A Celebration for the Rest of Us

 

Today we're going to talk about another holiday that is celebrated during the Christmas season. It's a new one that's been growing for about two decades now....

Festivus! It's the biggest holiday celebrated every year on December 23rd. It began it's rise in popularity due to a Seinfeld episode in 1997. Here is how the legend began...

 

Festivus has become a cult classic and is actually celebrated by many people now. I think it's a little funny and fun to celebrate. Here's the first two steps in celebrating this zany holiday.

 

Once you've got yourself a bare pole and you have left work the next step in Festivus is the Airing of grievances. That's another key part in the holiday. Anything that annoys you whether it be a television show, a person, a behavior, a food, etc... you can talk about it. Air it out. Get it out there! Air your grievance! Getting it out will make you feel better. That's one of the beautiful things about Festivus. You can get things off your chest.

 

Once you've told everyone your gripes and problems with them everyone sits down to a dinner together. Nothing like eating a healthy meal after telling someone that their new haircut gives you a migraine!

 

The final step of the night is the Feats of Strength. This step doesn't end until someone physically loses a strength challenge. Typically, it is to be the head of the household. In the original Seinfeld episode the Feats of Strength was to be a wrestling match between George's dad (the head of the house hold) and George. Until the head of the household is pinned down on the ground then the feats of strength isn't complete. Now since it's become such a celebrated holiday people are arm wrestling, thumb wrestling, playing beer pong and even board games during for their feat.

 

So as you end your night sitting on the head of the household, around the Festivus pole remember that the people you just cussed out will be the ones you give presents to 48 hours later.

 

And no one gets a gift during Festivas... a donation is made to the Human Fund in your name... aka they just pocket the money for themselves.

Happy Festivus!

Festivus For the Rest of Us

Yesterday was Festivus and boy did I celebrate it! Don't know what festivus is? Well it become known around the nation in December of 1997 via the show Seinfeld. Festivus is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23 as "another way" to celebrate the holiday season without participating in it's pressures and commercialism. 

Instead of a tree, people have a plain silver pole. The best part of Festivus is something called, the "Airing of Grievances". The Airing of Grievances is when everyone participating is allowed to tell people how they've disappointed them during the year. And of course this is my favorite part of Festivus. 

If you follow me over on twitter, Jmomiller. Then you know I aired my grievances and it felt gooooood. I think it should become a monthly holiday. That would make life so much easier! So if you missed out on this year's festivus. Join in next year, it's totally worth it. I swear! 

As for today, it's Christmas Eve! After the 1o hours of work I'll be doing today, I'm headed out to see White Christmas on the big screen! A local theater is showing it and I can't wait to see it up on the big screen just like how it originally came out! Once the movie is done, we'll probably head home and get ready for Santa's visit! 

Have a wonderful Christmas Eve!!