A Festivus for the Rest of Us

Posted on December 23, 2009 at 12:40 pm

Seinfeld’s alternate December holiday has actual followers. There are even books about it. Its primary attraction seems to be that it is not Christmas, Hannukah, or Kwanzaa and that it is easy to observe. All you need is parties, grievance-airing, pole-erecting, beer-brewing and the invention of new Festivus rituals.

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