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  2. Festivus - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Happy Festivus! How to celebrate and where to stream all the ...

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    Festivus is a holiday first coined in Season 9, Episode 10 of Seinfeld.Invented by George Costanza’s father, Frank. Festivus is an alternative to Christmas, where families can air their ...

  4. 'A Festivus miracle': All about the 'Seinfeld' holiday ...

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    A "Seinfeld"-themed holiday that Jason Alexander's George Costanza can attest is "all too real" comes every Dec. 23, when fans of the iconic sitcom remember the classic 1997 episode "The Strike."

  5. Festivus, the ‘Seinfeld’ holiday focused on airing grievances ...

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    The “Seinfeld”-created holiday of Festivus is for those who are more apt to embrace their inner “bah, humbug!” than their Christmas spirit. Festivus, the ‘Seinfeld’ holiday focused on ...

  6. The Strike (Seinfeld) - Wikipedia

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    "The Strike" is the 166th episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the tenth episode of the ninth and final season. [1] It aired on December 18, 1997. [2] This episode features and popularized the holiday of Festivus.

  7. Dan O'Keefe (writer) - Wikipedia

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    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]

  8. 'A Festivus for the rest of us': The real, 'bizarre' story ...

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    The real Festivus is more 'bizarre and sinister' than what's in 'Seinfeld' The reality of the Dec. 23 holiday, O'Keefe wrote in "The Real Festivus," was far more "bizarre and sinister” than what ...

  9. Daniel O'Keefe (writer) - Wikipedia

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    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".