My manager is giving me equal time for Festivus festivities. The Airing of Grievances is a year long activity among the staff, and Feats of Strength are still being cleared with HR, but when is too early to display the Festivus Pole in the office? The Christmas Tree is up already, FWIW.
Thanks.
Crap, I mispelled how in the thread title. If a mod can change it, they’ll be off this years list of grievances.
Did you complete the Feats of Strength last year? (defined of course as the head of household being pinned in a wrestling match) If not then it is still Festivus and will continue to be! That makes it perfectly acceptable to have a Festivus pole erected.
I’ve always wondered how the Feats of Strength works for households that are only one person. I shared my old apartment with a few other guys, so we just got into a drunken brawl until we were all too tired to continue (we couldn’t agree who was head of the household). But now I live totally alone and visiting family is not an option. Should I just invite friends to my apartment and demand one of them wrestles me?
Festivus is about eschewing the material obsessions of the Christmas season. Therefore, in my book, the Festivus pole shouldn’t be erected until the actual day of Festivus (December 23rd), so that the showiness of the holiday doesn’t carry on any longer than necessary.
However, I’m pretty much of the belief that “unadorned” satisfies the eschewing of material obsessions, to borrow a phrase. Especially considering the pole is leftover from a fencing project at the house three years ago.