Sitcoms have long been a source of some of the best holiday TV episodes of all-time. Back in December 1997, Seinfeld delivered "The Strike," the most perfect holiday episode ever written. "The Strike" ...

Festivus is an anti-commercialist holiday celebrated on December 23, popularized by a 1997 "Seinfeld" episode. The holiday was based on a real family tradition started in the 1960s by the father of ...

It feels like a scene straight out of Seinfeld, the way Dan O'Keefe explains his Festivus "outing." The moment in 1997 when the esoteric holiday left the closed confines of the television writer's ...

Fans of the hit show Seinfeld are familiar with this secular celebration which was popularized by the sitcom in a 1997 episode, "The Strike." An aluminum pole and a chance to tell others how ...

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What's the significance of Dec. 23? A Festivus for the rest of us, of course! You might know Festivus, the quirky secular holiday, from its feature in the 1997 "Seinfeld" episode, "The Strike." In it, ...

If you "find tinsel distracting," then Frank Costanza has just the celebration for you. Since the (actual) holidays are now upon us, the "Strike" episode that's now celebrating its 28th anniversary is ...

Over the course of its nine-season run, Seinfeld made a name for itself bucking many of the typical sitcom tropes, so it isn’t surprising that it put its own spin on the concept of the holiday special ...

Remember the Festivus episode of Seinfeld? With Frank Costanza (Jerry Stiller) insisting that his deadbeat son and shrieking wife celebrate a new sort of winter holiday—one where the family would ...

For some, Dec. 23 may be Christmas Eve Eve. But it's also another holiday: A Festivus for the rest of us! That's right, it's the annual date in which Seinfeld fans celebrate with an aluminum pole, ...

Dec. 23 has been deemed Festivus after it was written into 'Seinfeld' nearly 30 years ago. That episode's writer tells The Hollywood Reporter about his father and how his invented holiday originated.