Festivus For The Rest Of Us
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Festivus, do you know that today is Festivus day? and Will you be celebrating Festivus this year? What is Festivus?
Festivus is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23rd. Without religion, Festivus is a holiday celebrated by those frustrated with the commercialism and pressure surrounding the Christmas/Hanukkah season.
Festivus gained notoriety and popularity on the wildly successful Seinfeld show. Many of the show’s cult like following gravitated towards the tongue in cheek holiday, and continue to honor and observe the day.
Festivus includes an aluminum “Festivus pole”, practices such as the “Airing of Grievances” and the “Feats of Strength”, and the labeling of easily explainable events as “Festivus miracles”.
From CNN:
The Festivus faithful have gathered across the globe and have come together in places as various as seedy bars, campus squares and corporate boardrooms. Citizens, with varied degrees of success, have petitioned to raise Festivus poles beside public nativity scenes. Social networking sites and holiday-specific venues — like festivusbook.com and festivusweb.com — are go-to places for those who want to share the cheer, or jeers.
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