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Find Your Festivus Celebration
Can't do Christmas? Hate Hanukkah? Kwanza killing you?
Jesus is the reason for the season, the old saying goes, but that’s only partially true. December is also a special time for people from other faith traditions, and those with none at all.
Fans of the old “Jerry Seinfeld” TV show will recall that Dec. 23 is the date of Festivus, a secular celebration “for the rest of us.”
Festivus was created in 1996 by screenwriter Dan O’Keefe to combat the commercialization surrounding Christmas. In a case of life imitating art, the occasion has grown in popularity since the 1997 Seinfeld episode. Festivus traditions include an unadorned Festivus Pole, a Festivus dinner consisting of either meatloaf or spaghetti, an "airing of grievances," and "feats of strength" (such as arm wrestling).
Locally, the Nomad World Pub in Minneapolis is hosting a Festivus celebration a day early, on Dec. 22.
