{"id":2210194,"date":"2025-12-23T19:13:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2210194"},"modified":"2025-12-23T19:13:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:13:32","slug":"festivus-2025-what-to-know-about-the-holiday-how-to-stream-seinfeld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/festivus-2025-what-to-know-about-the-holiday-how-to-stream-seinfeld\/","title":{"rendered":"Festivus 2025. What to know about the holiday, how to stream &#8216;Seinfeld&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"87886793007\" title=\"Grinch 'arrested' for trying to steal Christmas gifts\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/12\/22\/USAT\/87886843007-trnd-police-vs-grinch.jpg?crop=1919,1079,x0,y0\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Grinch &#8216;arrested&#8217; for trying to steal Christmas gifts<\/p>\n<p>Police across the country released videos officers apprehending the &#8220;Grinch&#8221; as a message to prevent holiday package theft.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p><story-highlights class=\"spacer-small column ten-column no-gutter\" util-module-path=\"elements\/story\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Festivus is an anti-commercialist holiday celebrated on December 23, popularized by a 1997 &#8220;Seinfeld&#8221; episode.<\/li>\n<li>The holiday was based on a real family tradition started in the 1960s by the father of &#8220;Seinfeld&#8221; writer Dan O\u2019Keefe.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Seinfeld&#8217;s&#8221; version of Festivus includes an aluminum pole, an &#8220;airing of grievances&#8221; dinner, and &#8220;feats of strength.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/story-highlights><partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>December 23 isn\u2019t just Christmas Eve Eve, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2025\/12\/22\/what-is-festivus-holiday-seinfeld\/87882979007\/#:~:text=Sick%20of%20all%20the%20tinsel,for%20%22airing%20of%20grievances.%22\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2025\/12\/22\/what-is-festivus-holiday-seinfeld\/87882979007\/#:~:text=Sick%20of%20all%20the%20tinsel,for%20%22airing%20of%20grievances.%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">it\u2019s also Festivus<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>Festivus is an anti-commercialist holiday that was introduced to the world in the ninth season of \u201cSeinfeld\u201d in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>The quirky Christmas alternative is aimed at those who are fed up with the consumerism associated with the traditions of Christmas, replacing them with grumpy traditions that completely lack holiday cheer. It\u2019s been 28 years since \u201cSeinfeld\u201d introduced the world to Festivus, and fans of the show still celebrate it every year.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/life\/2017\/12\/19\/festivus-2017-seinfeld-dan-okeefe\/948261001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">what Festivus is<\/a>, how to celebrate and how the \u201cSeinfeld\u201d version of the holiday differs from its real-life inspiration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Happy Festivus 2025! <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/pop-culture\/2025\/12\/23\/happy-festivus-memes-card-feats-of-strength-december-23\/87894223007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Here are all the memes to share on December 23<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">What is Festivus in &#8216;Seinfeld&#8217;? What do you do to celebrate Festivus?<\/h2>\n<p>To celebrate Festivus the \u201cSeinfeld\u201d way, you can get an aluminum pole for your home (instead of a lavishly decorated Christmas tree) and hold an \u201cairing of grievances\u201d meal. The \u201cairing of grievances\u201d is a dinner, during which the goal is to tell your family members how they\u2019ve disappointed you throughout the year.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/><partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Why did Frank create Festivus?<\/h2>\n<p>The running joke on &#8220;Seinfeld,&#8221; that Festivus (as we know it) was created by a father and later passed down to his son, is entirely true.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeinfeld\u201d writer Dan O\u2019Keefe introduced Festivus to the show <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/life\/2017\/12\/19\/festivus-2017-seinfeld-dan-okeefe\/948261001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">based on a tradition his dad started<\/a> when he was a kid in the \u201860s.<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In the show, Frank Costanza (George\u2019s dad, played by Jerry Stiller) \u201coriginally invented Festivus as a way to have a holiday that was secular and not burdened by the religious and commercialism of the holiday season,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/origin-of-festivus.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to the Festivus website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Did Festivus exist before \u2018Seinfeld\u2019?<\/h2>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/06be55ad4df9efaaa9e5ee726b047a1b37b12e72\/c=204-0-1394-895\/local\/-\/media\/2016\/12\/13\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636172388041896624-Frank-HeadofTable.jpg 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/5dd2b0f9de6f7706c485c628ba8cfab70300ba3c\/c=381-0-1051-893\/local\/-\/media\/2016\/12\/13\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636172388041896624-Frank-HeadofTable.jpg 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/9847428a3aa07ac94f9fd17a4ad0226f88c77a95\/c=7-0-1591-895\/local\/-\/media\/2016\/12\/13\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636172388041896624-Frank-HeadofTable.jpg 16:9\" image-alt=\"Frank Costanza (Jerry Stiller), standing, begins the Festivus celebration. Feats of Strength are just around the corner.\" credit=\"Sony Pictures Television\" caption=\"Frank Costanza (Jerry Stiller), standing, begins the Festivus celebration. Feats of Strength are just around the corner.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Festivus predates \u201cSeinfeld\u201d by a few decades, as the O\u2019Keefe family had been celebrating their own version of Festivus since the 1960s.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/><partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>Only some of the Festivus traditions in the &#8220;Seinfeld&#8221; episode are true, according to Dan O&#8217;Keefe\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Real-Festivus-Dan-OKeefe\/dp\/0399532293\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2005 book \u201cThe Real Festivus.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was entirely more peculiar than on the show,\u201d O&#8217;Keefe <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2004\/12\/19\/fashion\/fooey-to-the-world-festivus-is-come.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told The New York Times<\/a> in 2004. He said his family never set up an aluminum pole, but there were wrestling matches between him and his two brothers \u2013 which turned into &#8220;feats of strength&#8221; in the show.<\/p>\n<p>In real life, Festivus didn\u2019t have hard-set rules like in the show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean this in the nicest way possible: My father was an undiagnosed bipolar, severe alcoholic who nonetheless was extremely high-functioning,\u201d O&#8217;Keefe explained in a 2021 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/origins-of-festivus-revealed-to-be-really-dark-by-seinfeld-writer-dan-okeefe?ref=wrap\">interview with the Daily Beast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The holiday also doesn\u2019t have to be celebrated on Dec. 23.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe never knew when Festivus was. It was a floating holiday,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/life\/2017\/12\/19\/festivus-2017-seinfeld-dan-okeefe\/948261001\/\">he told<\/a> The Cincinnati Journal News in 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>\u201cIt appeared whenever my dad felt like it. You came home from school and there were weird things pinned to the walls, strange decorations, strange music playing and strange things being said, and it was on.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Where to watch the &#8216;Seinfeld&#8217; Festivus episode<\/h2>\n<p>Looking to host a viewing of the iconic &#8220;Seinfeld&#8221; Festivus episode? The entire show is available to stream now on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"marker\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.primevideo.com\/offers\/nonprimehomepage\/ref=dv_web_force_root?tag=usatlocal-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noreferrer noopener\">Buy episodes of &#8216;Seinfeld&#8217; on Amazon Prime Video<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Festivus episode is season nine, episode 10, and is titled &#8220;The Strike.&#8221; If you don&#8217;t have Netflix and want to watch just the Festivus episode, you can buy just that episode for about $3 on<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.primevideo.com\/offers\/nonprimehomepage\/ref=dv_web_force_root?tag=usatlocal-20\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.primevideo.com\/offers\/nonprimehomepage\/ref=dv_web_force_root?tag=usatlocal-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Amazon Prime Video.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">What did Rob Reiner have to do with &#8216;Seinfeld&#8217;?<\/h2>\n<p>The late, great actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner, who was<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/12\/22\/jake-reiner-romy-reiner-memorial-service\/87888677007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/12\/22\/jake-reiner-romy-reiner-memorial-service\/87888677007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> found dead in his home on Dec. 14,<\/a> was not directly a producer on &#8220;Seinfeld,&#8221; but he and his entertainment company, Castle Rock, are likely the reason why the show stuck around for so long.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/><partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>Days after Reiner died, Jerry Seinfeld said the show wouldn&#8217;t have been a success if Reiner hadn&#8217;t championed it to NBC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNext to Larry David and George Shapiro, Rob Reiner had the biggest influence on my career,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSTpn6oEfF_\/?igsh=MTljMzk1bTNrYWFjaw%3D%3D\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSTpn6oEfF_\/?igsh=MTljMzk1bTNrYWFjaw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Seinfeld wrote in a Dec. 15 Instagram post.<\/a> \u201cOur show would have never happened without him. He saw something no one else could. When nobody at the network liked the early episodes, he saved us from cancellation.\u201d<\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2025-12-23 17:24:16.573756303 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2025-12-23 17:24:25.659191363 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.floridatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grinch &#8216;arrested&#8217; for trying to steal Christmas gifts Police across the country released videos officers apprehending the &#8220;Grinch&#8221; as a message to prevent holiday package theft. 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