Dec 23: Festivus

An annual holiday which was popularized on the Seinfeld TV show on Dec 23, 1997.

clipped from en.wikipedia.org Festivus is an annual holiday created by writer Dan O'Keefe and introduced into popular culture by his son Daniel, a scriptwriter for the TV show Seinfeld.class=reference id=cite_ref-ljworld_0-0>href="#cite_note-ljworld-0">[1]class=reference id=cite_ref-nytimes_1-0>href="#cite_note-nytimes-1">[2] Although the original Festivus took place in February 1966 as a celebration of O'Keefe's first date with his wife, Deborah,id=cite_ref-nytimes_1-1>href="#cite_note-nytimes-1">[2] many people now celebrate the holiday on href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_23">December 23, as depicted on the title="December 18" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_18">December 18, href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997">1997 Seinfeld episode "title="The Strike (Seinfeld episode)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strike_(Seinfeld_episode)">The Strike".id=cite_ref-ljworld_0-1>href="#cite_note-ljworld-0">[1]class=reference id=cite_ref-2>href="#cite_note-2">[3] The holiday includes novel practices such as the "Airing of Grievances", in which each person tells everyone else all the ways they have disappointed him or her over the past year. Also, after the Festivus meal, the "Feats of Strength" are performed, involving wrestling the head of the household to the floor, with the holiday ending only if the head of the household is actually title="Pin (amateur wrestling)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin_(amateur_wrestling)">pinned. These conventions originated with the TV episode.