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Dec. 23—The Airing of Grievances Happy Festivus ! If you're scratching your head and checking your calendar to see how you missed a holiday, don't worry—you aren't the only one. The concept of ...
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:
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.
"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.
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]
Happy Festivus! The Seinfeld holiday episode that took the commercialism out of Christmas. 'The Strike' aired on December 18, 1997 on NBC.