You’ve seen the Seinfeld episode, but here's how Festivus for the rest of us came to be.
When we say Happy Holidays, it's meant to wish everyone the best this time of year, no matter their religion or lack thereof, or what they celebrate. There’s Christmas of course, but that's obviously not the only holiday during the season. Festivus, on December 23rd, may not be a traditional holiday, or a real one if you want to be technical about it, but it is one that means a lot to many for a variety of reasons.
Where Does Festivus Come From? Festivus wasn’t a catchphrase. It wasn’t a word you said per se. It was an event, and one so absurd, yet with some deeply held truths for many, that it became endearing. As proof that Seinfeld was a classic all the way to the end , the Festivus-centered episode didn’t come until the tenth entry in the series’ ninth and final season.
Kruger asks if George is making Festivus up, but George tells him he can prove it, so he invites the man to his parents’ home. The wacky hijinks that Seinfeld is known for then ensues, with Jerry Stiller giving one of his best performances. With his family and their friends gathered around the table, he begins to scream what he doesn’t like about them, ripping into Kruger too. There’s one more part of Festivus called the feats of strength.
O’Keefe elaborated, “It was a holiday that was unique to our family. That was ostensibly a strength. And it didn’t have a set date [and] in real life it could just happen whenever the f–k he felt like it, or was extremely hungover and wanted to jump-start his synapses. In one year, there were two for some reason; one year, there were none. You never knew when [Festivus] was coming.”
As bizarre as that all is, was there a Festivus pole in O’Keefe’s childhood? “The real holiday was too peculiar to show on television. The real symbol of the holiday was a clock inside a bag nailed to the wall and nearby a sign that says, ‘F–k Fascism.’ That doesn’t fly on network TV. Either Alec or Jeff came up with the idea of the pole and the strength-to-weight ratio.”
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