Today, December 23rd, many people across America celebrate the Festivus, a day that was first heard of as part of the popular 90’s sitcom Seinfeld. There are many people that don’t know what Festivus is though, so we are going to make a little explanation here so you know what’s going on.
The Festivus first appeared on a Seinfeld episode titled “The Strike”. In that episode George Constanza’s father, played by Jerry Stiller, expressed his discomfort at how Christmas is seen now as a date that promotes consumerism and commercialism to the point that it ruins the complete Christmas season. he then come to realize that in order to solve the problem, the world needs a new holiday.
At one point we had this “historic” piece of dialogue between Frank Constanza and Kramer:
Frank Costanza: many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way.
Kramer: What happened to the doll?
Frank Costanza: it was destroyed. but out of that a new holiday was born … a Festivus for the rest of us!
Kramer: That must’ve been some kind of doll.
Frank Costanza: she was.
For Festivus, people buy what is known as a “festivus pole” which is according to Festivusbook.com is “An unadorned length of lusterless metal or something that looks like metal, this central totemic element of Festivus can be mighty or meek.”
Are you celebrating Festivus today?
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Festivus Celebrated Today But…What is Festivus?
