It's The 23rd! Time For A Festivus For The Rest Of Us!
Merry Festivus! I hope by now you at least understand a little bit about Festivus, but if that's not the case, watch this. Of course some people take it a little too far and make a good case for not celebrating it. Well, whatever you want to call today, that's fine with me. Of course, leave it up to some people to over-commercialize Festivus! I can't believe this:
Festivus is a holiday market for the rest of us! Staged each December, we provide a human-scale alternative to the loneliness of on-line shopping or the hassle of big box holiday parking lots by featuring the best of local cottage industries whose business reflects our core values of ecology, fair trade, craftsmanship and personal customer service.
Sounds like opening a store called Christmas and selling leftover Halloween candy. Not cool at all. Where's the aluminum poles? Oh wait, here it is:
Best of all, shoppers will get a chance to air their grievances beneath the Festivus pole.
The pole, inspired by Richard's love of goofiness, pays tribute to the founder of Festivus, Frank Costanza on the TV show "Seinfeld."
Frank, worn down by the years of competitive holiday shopping for his son George, decided to create his own holiday, a time for family members to come together at the dinner table to air their grievances for the year.
The market doesn't have a table big enough to seat everyone who has grievances from 2003, but it will have the silver Festivus pole.
"We'll have long strips of paper and Sharpies for people to write down their grievances, and we'll string 'em up," Richard said. "I don't know about you, but I'm eager to air mine."
