We didn"t have a Festivus pole handy, so we"re bringing you near the South Pole, where two gentoo penguins seem to be sharing a loud "Airing of Grievances." December 23 marks Festivus, a tongue-in-cheek observance created by writer Daniel O"Keefe. At first an O"Keefe family inside joke, Festivus was rebranded as a rejection of Christmas-season commercialism and written into a 1997 episode of "Seinfeld" by Daniel"s son Dan. The show introduced such goofy new traditions as the "Airing of Grievances," "Feats of Strength," and identifying "Festivus miracles."
A Festivus for the rest of us
Today in History
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Midsummer in Sweden
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Maybe we should be looking up
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A lunar lantern celebration
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Crescent Lake near Dunhuang, China
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Sea fireflies at the seashore
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GOAL!
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The island fox’s incredible comeback
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Antarctica Day
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Belted Galloway cows
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Summer solstice
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Nomads of the Gobi
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Mooncake time
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Museum Mile Festival
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Summer solstice
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World Poetry Day
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Here’s why landmarks are going dark
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Traffic jam on the caribou highway
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Reflections on the mighty Amazon
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Let the games (finally) begin!
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Mitsumata blossoms
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A unique elephant encounter in Nantes
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Jasper Dark Sky Festival
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A notorious gunfight that was incorrectly named
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A shell of many colors
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Saksun, Faroe Islands, Denmark
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A winter’s holiday ends
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Presidents hear the echo of history
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Where the wildflowers grow
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To the 155th on the 155th
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Wander the ancient medina