Today, Dec 23rd Is "Festivus For The Rest of Us" Day

Yes, Today is "Festivus"! Devoted Seinfeld fans used to be the only ones that knew what that meant, coming from a popular episode in 1997 where George and family celebrate the goofy self proclaimed holiday devised by Frank Costanza protesting and eschewing the commercialization of Christmas. (listen to Frank Explain it's origins here) But not any more, as Festivus has become officially commercialized just as Christmas unfortunately has, exactly what Frank was trying to point out by creating Festivus it he and the holiday were actually real that is.

So what would be more ironic and/or moronic (just kidding for those who do actually take this holiday seriously) than the fact that this fictitious sitcom world holiday protesting Christmas commercialization has some 10 years later actually become reality for some while fostering sales of the "festivus pole" among other Festivus related commercialized memorabilia one needs to join in the faux celebrations.

I myself still am and always was a pretty big Seinfeld fan, and no, sorry to Reverend's Jesse & Al, Michael Richards' overplayed but nasty outburst months ago didn't or won't change that one damn bit guys.

Anyhow, .. replacing beloved Christmas with festivus has not entered into the holiday plans of this guy's celebration schedule, but not surprisingly there are many out there that it has. So today, they all celebrate FESTIVUS for the rest of us. As they say, "Only in America".

BONUS!! The one and only original Festivus Pole Celebration Page (yes....there actually is one or two of them)

Wikipedia Page Devoted to Festivus if my explanation wasn't good enough for ya...:>)

Seinfeld Spurs Festivus Pole Sales
By DINESH RAMDE, Associated Press Writer

Kevin Campanella hates buying and receiving Christmas presents that he says inevitably disappoint. This year, no such worries.

Campanella plans to seek "serenity now" by celebrating Festivus, a wacky holiday popularized in a 1997 "Seinfeld" episode. Billed as "Festivus for the rest of us," the holiday celebrated by the Costanza clan on Dec. 23 features an airing of grievances and feats of strength in which a guest must pin the host before the party ends.

In protest of Christmas' commercialism, character Frank Costanza puts up an unadorned aluminum pole instead of a tree. The metal, he says admiringly, has a "very high strength-to-weight ratio."

"I just always loved that episode," said Campanella, 28, a landscaper from Warwick, R.I. "But it's not so much about the show — I think the idea of Festivus is a good idea." read more

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And From the Boston Globe
Yes, Virginia, there is a Festivus
The 'Seinfeld'-fueled, secular pseudo-holiday has grown by leaps and bounds over 9 years

At Julie Doyle's apartment in Quincy recently, party guests gathered to celebrate the season in what has become High Festivus fashion.

A dozen invitees sat around Doyle's living room next to the holiday pole, an aluminum shower rod purchased at Wal-Mart and anchored in a stand filled with clothespins. They enjoyed comfort food (chicken wings, nachos) and holiday music (Tejano) washed down with liberal quantities of holiday cheer Read More

Filed Under Humor, Miscellaneous, Holiday Themed

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