Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Festivus... for the rest of us of course!
Festivus is an annual holiday that was invented by Reader's Digest writer and editor Daniel O'Keefe. It was introduced to popular culture by O'Keefe's son Daniel, a scriptwriter for the TV show Seinfeld, on December 18, 1997, in the episode "The Strike" (Season 9, Episode 10). The holiday is celebrated each year on December 23, but many people celebrate it at other times, often to avoid the Christmas rush. The holiday includes novel practices such as the "Airing of Grievances", in which each person tells everyone else all the ways they have disappointed him/her over the past year. Also, after the Festivus meal, the "Feats of Strength" are performed, involving wrestling the head of the household to the floor, the holiday only ending if the head of the household is actually pinned.
Some people, influenced or inspired by Seinfeld, now celebrate the holiday, in varying degrees of seriousness; some carefully following rules from the TV show or books, others humorously inventing their own versions.
Feel free to "air your grievances" on this thread if you wish. This should be amusing... :whistling:
To keep things in the spirit of Festivus, the first person to take and post a picture of the "festivus pole" in their house will win a fiver from my cooler (Steve Hawk is the winner. Great lookin' pole!)...
:thumbs:
Next will be the "feats of strength" where someone is going to have to pin Rod!... okay, not really!
Edited to add... LINKEY LMAO!
mac
Festivus is an annual holiday that was invented by Reader's Digest writer and editor Daniel O'Keefe. It was introduced to popular culture by O'Keefe's son Daniel, a scriptwriter for the TV show Seinfeld, on December 18, 1997, in the episode "The Strike" (Season 9, Episode 10). The holiday is celebrated each year on December 23, but many people celebrate it at other times, often to avoid the Christmas rush. The holiday includes novel practices such as the "Airing of Grievances", in which each person tells everyone else all the ways they have disappointed him/her over the past year. Also, after the Festivus meal, the "Feats of Strength" are performed, involving wrestling the head of the household to the floor, the holiday only ending if the head of the household is actually pinned.
Some people, influenced or inspired by Seinfeld, now celebrate the holiday, in varying degrees of seriousness; some carefully following rules from the TV show or books, others humorously inventing their own versions.
Feel free to "air your grievances" on this thread if you wish. This should be amusing... :whistling:
To keep things in the spirit of Festivus, the first person to take and post a picture of the "festivus pole" in their house will win a fiver from my cooler (Steve Hawk is the winner. Great lookin' pole!)...
:thumbs:
Next will be the "feats of strength" where someone is going to have to pin Rod!... okay, not really!
Edited to add... LINKEY LMAO!
mac
