Overview
- Jerry Seinfeld highlighted Festivus’s staying power in a newly shared clip from his Beacon Theater set, recalling the episode’s famous origin monologue.
- Writer Dan O’Keefe based the TV holiday on his father’s 1960s family tradition, later chronicled in his 2005 book The Real Festivus.
- Core rituals include displaying an aluminum pole, an airing of grievances during dinner, and Feats of Strength, with many fans embracing the bit as a secular alternative.
- The dinner depiction has been clarified as meatloaf served on lettuce, though some celebrate with spaghetti or with the O’Keefe family’s turkey, ham and M&Ms-decorated cake.
- Seinfeld is streaming on Netflix and The Strike episode is available to buy on Amazon Prime Video, Google Play, Vudu and iTunes, as social feeds fill with grievances and references to past public displays such as Wisconsin’s museum-kept pole and Rand Paul’s annual report.