Festivus
I am so looking forward to the Airing of Grievances. I gotta lot of problems with [you] people! (Nobody here, just others in my life). |
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I don't know what a Festivus Pole is....  |
Paula O. wrote: When is it appropriate to put up the Festivus pole? I don't want to put it up too early.
I am so looking forward to the Airing of Grievances. I gotta lot of problems with [you] people! (Nobody here, just others in my life). personally I am considering proposing a new State tax on anyone who puts up any holiday decoration prior to the end of the last holiday! WHy are so many Christmas decorations up a week or more before Christmas?? so festivus being December 23rd I would say anytime after this weekend should be fine 
Any particular feats of strength planned for after the airing of the grievances? |
kerry wrote: Paula O. wrote: When is it appropriate to put up the Festivus pole? WHy are so many Christmas decorations up a week or more before Christmas??How abt Christmas decorations up before Halloween is over because the retailers want a "jump start" since the economy is slow. I understand the logic, I just don't like it. It doesn't put me in the mood. How abt just giving us the discounts for the "jump start"?   |
his_armywife wrote: OK.... Don't laugh...
I don't know what a Festivus Pole is.... Festivus is an annual holiday invented by writer Dan O'Keefe and introduced into popular culture by his son Daniel, a scriptwriter for the TV show Seinfeld.[1][2] Although the original Festivus took place in February 1966 as a celebration of O'Keefe's first date with his wife, Deborah,[2] most people now celebrate the holiday on December 23, as depicted on the December 18, 1997 Seinfeld episode "The Strike."[1][3] According to O'Keefe, the name Festivus "just popped into his head."[2] The holiday includes novel practices such as the "Airing of Grievances", in which each person tells everyone else all the ways they have disappointed him or her over the past year. Also, after the Festivus meal, the "Feats of Strength" are performed, involving wrestling the head of the household to the floor, the holiday only ending if the head of the household is actually pinned. These conventions originated with the TV episode. The original holiday featured far more peculiar practices, as detailed in the younger Daniel O'Keefe's book The Real Festivus, which provides a first-person account of an early version of the Festivus holiday as celebrated by the O'Keefe family, and how O'Keefe amended or replaced details of his father's invention to create the Seinfeld episode.[4] Some people, influenced or inspired by Seinfeld,[2] now celebrate the holiday in varying degrees of seriousness; some carefully follow rules from the TV show or books, while others humorously invent their own versions. Contents [hide] 1 Festivus rituals 1.1 The Festivus Pole 1.2 Festivus Dinner 1.3 Airing of Grievances 1.4 Feats of Strength 1.5 Festivus Miracles 2 Etymology and origin 3 Other references 4 References 5 External links |
Darcy wrote: his_armywife wrote: OK.... Don't laugh... I don't know what a Festivus Pole is.... Festivus is an annual holiday invented by writer Dan O'Keefe and introduced into popular culture by his son Daniel, a scriptwriter for the TV show Seinfeld.[1][2] Although the original Festivus took place in February 1966 as a celebration of O'Keefe's first date with his wife, Deborah,[2] most people now celebrate the holiday on December 23, as depicted on the December 18, 1997 Seinfeld episode "The Strike."[1][3] According to O'Keefe, the name Festivus "just popped into his head."[2] The holiday includes novel practices such as the "Airing of Grievances", in which each person tells everyone else all the ways they have disappointed him or her over the past year. Also, after the Festivus meal, the "Feats of Strength" are performed, involving wrestling the head of the household to the floor, the holiday only ending if the head of the household is actually pinned. These conventions originated with the TV episode. The original holiday featured far more peculiar practices, as detailed in the younger Daniel O'Keefe's book The Real Festivus, which provides a first-person account of an early version of the Festivus holiday as celebrated by the O'Keefe family, and how O'Keefe amended or replaced details of his father's invention to create the Seinfeld episode.[4] Some people, influenced or inspired by Seinfeld,[2] now celebrate the holiday in varying degrees of seriousness; some carefully follow rules from the TV show or books, while others humorously invent their own versions. Contents [hide] 1 Festivus rituals 1.1 The Festivus Pole 1.2 Festivus Dinner 1.3 Airing of Grievances 1.4 Feats of Strength 1.5 Festivus Miracles 2 Etymology and origin 3 Other references 4 References 5 External links Gosh Darcy...did you take a smarty pants pill today????? |
Paula O. wrote: When is it appropriate to put up the Festivus pole? I don't want to put it up too early.
I am so looking forward to the Airing of Grievances. I gotta lot of problems with [you] people! (Nobody here, just others in my life). Maybe we could do a combined airing of grievances when we meet for lunch. After being in a bad car accident and getting robbed this year, I've got some grievances to get off my chest.  |
nope, i just copied it off of wickepedia  |
| I was reading the topic of the thread and thought, "Festivus, Festivus," I know I know that word...... I love Seinfeld! |
Well, as you all may remember, I have put up a pole for the last 2 years.
I like to put it up about a week or two before Festivus (these pics were taken on December 10). I like to have enough time to appreciate it. Without tinsel of course, since it's so distracting. |
Thats so beautiful...it brought a tear to my eye  |
| Jill, did someone handcraft your pole or did you buy it off the shelf? And do you store it in the crawl space?
Deborah, we'll kvetch next month. |
| Is that a Bro or a Mannsiere hanging on the pole? |
Paula O. wrote: Jill, did someone handcraft your pole or did you buy it off the shelf? And do you store it in the crawl space?
Deborah, we'll kvetch next month. Unfortunately, it's not an authentic aluminum Festivus pole but I did handcraft it myself. It is actually housed in the crawl space underneath my basement stairs. I think with Owen here, the Feats of Strength are going to be really interesting this year. He's already showing great promise. |
| What does the pole do? I mean, what is the role of the pole?
roly poly |
Hint of Mischief wrote: What does the pole do? I mean, what is the role of the pole?
roly polySilly girl! The pole does NUTTIN'! Its the "Christmas tree" of Festivus! |
Oh I see 
I thought you might at least dance round it or throw things at it or something. |
Hint of Mischief wrote: Oh I see
I thought you might at least dance round it or throw things at it or something. LMAO you all crack me up... |
Hint of Mischief wrote: Oh I see
I thought you might at least dance round it or throw things at it or something. Like a Maypole dancer or hoopla or something?? |
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