For “Seinfeld” fans, the phrase conjures a flood of hilarious images from the hit comedy’s holiday-themed (or anti-holiday themed?) episode that originally aired on Dec. 18, 1997. As it turns out, the ...

After an appearance on “Seinfeld” in 1997, the pole took on a life of its own as the embodiment of the anti-holiday spirit. By Tim Heffernan Let’s make a Festivus pole. We’ll be recreating the classic ...

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Reading can be bad for you. Here’s proof. We once read a book as a kid in which the family celebrated a second Christmas every year. In June. Seemed right to us. So, we asked our ...

For those folks who may be finding that holiday cheer is hard to come by, there is an alternative to the cheery decking of the halls. There is an available option to celebrate a holiday and maintain a ...

It's that time of year again. Happy Festivus! The anti-holiday holiday made famous on "Seinfeld" is celebrated annually on Dec. 23 by those who want to embrace their inner "Bah Humbug" with a secular ...

The Orlando International Airport set up a Festivus pole for weary travelers on Saturday, complete with an invitation to air grievances — and a request to please not use the pole for dancing. Festivus ...

Tony Leto put two and two together and came up with an idea. A Festivus miracle, perhaps. "The aluminum pole was always a big part of Festivus, and the Wagner Companies sells aluminum pipe, and I said ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Talk about an airing of grievances. In protest of a Nativity scene at the Florida Capitol, Chaz Stevens has put up a Festivus pole with beer cans around it. Sound ridiculous?

On December 23rd, the quirky among us celebrate one of Seinfeld's many gifts to popular culture: Festivus! A phoney holiday fabricated by George Costanza's father, Festivus means gathering around the ...