Festivus

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Festivus is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23rd. It was created by writer Dan O'Keefe and introduced into popular culture by his son Daniel, a screenwriter for the TV show Seinfeld as part of a comical storyline on the show. The holiday's celebration, as shown on Seinfeld, includes an aluminum "Festivus pole", practices such as the "Airing of Grievances" and the "Feats of Strength", and the labeling of easily explainable events as "Festivus miracles".

Celebrants of the holiday sometimes refer to it as "Festivus for the rest of us", a saying taken from the O'Keefe family traditions and popularized in the Seinfeld episode to describe Festivus as "another way" to celebrate the season without participating in its pressures and commercialism

Another growing tradition, although not used by all celebrants of the holiday, is the phenomenon of the Festivus Miracle. Mentioned twice in the original episode, the miracles were declared by Cosmo Kramer during the Festivus celebration in the Costanza household.

Miracle #1;

    Sleazy Guy: "Hello again, Miss Benes."
    Elaine Benes: "What are you doing here?"
    Sleazy Guy: "Damndest thing. Me and Charlie were calling to ask you out, and, uh, we got this bagel place."
    Cosmo Kramer: "I told them I was just about to see you. It's a Festivus Miracle!"

Miracle #2;

    Gwen: "Jerry!"
    Jerry Seinfeld: "Gwen! How did you know I was here?"
    Gwen: "Kramer told me!"
    Cosmo Kramer: "Another Festivus Miracle!"
    Jerry Seinfeld: (gives Kramer a murderous glare)