7 Things Fans Couldn’t Get Enough Of In Seinfeld

7. Festivus

You could say that you know that a show has made the big time when it spawns its own holiday. But this would only seem to apply to Seinfeld so perhaps it’s not the best barometer.

Festivus whilst established in mainstream consciousness through its appearance on Seinfeld, was actually the brain child of Seinfeld writer Dan O’Keefe’s father- author and editor Daniel O’Keefe. The holiday was integrated into the show when executive producers Alex Berg and Jeff Schafer became aware of the holiday through O’Keefe’s younger brother.

In Seinfeld, Festivus is celebrated by George’s father Frank Costanza as an alternative to the overt commercialisation of Christmas. George whilst reluctant to engage in Festivus’s customary ‘Airing of Grievances’ or ‘Feats of Strength’, persuades his boss Mr Kruger to witness Festivus due to a lie George told about fake charity donations. Of course.

Whilst a classic episode in its own right, the idea of Festivus has caught the imagination of many practising Seinfeld fans who have adorned their homes each year with a Festivus pole.

Seinfeld here giving us an episode, and a Festivus, from the best of us.