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Serena Williams Won’t Celebrate Daughter’s Birthday Due To Jehovah’s Witness Belief

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Serena Williams has said that her daughter Alexis Olympia will not be celebrating her one year old birthday or any other birthday because they are Jehovah Witnesses.

Alexis Olympia turns 1 this week – but she wouldn’t be experiencing any extravagant party. Serena Williams confirmed that due to her beliefs as a Jehovah’s Witness, she will not be celebrating her baby girl’s first birthday.

Serena was speaking at a press conference at the US Open when she was asked whether she has thought about how she will be celebrating Olympia’s first birthday.

Responding to a reporter asking: ‘Is there a birthday party planned?’, the 36-year-old said: ‘Olympia doesn’t celebrate birthdays. We’re Jehovah’s Witnesses, so we don’t do that.’

It is believed Serena’s husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, is now practicing with his wife, despite not growing up in a religious household.

Speaking to Vogue last year, Serena said: ‘Being a Jehovah’s Witness is important to me, but I’ve never really practiced it and have been wanting to get into it.

‘Alexis didn’t grow up going to any church, but he’s really receptive and even takes the lead. He puts my needs first.’

Jehovah’s Witnesses do not celebrate religious holidays like Christmas and Easter, and do not observe birthdays or national holidays, feeling that many of these customs have pagan origins and do not celebrate God.

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