Jennifer Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 The holiday for the rest of us!! Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissel Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 :lol::lol::lol: Well, we don't celebrate, but we have an unusual combo of family visiting this year and celebrating together in a very small condo, so I would not be surprised if I see some impromptu Feats of Strength! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeefreak Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 I think my husband would be all for decorating a Pole! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 I think my husband would be all for decorating a Pole! :lol: Hmmm.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessedfamily Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 I can't be the only person on this board without a clue so here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissel Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 I can't be the only person on this board without a clue so here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus :lol: Thank you! That was bizarrely and hilariously comprehensive. I was never a huge Seinfeld fan, but that episode is a classic, right up there with the one where Jerry can't remember his new girlfriend's name. "DOLORES!!!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Well, I'll start with the airing of grievances. I AM P*SSED MY FRIEND HAS ONLY 3 MONTHS TO LIVE. There. I said it out loud. I'm not having a good evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Well, I'll start with the airing of grievances. I AM P*SSED MY FRIEND HAS ONLY 3 MONTHS TO LIVE. There. I said it out loud. I'm not having a good evening. :grouphug: I'm so sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepy Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Well, I'll start with the airing of grievances. I AM P*SSED MY FRIEND HAS ONLY 3 MONTHS TO LIVE. There. I said it out loud. I'm not having a good evening. :grouphug:Michelle:grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferB Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 right up there with the one where Jerry can't remember his new girlfriend's name. "DOLORES!!!!" Are you sure it wasn't Mulva? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 I'm waiting for my extended family to start in on the list of grievances...this year, I plan to stand up and say "oh, are we starting the yearly list of grievances? -my turn next!" (usually I am too quiet and polite to say anything). I've already had my festivus miracle, a pair of jeans on sale, that did not make me want to cry when I put them on..I bought them of course. I love festivus, specially since we don't celebrate Christmas...I reference it a lot to lighten the mood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMindy Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 We celebrate every year!! Our family gets together and has a huge fondue dinner (not a part of the original festivus, just something we have added). My brother has a pole. We air grievances (pretty much fake ones) and watch the festivus episode. We have no feats of strength. It is just an excuse to get together once more during the holidays. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Festivus sounds too much like Christmas with the in-laws. We aren't doing either this year ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 but I may be wrong We celebrated with our neighbors last year and plan to do it again this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmrich Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 huge Seinfeld fan! Thanks for making me laugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 I never knew such a thing existed. I must celebrate tomorrow! I have some grievances. That is hilarious. I even heard them mention it on Fox news this morning. Who knows 100 years from now it may be a popular worldwide tradition that is written into modern history books. :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 (edited) that is the official Costanza date. We skip the airing of the greivances, but every year the kids attempt to wrestle the head of the household to the ground. This year that may revert to arm wrestling, the boys are getting big and dh is getting nervous.... We eat Chinese food and watch A Christmas Story. And we all sing along with the fa-wah-wah-wah-wah, wah-wah-wah, wah. Bumpus hound jokes aboound. When the kids get a bit older, we may all watch the Seinfeld episode together, but there's just a lot of innuendo there that we are not ready to have to explain to them. It is our reserved day together, just our immediate family, so we can take a breather from the shopping/extended family rigamarole and just have a relaxing laugh together. We also talk about the ridiculous/commercial side of Christmas versus the true reason to celebrate the holiday (which I must confess I've been feeling grinchy about lately, pondering on what God would think about what we've done to this observance feast... but that's another subject altogether...). We have had a pole, but we do not worship it, it's just a big joke for us. If you have a decorative column or a support beam/pole in the basement, plus a roll of tin foil... voila! Festivus! ETA: re: not "worshipping" the pole, gosh, that sounds strong, I just meant to say that we don't take it seriously... Edited December 22, 2008 by AuntieM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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