{"id":126,"date":"2014-12-11T16:01:14","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T22:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/?p=126"},"modified":"2014-12-11T16:06:35","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T22:06:35","slug":"o-festivus-your-praises-now-we-sing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/o-festivus-your-praises-now-we-sing\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;O Festivus&#8221; Your Praises Now We Sing!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p1chtlnmpkg\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-138\" src=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-notes.jpg\" alt=\"music-notes\" width=\"179\" height=\"135\" \/>If you didn&#8217;t already know\u00a0there exists\u00a0a modest selection of\u00a0Festivus songs. \u00a0Of course, the traditional Seinfeld Festivus did not include any songs. \u00a0Still, you can&#8217;t stop some folks from wanting to sing.<\/p>\n<p>Most Festivus songs stay true to the humor of the holiday. \u00a0Four years ago, <a href=\"http:\/\/festivusweb.com\/festivus-songs-carols.htm\">FestivusWeb.com posted Festivus-based lyrics<\/a> to a few of the holiday favorites. \u00a0You and the family can now sing these songs around the Festivus Pole, or at the dinner table, or serenade the Feats of Strength loser while they are at the hospital emergency room.<\/p>\n<p>If you have grown weary of the old holiday music, then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.joelvoice.com\/groundcontroltosantaclaus.com\/index.php\/about\" target=\"_blank\">Joel Kopischke<\/a>, a Milwaukee native, who has a whole repertoire of humorous holiday music,\u00a0including a pair of songs about our favorite holiday, Festivus. \u00a0When I first heard &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.igotyulebabe.com\/16-o-festivus\" target=\"_blank\">O Festivus<\/a>&#8221; it moved me. \u00a0In fact, it made me stand at attention. \u00a0His second song below, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/groundcontroltosantaclaus.com\/index.php\/tracks\/the-festivus-bunch\" target=\"_blank\">The Festivus Bunch<\/a>&#8221; is an upbeat send-up to &#8220;The Brady Bunch&#8221; theme song.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>O FESTIVUS!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">O Festivus!<br \/>\nYour praises now we sing,<br \/>\nFor the rest of us,<br \/>\nthere will be no re-gifting<\/p><div class=\"festi-after-4-paragraphs\" id=\"festi-901174733\"><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 style=\"text-align: center;\">Thy shining pole of aluminum<br \/>\nCompletely tinsel-free<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We air grievances,<br \/>\nOh Festivus,<br \/>\ncan you spare a square for me?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thy feats of strength,<br \/>\nare must see TV<br \/>\nFrank Costanza,<br \/>\nwe\u2019ll pin you first, you\u2019ll see<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Oh Festivus,<br \/>\nyou are sponge worthy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Parody of O Canada! by C. LaVallee &amp; Adaophe-Basile Routhier &amp; R. Stanley Weir<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Parody lyrics by Joel Kopischke \u00a9 2005<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Vocals: Joel Kopischke<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Accordion: Tom Kanack<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Reference:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.igotyulebabe.com\/16-o-festivus\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.igotyulebabe.com\/16-o-festivus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">THE FESTIVUS BUNCH<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Here&#8217;s the story of Dan O&#8217;Keefe<br \/>\nWho in the 60s created Festivus<br \/>\nWith the airing of grievances, and feats of strength<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s for the rest of us<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Here&#8217;s the story of Dan&#8217;s son Daniel<br \/>\nWho was writing for the Seinfeld TV show<br \/>\nHe wrote Festivus into an episode<br \/>\nAdding an aluminum pole<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then this one day when the show was on the TV<br \/>\nAnd they saw it caused so much of a fuss<br \/>\nYes it was a Festivus miracle<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s the way we all came to know Festivus<br \/>\nYes Festivus, Oh Festivus<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s the way we all now know Festivus<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Sung to the tune of &#8220;the Brady Bunch&#8221; theme song.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Reference:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/groundcontroltosantaclaus.com\/index.php\/tracks\/the-festivus-bunch\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/groundcontroltosantaclaus.com\/index.php\/tracks\/the-festivus-bunch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J2xEzFMwXHU\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>The Festivus Miracle Song<\/h3>\n<p>If you look around online, you can discover even more Festivus-based musical efforts. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J2xEzFMwXHU\">Uploaded to Youtube on on 15 Dec 2011<\/a>, John French wrote this song specifically for Festivus. It&#8217;s played on the ukulele, but you can play it and sing it on Festivus any way you like. John even included the chords! \u00a0You an always sing along to his YouTube video above.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Festivus Miracle Song<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[Am]He went to the store to buy his [Dm] son a doll<br \/>\nThen a [E7] fight broke out<br \/>\nin [Am] side the mall.<br \/>\n[Am] As he pummeled the man, I [Dm] heard him say<br \/>\n[E7] &#8220;I know there must be a [Am] better way&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Oh [C] Festivus [F] Festivus [G7] Serenity now for Festivus [C]<br \/>\n[C] Festivus Oh [F] Festivus [G7] Serenity now on Festivus [C]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[C] Oh ,the Festivus pole is a [F] mighty fine pole<br \/>\n[G7] It has a high strength to weight ratio [C]<br \/>\n[C] The Festivus pole is a [F] mighty fine pole<br \/>\n[G7] It&#8217;s made of extruded aluminum [C]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[C] Festivus [F] Oh Festivus [G7] Serenity now for Festivus [C]<br \/>\n[C] Festivus [F] Oh Festivus [G7] Serenity now for Festivus [C]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s a Festivus Miracle!<\/p>\n<div class=\"festi-content-placement\" id=\"festi-715691572\"><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>If you didn&#8217;t already know\u00a0there exists\u00a0a modest selection of\u00a0Festivus songs. \u00a0Of course, the traditional Seinfeld Festivus did not include any songs. \u00a0Still, you can&#8217;t stop some folks from wanting to sing. 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