National Festivus 2024

Reason to celebrate: December 23, 2024 is National Festivus.

Although first celebrated by Serta O’Keefe in 1966, Festivus didn’t gain common recognition until his boy, Daniel O’Keefe – a author around the TV sitcom Seinfeld at that time – used the celebration like a joke within the show is 1997.Festivus encourages the celebration from the festive season with no commercial overtones typically connected with Christmas. Celebrate through getting an ordinary aluminium pole instead of a conventional Christmas Tree, and labelling common and perfectly normal occasions as ‘Festivus miracles’.

Religious activist puts up gay pride Festivus poles at state capitol buildings

Robert Ray and his family, of Granite Falls, Wash., set up a "Festivus Pole" supporting gay rights at left, Monday, Dec. 21, 2015, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The pole, based on a fictional holiday depicted in the popular 1990s television sitcom ...

How Rand Paul celebrated the 'Seinfeld' holiday Festivus

Sen. Rand Paul spent the day before Christmas Eve cracking jokes about his fellow presidential candidates and government spending, as part of a Twitter celebration of the “Seinfeld” holiday Festivus. His fellow presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz “has ...

The 'Festivus' That Almost Wasn't: How Julia-Louis Dreyfus Almost Killed The ...

Festivus has come and gone for another year, but it's never far from a Seinfeld fan's heart. The fictitious, now kinda real, holiday that takes place every December 23 as practiced by Frank Costanza (Jerry Stiller) in the hit sitcom of the 1990s, gave ...

Paul issues Festivus grievances at opponents

Of course, since in the first GOP presidential debate Paul opened with a salvo against New York billionaire and Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, the brash businessman was a Festivus target in 2015. “Where to start but @realDonald Trump. If u bring ...

Jets Center Nick Mangold Celebrated Festivus

“I've got the Festivus pole, although Ryan doesn't have that,” Mangold told Newsday. “I'm the only one dumb enough to buy a pole.” During the Airing of Grievances, Mangold said he had nothing bad to say about Fitzpatrick, who is three touchdowns shy of ...

Man Behind Gay Pride 'Festivus' Displays Launches 'In Satan We Trust' Campaign

After successfully erecting gay Pride "Festivus" poles at seven state capitols this year, Chaz Stevens has hatched a more devilish plot — literally. Stevens, executive director of the Florida-based Humanity Fund, wants to put up "In Satan We Trust ...

From Christmas to Festivus, Illinois Capitol Holiday Display...

A pole commemorating the holiday Festivus, invented by the character Frank Costanza in a 1997 episode of “Seinfeld,” now is part of the display. Considering that the main activity of Festivus is the “airing of grievances,” perhaps it's appropriate that ...