I’ll tell you what…I am the biggest Seinfeld fan EVER!  Pure genius.  All of it.  The best of the best has to be “The Strike” episode.  The episode that introduces us to Festivus.  Not a fan?  Let me explain…

Festivus is a fictitious holiday created by Frank Costanza.  It all started, again, when Kramer heard about this holiday created by Frank years previous and wanted to know about it. Below is the conversation between Kramer and Frank.

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.

Cosmo 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!

Cosmo Kramer: That must’ve been some kind of doll.

Frank Costanza: She was.

Festivus has 4 basic components to it:

• Festivus Pole - A plain aluminum pole is used as this tradition’s only decoration. Frank loves it because of it’s “very high strength to weight ratio.” Unlike the Christmas tree, it has no tinsel, as Frank finds it “distracting.”
• Festivus Dinner - This is pretty much a standard meal that is supposed to be very filling comfort food that has no relation to other traditional holiday food. Things like meat loaf and pasta.
• The Airing of Grievances - At the dinner table whilst eating, each person let’s everyone know about who has disapointed them that year.   “I got a lot of problems with you people!”
• The Feats of Strength - The head of the household or Festivus host chooses one person to test their strength against. Festivus isn’t over until someone pins the host to the ground. Festivus law also states that the person chosen can choose to decline the challenge if they have something better to do.

There you have it, the origin and how to go about celebrating this glorious holiday! Festivus is traditionally celebrated on December 23rd, but really can be celebrated anytime due to no specific time constraining rules.

I’d also like to take this opportunity to to give you all a special Festivus gift. It’s a gift that was good enough for George Costanza to give everyone, so it’s my gift to all of you! HAPPY FESTIVUS!!!

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