Try to get me right losers!
On this day of Festivus we should listen to him. What is more important is we can make others to listen to him.
So, it's time to gather around an aluminum pole, tell your loved ones all the ways they have disappointed you, and wrestle the head of the household, if you are not the one. It’s fun. All the traditional holidays exclude somebody from the fun, but with this one, everyone's in. We should not forget that sometimes people want something that's nothing.
Festivus was actually practiced by former "Seinfeld" writer Daniel O'Keefe's family since the 60s and celebrated as a quirky household tradition every Dec. 23rd. In the 1997 "Seinfeld" episode "The Strike" character Frank Costanza tells Kramer that he invented the holiday when his children were young and he found himself in a department store tug of war with another Christmas shopper over a doll. "As I reined blows upon him I realized there had to be a better way," Frank says. So Frank coined the slogan "A Festivus for the rest of us."
The holiday features a tradition such as the "Airing of Grievances," which occurs during the Festivus meal and in which each person tells everyone else all the ways they have disappointed him or her over the past year. The holiday's symbol? An unadorned aluminum "Festivus pole."
After the meal the "Feats of Strength" are performed, involving wrestling the head of the household to the floor. The holiday ends when the head of the household is actually pinned.
Allen Salkin wrote "Festivus: The Holiday for the Rest of Us," a book that chronicles the birth of this holiday.
If you have still some residue left, then share your grievances in the comment section.
Watch the video if you do not want to lose the real fun.
To-day is Festivus, the most cherished day for all losers. It is the secular holiday first introduced into popular culture on the hit 1990s TV show Seinfeld.
Whether we accept or not, like a winner, there also stays a loser in all of us. We try to hide him/her from our friends and colleagues just to avoid embarrassment. We almost always ignore him/her.
On this day of Festivus we should listen to him. What is more important is we can make others to listen to him.
So, it's time to gather around an aluminum pole, tell your loved ones all the ways they have disappointed you, and wrestle the head of the household, if you are not the one. It’s fun. All the traditional holidays exclude somebody from the fun, but with this one, everyone's in. We should not forget that sometimes people want something that's nothing.
Festivus was actually practiced by former "Seinfeld" writer Daniel O'Keefe's family since the 60s and celebrated as a quirky household tradition every Dec. 23rd. In the 1997 "Seinfeld" episode "The Strike" character Frank Costanza tells Kramer that he invented the holiday when his children were young and he found himself in a department store tug of war with another Christmas shopper over a doll. "As I reined blows upon him I realized there had to be a better way," Frank says. So Frank coined the slogan "A Festivus for the rest of us."
The holiday features a tradition such as the "Airing of Grievances," which occurs during the Festivus meal and in which each person tells everyone else all the ways they have disappointed him or her over the past year. The holiday's symbol? An unadorned aluminum "Festivus pole."
After the meal the "Feats of Strength" are performed, involving wrestling the head of the household to the floor. The holiday ends when the head of the household is actually pinned.
Allen Salkin wrote "Festivus: The Holiday for the Rest of Us," a book that chronicles the birth of this holiday.
If you have still some residue left, then share your grievances in the comment section.
Watch the video if you do not want to lose the real fun.
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