Today, you can buy Festivus T-shirts and ugly sweaters, and you can decorate your desk with a miniature pole, or just order the real thing for your home, all while praying that Ben & Jerry’s brings ...

"Festivus" is a fictional holiday that was created on the 1990s sitcom, "Seinfeld." "Festivus" was portrayed on "Seinfeld" as an alternative to Christmas, Hanukkah and other holidays. One of the ...

What's the significance of Dec. 23? A Festivus for the rest of us, of course! You might know Festivus, the quirky secular holiday, from its feature in the 1997 "Seinfeld" episode, "The Strike." In it, ...

Festivus is an anti-commercialist holiday celebrated on December 23, popularized by a 1997 "Seinfeld" episode. The holiday was based on a real family tradition started in the 1960s by the father of ...

Festivus was the brainchild of Seinfeld writer Dan O'Keefe, whose father invented a similar holiday including an Airing of Grievances and wrestling match in real life. One tradition that didn't make ...

Fans of the hit show Seinfeld are familiar with this secular celebration which was popularized by the sitcom in a 1997 episode, "The Strike." An aluminum pole and a chance to tell others how ...

One of Seinfeld's most enduring legacies, Festivus, was actually a real holiday celebrated by one of the writers on the show. Seinfeld has supplied so much to pop culture and the English lexicon, but ...

Dec. 23 has been deemed Festivus after it was written into 'Seinfeld' nearly 30 years ago. That episode's writer tells The Hollywood Reporter about his father and how his invented holiday originated.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It might've started as a fictional, humorous holiday, but "Festivus" has morphed into a cultural phenomenon since the idea first ...

If you’re a fan of the sitcom “Seinfeld,” you’re likely familiar with Festivus. But where did the December holiday and its catchy tagline, “a Festivus for the rest of us,” actually come from? It turns ...