Festivus

Festivus is a nondenominational holiday featured in an episode of Seinfeld, a popular American television sitcom of the 1990s. It was featured on episode number 166 of the show, entitled "The Strike", which first aired on December 18, 1997. Many people, influenced or inspired by Seinfeld, now celebrate, in varying degrees of seriousness, the holiday in real life. The definitive book on the holiday Festivus: The Holiday for the Rest of Us by Allen Salkin, with a foreword by Jerry Stiller is coming out 26 October 2005.

Festivus-related trivia

• The book Festivus: The Holiday for the Rest of Us, is a cultural investigation into the holiday's many astounding real-world manifestations, written by Allen Salkin (the author of the New York Times story in 2004 which first revealed that Festivus is being celebrated worldwide by real people), with a foreword by Jerry Stiller. It is published by Warner Books.
• Festivus was the name of an ice cream flavor (mostly gingerbread flavoring) of Ben and Jerry's ice cream in 2001. Named after the fictitious holiday, the flavor has since been renamed "Gingerbread Cookie."
• Festivus is also the name of a red wine produced by Grape Ranch Vineyards in Oklahoma.
• Oh Festivus, also known as the "Festivus Song", was first sung in Dallas, Texas bars and taverns in the 2004/2005 holiday season.