Many meetings today observe holidays as a reason for remembrance, fellowship, celebration, and maintaining ties to family tradition. The experience will differ from family to family, and from meeting to meeting. When Friends do celebrate holidays, it is usually done as simply as possible. Decorations–if any–are minimal, and gifts are not extravagant.
Some celebrations occur at the meeting house, such as a shared meal, the singing of carols or hymns, or an extra sunrise meeting for worship.
Other Resources
- What did Easter mean to Early Quakers? | David K. Leonard for Friends Journal
- Do Quakers celebrate Christmas and Easter? | Quaker.org
- Quakers & Holidays | Quaker Faith & Podcast