Daily News | Festivus was a real holiday endured by an embarrassed ‘Seinfeld’ writer who didn’t want it on the show
Break out the aluminum pole from the crawl space and grease up for the feats of strength, it’s time for Festivus!fan: Festivus, celebrated on Dec. 23 “to get a leg up on Christmas,” is a holiday alternative that replaces high credit card bills with the airing of petty grievances.’s final season, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.
“Frank Costanza was a loudmouth guy from Queens, and my dad was a loudmouth, Irish guy from Jersey City. They both shouted a lot, though Frank was a lot less toxic, I guess,” O’Keefe said. He and his brothers were home over the summer while their father walked around the house in a thick tweed sports coat. O’Keefe said his father peppered them with weird questions, moving in closely as he listened to their responses. Soon he realized what was happening.issued, 1970s vintage tape recorded suspended around his neck on a rope, and he was recording us,” he said.
Once O’Keefe realized all the plot lines could come together at the Festivus dinner, he knew he had to tell his father it would appear on the show, which at the time was averaging about 30 million viewers an episode.
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