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Festivus (/ ˈ f ɛ s t ɪ v ə s /) is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23 as an alternative to the perceived pressures and commercialism of the Christmas season.Originally created by author Daniel O'Keefe, Festivus entered popular culture after it was made the focus of the 1997 Seinfeld episode "The Strike", [1] [2] which O'Keefe's son, Dan O'Keefe, co-wrote.
Festivus, a Festivus for the rest of us, falls on Dec. 23 every year. This year, that happens to be a Monday, which feels like the perfect day for the Airing of Grievances. How to celebrate Festivus:
It aired on December 18, 1997. [2] This episode features and popularized the holiday of Festivus. In this episode, Jerry dates a woman who looks attractive sometimes and ugly at other times, Kramer returns to his old job at a bagel shop, and George gets out of buying Christmas gifts for his co-workers with fake donations to a made-up charity.
O'Keefe founded Festivus in 1966 to commemorate his first date with his wife Deborah, three years earlier. Later their son Dan O'Keefe became a writer and worked on the Seinfeld television series. During the 1997–1998 season, he introduced Festivus to the rest of us in a Seinfeld episode named "The Strike".
Festivus is a secular holiday occurring on December 23. Festivus may also refer to: The Festivus, a seashell periodical; Festivus Film Festival, a former film festival in Denver; Mesonauta festivus, a species of South American cichlid fish
Here's everything you need to know Festivus, the "Seinfeld" holiday celebrated on December 23 that is a reaction to the commercialization of Christmas. Plus, ideas on how to celebrate accordingly.
As a television writer, O'Keefe was responsible for popularizing the holiday Festivus on the 1997 Seinfeld episode "The Strike". [4] Festivus had been invented in the 1960s by O'Keefe's father, editor and author Daniel O'Keefe (1928–2012). In 2005, Dan O'Keefe published a book about the holiday and its history, titled The Real Festivus. [5]
How to watch Seinfeld and the Festivus episode Seinfeld is currently streaming on Netflix after a long stint with Hulu. The Festivus holiday is featured in " The Strike ", season nine, episode 10.