Celebrations, Observances, Rites, and Gatherings


 * affair
 * anniversary
 * assemblage
 * at home
 * ball
 * bank holiday
 * banquet
 * baptism
 * bar mitzvah
 * barn dance
 * bas mitzvah
 * bat mitzvah
 * beanfeast
 * bee
 * benefit
 * birthday
 * black-tie
 * bonfire
 * box social
 * bris
 * call
 * callithump
 * carnival
 * cavalcade
 * celebration
 * ceremony
 * church feast
 * clambake
 * cocktail party
 * coffee klatsch
 * coming out
 * commemoration
 * commencement
 * communion
 * confirmation
 * corroboree
 * cotillion
 * dance
 * date
 * debut
 * dinner
 * event
 * extravaganza
 * fair
 * feast
 * feria
 * -fest
 * festival
 * festive occasion
 * festivity
 * fete
 * fete champetre
 * fiesta
 * formal
 * function
 * funeral
 * gala
 * gathering
 * gaudy
 * get-together
 * harvest home
 * high tea
 * holiday
 * holiday season
 * homecoming
 * honeymoon
 * hootenanny
 * hop
 * house party
 * housewarming
 * jamboree
 * jubilee
 * kaffee klatsch
 * kermis
 * klatch
 * last rites
 * legal holiday
 * luau
 * luncheon
 * masked ball
 * masquerade
 * Mass
 * matinee
 * meet
 * memorial
 * mixer
 * movable feast
 * name day
 * national holiday
 * observance
 * Oktoberfest
 * open house
 * opening night
 * pageant
 * parade
 * party
 * picnic
 * potlatch
 * powwow
 * procession
 * prom
 * promenade
 * receiving
 * reception
 * red-letter day
 * religious holiday
 * reunion
 * revel
 * rite
 * rite of passage
 * ritual
 * roast
 * Sabbath
 * Sadie Hawkins
 * salute
 * saturnalia
 * seance
 * seder
 * Shabbat
 * shindig
 * shindy
 * show
 * shower
 * sing-along
 * sit-down dinner
 * soiree
 * songfest
 * square dance
 * stay-on
 * sun dance
 * tea
 * tea ceremony
 * tea party
 * testimonial
 * tribute
 * vacation
 * wake
 * walkabout
 * wayzgoose
 * wedding
 * welcome
 * white-tie
 * whoop-de-do
 * yuletide