'A Festivus for the rest of us' starts catching on (HAPPY FESTIVUS!)

Seattle Post ^ | 12/23/04

[monday]

"People watch too much TV."

That reminds me. I forgot to turn the TV on this morning. Thx.;^)

[KidGlock]

I think Putty was the best.

[HairOfTheDog]

Merry Christmas Dan...

Relax a little, consider turning off the computer. Enjoy your family. Enjoy your Christmas. There will still be reprobates and sinners to flame in the new year.

[HairOfTheDog]

I liked Putty too. "Gotta Support the team".

[ishabibble]

Loved Putty! My favorite was when he sold Jerry the car...next was the Rangers games

[KidGlock]

Elaine: He's a face-painter!


(LOL!!!)

[gregwest]

I always took the Festivus episode as parody of Kwanzaa...another "invented" holiday.

GW

[KidGlock]

"Go Devvvvviiiillllsssss!"

[monday]

"But Festivus is a stupid idea, and that it has any traction is, as I have explained, a sad commentary on our culture."

You are taking it all way too seriously. Festivus doesn't have any "traction". Festivus is absurd and stupid which tends to make it funny in the same way that the comic "The far side" was funny.

It's just a silly joke like toga parties. People who think it is funny tend to be slightly immature and easily amused but it isn't an attack on X-mas or traditional values.

Lighten up. People have done sillier things in the past and will no doubt do sillier things in the future.

[Sloth]

Christmas and Festivus have exactly equal status as man-made, unBiblical holidays.

[Schwaeky]

Yeah, if Frank Costanza is the Claus of Festivus, who is it for Kwanzaa--Kunta Kinte?

[ecurbh]

Uh-oh, you called it X-mas. You're gonna get it from the righteous brigade now. ;~)

[BibChr]

Not quite. Read my #56.

And btw, I attack Xmas, too. I despise it;it's another shallow dodge. What concerns me is Christmas, not Xmas.

Dan

(Oh and please, please don't try to tell me that even 0.0001% of those who use "Xmas" are Greek students. Been there, refuted that, tired of it.)

[KidGlock]

It's just a silly joke like toga parties.

Hey, that's not funny.

I am part Greek and take great offense to people who put down my heritage.

:-)

[BureaucratusMaximus]

Christmas and Festivus have exactly equal status as man-made, unBiblical holidays.

Actually...all holidays are unBiblical...except for Saturdays (the day of rest).

/really trying to be a smarta$$

[BibChr]

Not at all. Festivus celebrates nothing except a bankrupt culture.

Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ. No Christmas, no Good Friday. No Good Friday, no Easter.

No Easter, no redemption, and no hope.

For starters.

It's worth a Christ-centered celebration.

Dan

[gregwest]

I think Seinfeld became so popular because it dealt with the culture in a way that wasn't a "sad commentary." It spoofed so many different meaningless things that people got so worked up about-like when Kramer refused to wear the "AIDS ribbon" or when George "saved the whale" by pulling the golf ball out of its blowhole. It was brilliant comedy and parody.

GW

[HairOfTheDog]

It spoofed so many different meaningless things that people got so worked up about

It sure did!

[monday]

"And btw, I attack Xmas, too."

What can I say? It is rare indeed to encounter such self righteousness. Good luck with that and Merry Christmas.

[BibChr]

Is everyone who disagrees with you "self-righteous"? I tend to think of such ad-hominem feints as favorite dodges of liberals. What is it that I said about my own morality?

How could I have disagreed with your (or anyone's) use of "Xmas" in a way you'd not have labelled "self-righteous"?

Dan