Today, December 23rd, 2nd Afteryule, is also the date on which we celebrate Festivus, the holiday for the rest of us. 🙂
Air your grievances! Raise your pole! Perform feats of strength!
Why Festivus has caught on I couldn’t say. Maybe everyone needs a sanity moment from the onrush of Christmas. Or maybe, just maybe, to mangle a line from It’s a Wonderful Life, every time a Festivus Pole is raised Bill O’Reilly has a minor stroke. 😉
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A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over ten years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.
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Was Festivus originally “celebrated” in a Star Trek episode? They landed on a planet that looked like 1800s USA (wild west, with saloons, etc.). When a bell rang all these straight-laced, Victorian-like people went nuts. They yelled ?Festivus? and started ripping off their clothes, etc. Sound familiar?
“Return of the Archons.” But it’s not Festivus, it’s the Red Hour. Not the same at all. 😉