# "Seinfeld"/Festivus Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2002, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-festivus-question/142499 "2002-12-13T14:34:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-festivus-question/142499/21 "2002-12-14T02:51:24Z")
While there may be humor in the Pit, that forum is really for airing grievances that you just HAVE to let out. I don’t think that we really NEED another thread in which people people are looking for reasons to bitch to each other. In other words, I’d really rather not, as I can foresee it getting out of hand really quickly. Lynn ---
**Author:** ![Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-festivus-question/142499/22 "2002-12-14T04:34:36Z")
Can you leave the aluminum pole outside? It strikes me as the sort of thing kids might want to try to touch with their tongues in sub freezing conditions. I do seem to recall that lamps like the one the kid’s dad got were available somewhere online. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-festivus-question/142499/23 "2002-12-14T15:47:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ranger \* > \*\*I do seem to recall that lamps like the one the kid’s dad got were available somewhere online. \*\* [Fra-gi-le. Must be Italian.](http://www.leglamps.com/) ---
**Author:** ![lothos2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/df788c/32.png) [@lothos2002](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lothos2002)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-festivus-question/142499/24 "2002-12-14T17:02:05Z")
I thought so Lynn, that’s why I thought it better to ask first. In retrospective, it would be rather uncool. Thanks for the answer 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-festivus-question/142499/25 "2002-12-14T18:23:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carlotta \* > \*\*Look for Ben & Jerry’s Festivus flavor–that’s how I like to celebrate this special time (I am not making this up) \*\* [Ben & Jerry’s Festivus Ice Cream](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=739777105) ---
**Author:** ![JustPlainBryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@JustPlainBryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustPlainBryan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-festivus-question/142499/26 "2002-12-16T18:11:41Z")
Just so you guys know, I put up at Festivus pole at work today. We all had a good laugh! It was another Festivus miracle! ---
**Author:** ![Swampwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-festivus-question/142499/27 "2002-12-16T18:22:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ranger \* > \*\*Can you leave the aluminum pole outside? It strikes me as the sort of thing kids might want to try to touch with their tongues in sub freezing conditions. \*\* Sounds like a “Feat of Strength” to me! ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-festivus-question/142499/28 "2002-12-18T16:18:19Z")
Los Angeles Channel 13 reran this episode on Tuesday, 17 Dec. Who says there isn’t a God? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-festivus-question/142499/29 "2002-12-18T16:25:56Z")
Yeah I saw it for the first time last night. After reading this thread, it was so bizarre hearing the characters say the lines out loud. Though they pretty much said them the same way I imagined it. Great episode, that. We are SO celebrating Festivus at my house this year!! ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-festivus-question/142499/30 "2002-12-18T16:33:08Z")
That episode was also amazingly dense, i.e., loaded with intertwined plotlines: Jerry and the woman who looks different in every light, Kramer going back to H&H Bagels, George making donations to The Human Fund (“Money for People”), Elaine and the fake phone numbers, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-festivus-question/142499/31 "2002-12-18T17:12:14Z")
Wow, I can’t believe that was all one episode! The miracle of Festivus continues… ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-festivus-question/142499/32 "2002-12-18T17:16:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\*This merry holiday season, when the calendar has decreed that Hannukah is already over and Christmas is still two weeks away, has left me in a salutations bind…my usual “Happy Holidays” won’t work, because I am afraid someone will say “Hannukah is OVER ALREADY and we DON’T CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS, you ANTI-SEMITIC SON OF A BITCH!!!” So I’m left with a weak “Enjoy the rest of the holidays,” or, even worse, “Happy New Year.” (I used to say “Happy Solstice,” but people started breaking out the garlic and crucifixes when they saw me coming.) > > So I’m kinda liking the idea of a catch-all holiday for EVERYONE. \*\* You could use Bobunk, the holiday from Sabrina the Teenage witch. Since a magic spell made it go away so that nobody would remember it, they can’t compain that it is over. So say to that stranger, “Hello! And Joyous Bobunk as well, dear friend.” ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-festivus-question/142499/33 "2002-12-18T17:26:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Early Out \* > \*\*That episode was also amazingly dense, i.e., loaded with intertwined plotlines: Jerry and the woman who looks different in every light, Kramer going back to H&H Bagels, George making donations to The Human Fund (“Money for People”), Elaine and the fake phone numbers, etc. \*\* That’s what was so good about _Seinfeld_. The plots always intertwined together in such subtle ways. Just so you all know, I’ve made a donation to The Human Fund in everyone’s name in this thread. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-festivus-question/142499/34 "2002-12-18T17:43:26Z")
I’m going to a Festivus party this Saturday! (It’s the closest we could get to the 23rd.) Oh, there’ll eating, drinking, Airing of the Grievances, then some shouting, more drinking, the Feats of Strength, followed by thirst-quenching drinks, and finally, wild unrestrained dancing around the “aluminum”\* pole! Oh, the joy of the season! \*It’s aluminium to us; hearing “aluminum” is inexplicably hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![JustPlainBryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@JustPlainBryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustPlainBryan)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-festivus-question/142499/35 "2002-12-18T17:54:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Narrad \* > \*\*I’m going to a Festivus party this Saturday! (It’s the closest we could get to the 23rd.) > > Oh, there’ll eating, drinking, Airing of the Grievances, then some shouting, more drinking, the Feats of Strength, followed by thirst-quenching drinks, and finally, wild unrestrained dancing around the “aluminum”\* pole! Oh, the joy of the season! > \*It’s aluminium to us; hearing “aluminum” is inexplicably hilarious. \*\* I am sooo jealous!!! I need to throw a Festivus party one day. Let us know how it went. I need details so I can throw my own Festivus party! ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-festivus-question/142499/36 "2002-12-18T20:23:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kinsey \* > \*\*Just so you all know, I’ve made a donation to The Human Fund in everyone’s name in this thread. > 😉 \*\* So did I. Didn’t you see the card? ---
**Author:** ![Peach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@Peach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peach)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-festivus-question/142499/37 "2002-12-18T20:40:29Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Narrad \* > \*\* > and finally, wild unrestrained dancing around the “aluminum”_ pole! Oh, the joy of the season! > \*It’s aluminium to us; hearing “aluminum” is inexplicably hilarious. \*\* whilst dancing, don’t forget the thumbs and the kicks! (Elaine syle) ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-festivus-question/142499/38 "2002-12-18T21:15:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > **This merry holiday season, when the calendar has decreed that Hannukah is already over and Christmas is still two weeks away, has left me in a salutations bind…my usual “Happy Holidays” won’t work, because I am afraid someone will say “Hannukah is OVER ALREADY and we DON’T CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS, you ANTI-SEMITIC SON OF A BITCH!!!” So I’m left with a weak “Enjoy the rest of the holidays,” or, even worse, “Happy New Year.” (I used to say “Happy Solstice,” but people started breaking out the garlic and crucifixes when they saw me coming.)** A. As the self-declared SDMB Official Semi-Religious Jew\*, I personally grant you a dispensation to kick firmly, in the butt, any Jew who has the “I don’t celebrate Christmas! I’m not Christian!” standard-amongst-some-moron-Jews hissyfit. You may remind them that we are (or should be) commanded to not have hissyfits when someone offers honest good wishes. B. There is no point B. I just like lists. Fenris \*By me. I just so declared. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-festivus-question/142499.md?page=1)