A Festivus for the Rest of Us! »

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Has all the Christmas cheer and gift shopping left you disenchanted with the holiday? Maybe this year it's time for you to start celebrating Festivus... here's some background information on the pseudo-holiday.

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toph1973
Dec. 5, 2006, 2:32 p.m.
I already have my festivus pole up and ready. Happy Festivus everyone!
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CommonSense50
Dec. 5, 2006, 2:56 p.m.
First, this is NOT just a chrisitan season. These holiday events were taking place long before Jesus supposedly came around. So, go AHEAD, celebrate! This is a time of year for all of us to enjoy family, friends, good will - these are old, old traditions for this season. Jesus may be the "reason for the season" for Chrisitans, but as for the rest of us, we will go back to the roots of it all and enjoy for ourselves.

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  toph1973
  Dec. 5, 2006, 4:08 p.m.
  Exactly. It's a time for everyone. Being with Family and Friends, it's really is a great time of the year. I know that Pagans were celebrating the solstice at the same time long before there was a Christianity. Happy solstice everyone.
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Waterkeeper
Dec. 5, 2006, 4:13 p.m.
Looks like we've already started the "Airing of the Grievances"!
Now on to the "Feats of Strength"!

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  toph1973
  Dec. 5, 2006, 4:41 p.m.
  I'll be in charge of the feats of strength!
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inaroundabout
Dec. 5, 2006, 5:06 p.m.
No tinsel though... I find it distracting.

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  coreyspring
  Dec. 5, 2006, 5:21 p.m.
  I enjoy the Festivus pole for its high strength to weight ratio
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  toph1973
  Dec. 5, 2006, 5:24 p.m.
  I don't have any tinsel on my Festivus pole. It really reminds me of a stripper pole, which relly isn't a bad thing.
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RealTalk
Dec. 5, 2006, 9:47 p.m.
I think I'll stick with Christmas, an aluminium pole as my tree, being told how I disappointed people through out the year, then wrestled to the floor is not what I had in mind. To each his own, have a good time everyone.

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  AlexsGirl
  Dec. 6, 2006, 1:18 a.m.
  ..it's meant to be funny & light hearted. if someone actually celebrates festivus..its kind of to lighten how commercial christmas has became. so you can laugh it up before the holiday..(festivus is DEC. 23rd) which happens to be my birthday!! I love christmas though. It's jesus birthday. & i love seinfeld. this is all funny stuff. so to u i say...A festivus for the REST of us!!!!!
  
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    RealTalk
    Dec. 7, 2006, 12:30 a.m.
    I know this already,I do read ya know and Jesus was born in April but I won't get into that.I was'nt spoiling your fun just commenting on a public story,on my pc.Merry Christmas to all.