{"id":942,"date":"2020-12-16T16:40:43","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T22:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/?p=942"},"modified":"2021-11-21T13:08:09","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T19:08:09","slug":"o-festivus-sing-a-song-for-the-rest-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/o-festivus-sing-a-song-for-the-rest-of-us\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;O Festivus,&#8217; sing a song for the rest of us!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The traditional Seinfeld Festivus did not include any songs, but some people just love to sing. There is probably enough here to inspire you, so you can croon about Festivus between now and the 23rd of December.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;O Festivus,&#8217; Costanza&#8217;s day, for the rest of us<\/h2>\n<p>Here is a Festivus standard, sung to the tune of &#8216;O Christmas Tree.&#8217; If you are planning a Festivus sing-a-long, we have more holiday songs that have been given the Festivus treatment <a href=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/festivus-songs-carols.php\"><strong>on our songs page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/o-festivus.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-955\" src=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/o-festivus.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/o-festivus.png 720w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/o-festivus-216x300.png 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>&#8216;O Festivus&#8217; a Holiday for the Rest of Us<\/h2>\n<p>This is a song about something &#8211; the holiday of Festivus from Seinfeld. It&#8217;s a song for the rest of us. Written by Paul Westbrook. Vocals by Marc Toussaint.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"O Festivus\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/shgrmjLHvj8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>I want Duxoop to sing Hip-O-Festivus for Festivus<\/h2>\n<p>Duxoop wants everyone to have a \u201cHip-O-Festivus\u201d through his witty parody of the Gayla Perry standard, \u201cI Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas.\u201d Imagine if Duxoop was to show up and perform this at your Festivus party? It would truly be a Festivus miracle!<\/p><div class=\"festi-after-4-paragraphs\" id=\"festi-2326026096\"><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><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Duxoop - &quot;Hip-O-Festivus&quot;\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/npvSmZ2p7-0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Hip-O-Festivus (Lyrics)<\/h3>\n<p>I want a real aluminum pole for Festivus<br \/>\nOnly a real aluminum pole will do<br \/>\nThe strength-to-weight ratio is a point I&#8217;m not redacting<br \/>\nAnd I never decorate it because tinsel is distracting<\/p>\n<p>I wanna air my grievances on Festivus<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve got a lot of problems with all of you<br \/>\nMy son George, he disappoints me a lot<br \/>\nAnd as for you over there&#8230;um, I lost my train of thought (but)<\/p>\n<p>I can see you now on Festivus morning creeping down the stairs<br \/>\nOh what joy and what surprise when you open up your eyes<br \/>\nTo see Frank Costanza standing there (saying)<\/p>\n<p>I wanna perform a feat of strength on Festivus<br \/>\nI&#8217;m ready for a wrestling match or two<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s no big jolly elf coming down the chimney<br \/>\nInstead we&#8217;re gonna see if anybody here can pin me<br \/>\nAnd Festivus isn&#8217;t over &#8217;til you do!<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no trees or wreaths, or ornaments that are spherical<br \/>\nThey ended the strike at the bagel place&#8230;another Festivus miracle!<\/p>\n<p>Festivus is your heritage, son, even if you hate it<br \/>\nAnd now let me explain the reason I had to create it<\/p>\n<p>There was one last doll on a shelf and someone else grabbed it one day<br \/>\nAs I beat him for that prize, it was then I realized<br \/>\nThat there just had to be another way<\/p>\n<p>I want my very own holiday called Festivus<br \/>\nOnly my Festivus holiday will do<br \/>\nOther holidays can take their toll on the best of us<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s why I created a Festivus for the rest of us<br \/>\nSo Happy Festivus to all of you!<\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s the deal with &#8216;Seinfeld, The Musical?&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>A Seinfeld musical exists in concept only, but if it did exist, this is what the Festivus song would be.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Frank Costanza&#8217;s show-stopping number &#8216;Festivus&#8217; from <em>Seinfeld: The Musical<\/em>, which is not real.&#8221; Music &amp; Lyrics by Ben Kling, who is real. Another Festivus miracle!<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/182751405&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"benkling\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/benkling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">benkling<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"&quot;Festivus&quot; from Seinfeld: The Musical\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/benkling\/festivus-from-seinfeld-the-musical\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Festivus&#8221; from Seinfeld: The Musical<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"festi-content-placement\" id=\"festi-3254404565\"><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>The traditional Seinfeld Festivus did not include any songs, but some people just love to sing. 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