidays they believe to have a pagan origin—such as Christmas, Easter, and birthdays.

‘Being a Jehovah’s Witness is important to me, but I’ve never really practiced it and have been wanting to get into it,’ she said.

‘Being a Jehovah’s Witness, obviously we believe in God and the Bible. And without Him, I wouldn’t be here right now. I really thank Him for everything.’

Kids humble us. The other day on a flight home Olympia had so much energy and insisted on running up and down the aisle. When I finally got her to calm down and sit still, she threw up all over me and in the aisle. #ThisMama wants to remind all mothers the importance of supporting one another through the highs, lows, laughs and tears. _ Share your own stories of motherhood with hashtag #ThisMama. I’d love to hear them!

A post shared by Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) on Aug 26, 2018 at 1:12pm PDT

The countdown is on for New York! I’m so excited for my first pop-up shop in NYC from Friday – Sunday @Tictail, a female-run business like mine. If you can’t make it in person, you can still shop our exclusive NYC tee that launches this Friday.

A post shared by Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) on Aug 21, 2018 at 6:12am PDT

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19 Comments

- - Amy Browne said
  - 01 Oct 2018
    8:58 am
That’s really a personal choice if that’s your belief that’s your belief no bother to me hard to have an opinion on another’s persons personal life choice. As long as baby is fed, healthy, happy and loved what else matters?
Did not realise Serena was a Jehovah’s Witness so I guess I did learn something from this article!

- - Blossom said
  - 01 Sep 2018
    4:03 am
Jewish people have different traditions too. The don’t celebrate Christmas either.

- - nealsq said
  - 31 Aug 2018
    11:48 pm
her kid, her choice, why is this even being reported?

- - mom265671 said
  - 31 Aug 2018
    11:44 pm
Good on her sticking to her beliefs and not just following the norm. Doesn’t harm her in anyway so none of my business

- - BellaB said
  - 31 Aug 2018
    3:09 pm
Their decision, and not a harmful one, so not my business. Although I wonder if she’ll hold that line when her daughter gets older and starts asking.

- - mom160421 said
  - 31 Aug 2018
    12:58 pm
We all raise our children according to our individual beliefs. If it’s not impacting the child negatively, then I don’t see a problem.

- - mom81879 said
  - 31 Aug 2018
    12:40 pm
No doubt if she did have the huge, full blown birthday party for her daughter they so many celebrities opt to do, she would have been criticised too.

- - Lizzie23 said
  - 31 Aug 2018
    12:15 pm
That’s her choice & good on her but I would hope when the child is old enough, they be given the right to choose if that’s the belief they wish to continue to follow.

- - jenniw said
  - 31 Aug 2018
    11:22 am
Good on you Serena – follow your beliefs and values.

- - Ellen said
  - 31 Aug 2018
    7:23 am
I’m sure they’re celebrating life and children in their own way, we can do this daily. The world would be a boring place if we would do everything the same.

- - LuckyMum said
  - 31 Aug 2018
    6:20 am
Each to their own .. I couldn’t do it myself… but if that’s what she believes…

- - ~Loui~ said
  - 31 Aug 2018
    12:08 am
Each to their own.
They don’t believe in having blood transfusions either.

- - ashna9 said
  - 30 Aug 2018
    9:36 pm
I guess all families have their own traditions etc.
- mom93821 replied
  
  31 Aug 2018 , 5:49 am
  They do and learning about them is interesting.
- - becstalou said
  - 30 Aug 2018
    9:06 pm
My friends at school were Jehovahs witness and they just had different celebrations so their children didn’t feel like they were missing out on anything.

- - mom93821 said
  - 30 Aug 2018
    3:29 pm
Everyone has their own belief system.

- - mom90758 said
  - 30 Aug 2018
    2:37 pm
I didn’t know that Jehovah’s witnesses don’t celebrate birthdays and other holidays!
- Amanda Holland replied
  
  30 Aug 2018 , 5:08 pm
  Me either! At least she won’t be a spoilt celebrity child
- - mom264171 said
  - 30 Aug 2018
    12:31 pm
I think this is fair enough everyone is different in how they do things and bring up their children.