It's a strange idea, isn't it? After all, the
traditional Quaker testimony against keeping of times and seasons
holds that there is no spiritual significance to any day. Quakers do
not, traditionally, take liturgical notice of Christian seasons and
festivals, be it Lent or Advent, Easter or Christmas. How then can we
have a Quaker Halloween, a festival that is now of limited liturgical
significance even to mainstream Christian churches.
There's more to Halloween than the lack of
liturgical significance, however, and more to Quaker approaches to
Christmas and Easter than their lack of liturgical significance for
us. The important aspect of many of these festivals is now, in the
global economic north, cultural. Practising members of many faiths
will celebrate elements of such holidays, giving presents and
attending parties.
