What are YOUR Festivus plans this year?

[Aquajock]

December 23rd is closing in on us, and only now have I finalized the plans for this year's Festivus celebration.

Festivus pole:

The cardboard tube from our box of house-brand tinfoil (I made many Festivus hats out of the tinfoil, which is a Portugese Festivus tradition, which given that I am largely from the Portugese kinda fits as does the tinfoil-hat motif);

Festivus Doughnut:

House-brand Froot Loops (I don't really like doughnuts and bagels are sooooooooooo 2006);

The Airing of Grievances:

In Portugal (see above), the grievances are directed to the amorphous "They" rather than the celebrants at your function, because the celebrants could decide to become incontinent at any time in retaliation. This year, the grievances will be about all of the Done-To-Death expressions that "They" overrely on to get through even a basic conversation. Examples: "Back in the day"; "Not so much"; "24/7"; "Uber-(whatever)"; "(Blank) is the new (Blank)"; and the old standby "Like".

Feat of Strength:

Bench-pressing the latest Stephen King novel.

Please weigh in here with your plans - I may need ideas if I can't find any house-brand Froot Loops or the King novel.

ETA: Did you know that Lisbon is the new London?

A-Jock

 

[allwildgirl]

Festivus pole: The pole I had to have for the ill-fated Carmen Electra stripper workouts

Festivus doughnut - I'm trying to decide between a week-old Tim Horton's chocolate dipped with a bite out of it, or taking my car to the mall after hours and doing doughnuts in the snow

The Airing of Grievances:

In the spirit of ranting against the amorpous "They", the airing will be about the ridiculous retail frenzy that forces those working in the industry to work every hour under the sun in December in order to pay homage to the almighty dollar.

Feat of Strength:

The intestinal fortitude required to make it through another Christmas Eve with the Poodle (aka the SO's stepmom)

I thought Lichtenstein was the new Monaco?

 

[Aquajock]

Shelly - this just in: Quebec is the new Montreal.

A-J

 

[delfin]

I'd like to air some grievances... (in fact I just did in another post)... so Festivus sounds like my kinda holiday!!!!

 

[lainiefig]

Festivus Pole:

My first thought on the Festivus Pole was a dirty one, so I'll just leave that one alone for now.

Festivus Doughnut:

Probably go to Dunkin' Donuts for this since they seem to be everywhere around here.... But I'm not a big donut fan either.

The Airing of Grievances:

My toddler makes a daily practice of this, so we'll give him the floor and let him go at it.

Feat of Strength:

I tend to perform these in my sleep since I've been sleepfighting during weird dreams lately.

[font face="comic sans ms" font color=purple]***Lainie***
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[delfin]

"But I'm not a big donut fan
>either."

I wish I didn't like donuts. Do you remember that movie, "Other People's Money" (it was a play also), where Danny DiVito played this stockbroker who ate donuts all the time. Well, he offers a donut to his love-interest, and when she declines, saying she's not hungry, he says, "You have to be hungry to eat a donut?" I can totally relate to that!!

 

[marnold]

Thought you Festivus participants would find this funny...

Festivus Pole Proposed After Wisconsin City Displays Nativity
Monday , December 17, 2007

The putting up of a nativity scene at Green Bay's City Hall has prompted a tongue-in-cheek request from a suburban man for permission to display a Festivus pole on the overhang of the building's northwest entrance.

The Festivus holiday created by author Daniel O'Keefe during the 1970s and popularized by comedian Jerry Seinfeld two decades later is celebrated by some both in earnest and jest on Dec. 23.

The request by Sean Ryan of Allouez was made during the weekend after Green Bay City Council president Chad Fradette received the go-ahead last week from the city's advisory committee to install a nativity display at City Hall.

Fradette said he proposed the display in response to criticism of a nativity display at a city park in nearby Peshtigo.

A practicing Catholic who would prefer to see no religious displays at a government office, Ryan said his request to put up an undecorated six foot aluminum pole was intended to showcase how deciding what religions to include in the display can turn to the absurd.

"I was turning over how extreme things could get and how loosely things could get interpreted," Ryan said.

"The real feat of strength would be for the mayor to stand up and say this is absurd," Ryan added. "Let us keep nativity scenes where they belong in the churches, in our homes and in our hearts."

On Friday, a Wiccan pentacle was put up at the Green Bay City Hall consisting of an evergreen wreath encircling a gold five-pointed star.

Wicca is a nature-based religion based on respect for the earth, nature and the cycle of the seasons. But variations of the pentacle not accepted by Wiccans have been used in horror movies as a sign of the devil.

Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt said items besides the nativity scene to be displayed need to associated with a religion, and the Festivus pole is just pop culture.

"This is kind of making a laughing matter of something that's rather serious," he said.

The mayor said "silly antics" would not help resolve the questions facing the City Council on Tuesday, when it is scheduled to take up the matter.

The mayor said he plans to forward some preliminary guidelines to the council Monday, including a limit on the time period for the displays and how to determine if a display is representative of a religion.

"This isn't an area that we have a lot of expertise," Schmitt said.