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omg!lol!..no way!.. festivus!

500 years from now devout Oprahists will celebrate Festivus every year.
 
Frank Costanza is a legend, thank you Jerry Stiller
 
The gospels according to Cosmo Kramer.
 
You know what this reminds me of? The episode of Family Guy in which Peter creates the church of Fonz! Damn that Seth McFarlene! He knows what he's talking about!
 
Festivus was actually created by the father of former Seinfeld writer Dan O'Keefe.

"My dad initially created the cursed thing [known as Festivus] as an anniversary of his first date with my mom (in 1961) and began celebrating it with in '65. I was only born in '68, but some of my earliest memories are of that strange holiday, long before it infected our nation on a larger scale."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/12/19/DI2006121900478.html
 
From the above link:

Washington, D.C.: So is Festivus a real holiday? What was your inspiration?

Dan O'Keefe: My dad made it up originally to celebrate his first date with my mom, and kept adding elements so it got increasingly weirder and more gothic. I think the inspirations were, on his part, 1) advanced degrees in sociology, anthropology and psychology, 2) a background as a guy who originally wanted to become a Jesuit, 3) Pabst Blue Ribbon.

:woot:
 
Washington, D.C.: Did your father ever actually say, "A Festivus for the rest of us" or is that just on the show?

Dan O'Keefe: Yes he did. It referred to the death of my grandmother, Jeanette Marie O'Connor O'Keefe, in 1976. The next year he opened the ceremonies by saying "This is a Festivus for the rest of us," meaning the living, and not the faithful departed.
 
LOL now I have a legitimate excuse to air out my grievances to my family.
 

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