Christmas By Candlelight

Join a Shaker Village interpreter for a candlelit stroll through the heart of Pleasant Hill, including several of our historic buildings decorated for the holidays.

Did you know that the Shakers were some of the first Protestant Christians in America to celebrate Christmas? For nearly 200 years, the Shakers have observed Christmas as a day of great spiritual importance. Many of their traditions have evolved over time - from fasting and prayers in the late 1700s to festive decorations and scrumptious feasts in the early 1900s.