It's A Festivus Miracle!

The grind is over. After a long day at work, I settle myself on the couch for two quality episodes of seinfeld. Right off the first thiry seconds, I know what episode is on and I'm in for a treat. The episode is focused around George and his dad Frank. Frank developed a holiday called Festivus to replace the commercial Christmas that everyone gets to experience. He wants to be a trend setter and his traditions are extremely awkward and hilarious that he developes over the years. Kramer, George's friend, catches wind of this intriguing idea and wants in. He wants to be apart of Festivus and asks Frank for help.

This episode is inciteful in many ways. On the one hand, the viewers are watching how interesting it can be to be different around the holidays. Seinfeld is able to put a twist on subjects that people find regular and boring. Instead of sitting around the Christmas tree, they sit around an aluminum pole, high strength to weight ratio, and tell stories about all the ways everyone has disappointed them over the past year. The holiday sounds rude but don't we all have things built inside of us that we want to tell other people. Don't we often want people to recognize when they have done something to disappoint us in some way. I for one would like a plain holiday like this. Obviously I would not want things to get hostile in any way but just the idea of a separate holiday shows us that it's not really that weird. From Kwanza to Christmas, the difference in cultures celebrate their beliefs in different ways. I love the show and I love the way this episode can be viewed in so many ways.

Tonight was a great example of how Seinfeld relates situational nothings to spark peoples interest. We all should take something from this episode. Even if it it just a lighet mood with a different perspective about other different celebrations. I would recommend to at least try to show and then think about what you went through during your day. Odds are some part of Seinfeld mentioned it.