To my friends, please understand that it's not possible for either me, my wife or my family to acknowledge Christmas or the New Year or indeed any other pagan festival. This is because we recognize only true Christian faith in Yahuwah (God) and Yahushua (Jesus), who established His true calendar and which He made available to us at creation. The evil one, however, as Daniel 7:25 tells us will "change times and laws".This was done by Constantine and the Papal enterprise in circa 325AD. and later solidified in the establishing of the Gregorian calendar.
Time is one of the three elements of blindness which satan has successfully managed to perpetuate since the early church fell away in the first century and which has kept mankind occupied on the things of the world ever since. The second element being the understanding of the true names of Yahushua (God) and Yahushua (Jesus). with the third element being the Ten Commandments. Most Christians fail on all three.
Today Yahuwah (God) is bringing light to His truths lost to mankind for nearly two millennial and acknowledgement of which is absolutely necessary for today. So please, if you have wondered why we don't respond to your well wishes, it's because we have already seen the brightness of the path which he is now leading His true believers.
You would be wise to read this post in conjunction with is 2012 really “The End of Time?” which will explain further implications and give understanding of this year being 5998 in the context of timing in Yahuwah's plans.