Happy Festivus!

[Trekker4747]

Happy Festivus, everyone! May your feats be many and your grievances be few.

 

[OdoWanKenobi]

I've made a contribution to the Human Fund in all of your names.

Happy Festivus!

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

What the hell is Festivus?

 

[Miss Chicken]

Wikipedia's definition of Festivus

Festivus, a well-celebrated parody, has become a secular holiday celebrated on December 23 that serves as an alternative to participating in the pressures and commercialism of the Christmas season.[1] Originally a family tradition of scriptwriter Dan O'Keefe, who worked on the American sitcom Seinfeld, the holiday entered popular culture after it was made the focus of a 1997 episode of the program.[1][2] The holiday's celebration, as it was shown on Seinfeld, includes a Festivus dinner, an unadorned aluminum Festivus pole, practices such as the "Airing of Grievances" and "Feats of Strength", and the labeling of easily explainable events as "Festivus miracles".

I don't celebrate it myself. Instead I celebrate the 10 Days of Newton (25 Dec-4 Jan).

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Oh, it's a Seinfeld thing? That explains my confusion, since I've never seen that show. (Yes, it's possible. )

 

[Miss Chicken]

I have only seen one or two episodes of Seinfield but I knew about Festivus because of the efforts of people to get Festivus poles into public holiday displays. There was a hoo-ha last year when one group was allowed to to display a pole made out of beer cans.

Edited to put in a link to YouTube link about the Festivus Pole controversy

http://youtu.be/upeyiXm9lKk

 

[Locutus of Bored]

What the hell is Festivus?

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Happy Festivus, everyone! May your feats be many and your grievances be few.

I've got a lot of problems with you people!

Until you pin me, Trekker, Festivus is not over. Let's rumble!

 

[SiddFinch1]

Happy Festivus.....time to air the grievances...first of all...

 

[1001001]

And now as Festivus rolls on, we come to the feats of strength...

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

...I'm just gonna smile and nod.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

"....there's a pole. It requires no decoration. I find tinsel distracting."

 

[RJDiogenes]

A Festivus thread! It's a miracle!

 

[Trekker4747]

...I'm just gonna smile and nod.

It's amazing that you've never heard of this before.

 

[Velocity]

uhh, that's a shame.

 

[Gaseous Anomaly]

Happy Festivus.....time to air the grievances...first of all...

Okay, here is my grievance.

People who pass me and then slow down when I'm running cruise control.

People who speed up... a lot... after I pass them when I'm running cruise control.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

I hope you're yelling while you air this grievance.

It doesn't have the Festivus Spirit if you don't yell.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO ADD SOME CAPSLOCK

 

[The Old Mixer]

SERENITY NOW!