{"id":1008,"date":"2020-12-23T12:07:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T18:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/?p=1008"},"modified":"2020-12-24T08:08:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T14:08:49","slug":"happy-festivus-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/happy-festivus-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Festivus 2020!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been 23 years since the Seinfeld Festivus episode, formerly known as &#8220;The Strike,&#8221; first aired. Since then, Festivus celebrations have been an annual event, becoming more mainstream every year.<\/p>\n<p>When will this all end? We cannot be sure, but we now know that a worldwide pandemic has not stopped it, so we don&#8217;t expect it to be stopped by anything else in the near future.<\/p>\n<h2>Seinfeld Fans Celebrate!<\/h2>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ICelebrateFestivus\/posts\/4240923689257789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I Celebrate Festivus<\/a>, Marc Burick wants everyone to know about all his true loves, and a love for Seinfeld and Festivus go hand in hand with his love for his better half. Happy Festivus to both of you! George seems impressed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mark-burick.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1009\" src=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mark-burick.jpg\" alt=\"mark burick\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mark-burick.jpg 480w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mark-burick-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mark-burick-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mark-burick-330x330.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Dear Drivers: Serenity Now!<\/h2>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ICelebrateFestivus\/posts\/4240960155920809\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Duwenhoegger on Facebook<\/a>, we now appreciate how the Wisconsin highway authority attempts to calm aggressive driving and road rage. Truly a Festivus miracle!<\/p><div class=\"festi-after-4-paragraphs\" id=\"festi-1549214935\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- FestivusWeb Responsive -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3297689279938125\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3697394480\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wisconsin-highways.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium_large wp-image-1010\" src=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wisconsin-highways-768x733.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wisconsin-highways-768x733.jpg 768w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wisconsin-highways-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wisconsin-highways-1024x977.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wisconsin-highways-860x820.jpg 860w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wisconsin-highways.jpg 1479w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>It&#8217;s a pole, it&#8217;s a pole, it&#8217;s a pole!<\/h2>\n<p>Sandy Sundt Knobel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ICelebrateFestivus\/posts\/4240608862622605\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared a photo of\u00a0 desktop Festivus pole<\/a>, made by a coworker, and imperfect due to a missed cut on the wood base. Sandy feels that makes it extra festive. Another Festivus miracle!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/sandy-sundt-knobel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1012\" src=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/sandy-sundt-knobel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1072\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/sandy-sundt-knobel.jpg 1072w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/sandy-sundt-knobel-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/sandy-sundt-knobel-762x1024.jpg 762w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1072px) 100vw, 1072px\" \/><div class=\"festi-mid-content\" id=\"festi-4263752560\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- FestivusWeb Responsive -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3297689279938125\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3697394480\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Let&#8217;s Rumble!<\/h2>\n<p>Mike Widuta from Salem, Massachusetts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ICelebrateFestivus\/posts\/4240533545963470\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared a photo of snowmen<\/a> getting ready for a wrestling match. &#8220;Snowmen getting ready for the Feats of Strength. It&#8217;s a Festivus Miracle!!!&#8221; wrote Mike. He is not wrong. Happy Festivus Mike!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mike-widuta.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium_large wp-image-1014\" src=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mike-widuta-768x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mike-widuta-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mike-widuta-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mike-widuta-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mike-widuta-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mike-widuta-330x330.jpg 330w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mike-widuta-860x860.jpg 860w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mike-widuta.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>In the Spotlight<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=10218888991166192&amp;set=p.10218888991166192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neil Sellers<\/a> decided to put two spotlights on the pole just so the neighbors can get the message that, &#8220;There has to be another way!&#8221; Next year, maybe a red carpet?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/neal-sellers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1016\" src=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/neal-sellers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1072\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/neal-sellers.jpg 1072w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/neal-sellers-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/neal-sellers-762x1024.jpg 762w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1072px) 100vw, 1072px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>A clock in a bag?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=754315398771746&amp;set=p.754315398771746\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alfred reports<\/a> on his Festivus from Germany, and shared this photo of a <a href=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/origin-of-festivus.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clock in a bag<\/a>, nailed to the wall. Why is there clock in a bag nailed to the wall? That&#8217;s not for you to know!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/clock-in-bag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium_large wp-image-1018\" src=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/clock-in-bag-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"clock in bag\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/clock-in-bag-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/clock-in-bag-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/clock-in-bag-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/clock-in-bag.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><div class=\"festi-mid-content-2\" id=\"festi-2163916479\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- FestivusWeb Responsive -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3297689279938125\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3697394480\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s the strength-to-weight ratio?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=10164986875295355&amp;set=p.10164986875295355\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Desloover showed us the pole<\/a> and it&#8217;s a doozy, making the Christmas tree cower in fear. Somewhere a large military vehicle is missing its axle. Happy Festivus Doug. Nice pole. It puts all other poles to shame.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/doug-desloover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium_large wp-image-1020\" src=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/doug-desloover-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/doug-desloover-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/doug-desloover-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/doug-desloover-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/doug-desloover-860x645.jpg 860w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/doug-desloover.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Festivus is your Heritage!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=10221664141926412&amp;set=p.10221664141926412\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Brien shared a photo of the boys<\/a>, making sure they know that Festivus is their heritage, a part of who they are. Happy Festivus to all!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mark-brien.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1022 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mark-brien.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Brien\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mark-brien.jpg 720w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mark-brien-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"festi-content-placement\" id=\"festi-1897711236\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- FestivusWeb Responsive -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3297689279938125\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3697394480\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been 23 years since the Seinfeld Festivus episode, formerly known as &#8220;The Strike,&#8221; first aired. 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