History of Festivus

The Festivus story.

The Festivus idea originally came to Seinfeld writer Dan O'Keefe from a tradition started by his father Daniel O'Keefe. The original Festivus had all the markings of a crazy fun holiday. There were taped recordings and even a clock in a bag. It wasn't Dan's idea to include Festivus in the plot of a Seinfeld episode; it was the other Seinfeld writers who convinced Dan to make Festivus a sub-plot of an episode.

n. An alternative to the crass commercialization of Christmas...

'Seinfeld' writers Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer, and Dan O'Keefe explain the true and wonderful story of how Festivus was created.

Seinfeld is just the beginning of Festivus, the unique holiday that's become a new tradition

The Story of Festivus

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