Puritan Church Services
Elizabeth attended church services with her family on Sundays. Sunday services included long sermons by the clergy and psalm singing by the congregation. Elizabeth sat with the other women of the middling sort behind the ladies of higher station. Men sat on the other side of the church. Before and after services, Elizabeth and her family visited, gossiped with their friends and neighbors in the churchyard.
As a rule Puritans do not celebrate holidays. They recognize only Sunday as a special day and have laws against celebrating Christmas.