festivus for the rest of us
Then Dan told the story of Festivus to the Seinfeld staff and the rest is history. [1]
Frank Costanza (Jerry Stiller, left, next to Michael Richards as Cosmo Kramer) holds the old family aluminum Festivus pole while talking to Jerry Seinfeld. [2]
A Festivus for the Rest of Us. [3]
Festivus is a fictional holiday created by Frank Costanza (played by Jerry Stiller) on the popular television comedy Seinfeld. [4]
Celebrants of the holiday sometimes refer to it as “Festivus for the rest of us”, a saying taken from the O’Keefe family traditions and popularized in the “Seinfeld” episode to describe Festivus as “another way” to celebrate the season without participating in its pressures and commercialism. [...] Festivus is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23rd. [2]
Non-denominational alternate Christmas-time holiday featured on SEINFELD, Season 9, episode No. 166, “The Strike”. [3]
Dan O’Keefe a writer on Seinfeld father discovered the holiday in a book published in 1966. [...] The most common elements are the Festivus Pole, Festivus Feast, Festivus Fruitcake, Airing of Grievances and the Feats of Strength. [1]
The holiday’s celebration, as shown on “Seinfeld”, includes an aluminum “Festivus pole”, practices such as the “Airing of Grievances ” and the “Feats of Strength “, and the labeling of easily explainable events as “Festivus miracles”. [2]
There was only one doll left and as he reached for it, so did another man. [3]
Kramer: That must’ve been some doll. [4]
Both the Airing of Grievance and Feats of Strength are not typically involved in most modern day Festivus celebrations. [1]
The head of the family tests his strength against another friend or family member.The great honor is given out to a different person each year. [3]
Frank: Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. [4]
Sources:
[1] What is Festivus? It’s for the rest of us!
[2] Festivus - Wikipedia
[3] Festivus for the Rest of Us
[4] Festivus