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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.
In the south, the cuisine is composed of two components: the rural products of the field including dairy products, citrus fruits and olive oil, and coastal products, i.e. seafood. Those regions are particularly conducive to raising animals, as pastures and feed resources are abundant.
As a card sent to him by his father reminded George in the 1997 episode, Festivus comes every Dec. 23. In real life, it was invented by the father of former “Seinfeld” writer Dan O’Keefe in ...
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Only some of the Festivus traditions in the "Seinfeld" episode are true, according to Dan O'Keefe and his 2005 book, “The Real Festivus.” "It was entirely more peculiar than on the show," O ...
The Feast of the Seven Fishes (Italian: Festa dei sette pesci) is an Italian American celebration of Christmas Eve with dishes of fish and other seafood. [1] [2] Christmas Eve is a vigil or fasting day, and the abundance of seafood reflects the observance of abstinence from meat until the feast of Christmas Day itself.
Dinner usually refers to what is in many Western cultures the biggest and most formal meal of the day. Historically, the largest meal used to be eaten around midday , and called dinner. [ 1 ] Especially among the elite, it gradually migrated to later in the day over the 16th to 19th centuries. [ 2 ]