{"id":517,"date":"2016-12-12T17:52:04","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T23:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/?p=517"},"modified":"2016-12-12T18:18:17","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T00:18:17","slug":"a-rollicking-good-festivus-in-eugene-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/a-rollicking-good-festivus-in-eugene-oregon\/","title":{"rendered":"A Rollicking Good Festivus in Eugene, Oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gOjJMNRtBH4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>The 2015 Festivus event even came with its own promo video.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For Eugene, Oregon resident Dan Koss, Festivus represents a rollicking good time surrounded by amazing friends. For the past five years he and a group of like-minded individuals have gotten together for a traditional Festivus party.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_518\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-518\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15503001_10210246305546027_314510313_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-518 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15503001_10210246305546027_314510313_o.jpg\" width=\"280\" height=\"746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15503001_10210246305546027_314510313_o.jpg 280w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15503001_10210246305546027_314510313_o-113x300.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo collage of the Festivus group over the years. Please note, Dan is not sure what happened to the 2012 photo. \u201cI think pictures just weren&#8217;t taken,\u201d Dan said. (Must have been the Festi-juice.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Most of the same people, same pole, same garage,&#8221; Dan explained. &#8220;We try to hold it the weekend before Christmas, or on the 23rd of December. This year we&#8217;re hosting it the weekend before the 23rd.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, the size of the celebration has grown. This is evident in a collage of group photos put together by Dan, who describes his group as a mix of Seinfeld fans and Festivus fans. &#8220;We&#8217;re a mix of both,&#8221; Dan said. &#8220;But all of us enjoy Seinfeld.&#8221;<\/p><div class=\"festi-after-4-paragraphs\" id=\"festi-1256547507\"><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>Like Frank Costanza, Dan and his friends try to welcome newcomers to the party. In fact, last year they had a mystery guest, an older gentleman who turned out to be a friend of a friend. The situation climaxed when the man&#8217;s wife appeared, admonished him for being with a younger woman and then dragged him home! (Apparently, this is what an average Saturday night in Eugene is like.)<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the details of the annual event Dan explained, &#8220;Our special food is usually Taco Bell, and our Airing of Grievances is sometimes improvised, but some people (like myself) come prepared with a pre-written list. The past three years has been arm wrestling for the feats of strength, although one of them ended up being actual wrestling between two drunk brothers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dan also described how last year&#8217;s celebration included liberal helpings of a libation he named &#8220;Festi-juice&#8221;. This may explain the drunken brother wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>For this year&#8217;s celebration, Dan has already created a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=klndaMBHH60\" target=\"_blank\">video promo<\/a>\u00a0and he&#8217;s been preparing a few new innovations. &#8220;I&#8217;m planning on making a Festivus trophy for the feats of strength this year, which may be in the form of a foosball tournament,&#8221; Dan said.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that it will always be the &#8220;people&#8221; that makes for a successful Festivus. It looks like Dan and his friends have all the ingredients for a fun time for years to come. 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For the past five years he and a group of like-minded individuals have gotten together for a traditional Festivus party. &#8220;Most of the same people, same pole, same &#8230; <a title=\"A Rollicking Good Festivus in Eugene, Oregon\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/a-rollicking-good-festivus-in-eugene-oregon\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Rollicking Good Festivus in Eugene, Oregon\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-festivus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":530,"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517\/revisions\/530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}