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  • proper noun A nonce nondenominational holiday featured in a Seinfeld episode, now celebrated (seriously or otherwise) by a number of people.

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Examples

  • Ive got a tiny canned ham for a dogs as well as we to share, as well as a small Pepperidge Farm cake that we will adorn with a small bag of M&Ms that we purchased this morning. we will remove a brush from my stick cleaner as well as prop it in a wastebasket, as well as voila Festivus is here!

    Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009

  • Ive got a tiny canned ham for a dogs as well as we to share, as well as a small Pepperidge Farm cake that we will adorn with a small bag of M&Ms that we purchased this morning. we will remove a brush from my stick cleaner as well as prop it in a wastebasket, as well as voila Festivus is here!

    Morning Widdershins: Festivus for the Rest of Us The Widdershins admin 2009

  • For everyone else: hey, did you know there's a made-up holiday today called Festivus?

    Happy Festivus! 2009

  • Also you mentioned something called Festivus, you know, the holiday for the rest of us.

    CNN Transcript Dec 23, 2004 2004

  • Also you mentioned something called Festivus, you know, the holiday for the rest of us.

    CNN Transcript Dec 23, 2004 2004

  • Your debut, The Airing of Grievances comes from the famous "Festivus" Seinfeld Episode.

    Salvatore Bono: Speaking With New Jersey Indie Sensations Titus Andronicus Salvatore Bono 2010

  • Your debut, The Airing of Grievances comes from the famous "Festivus" Seinfeld Episode.

    Salvatore Bono: Speaking With New Jersey Indie Sensations Titus Andronicus Salvatore Bono 2010

  • A small debate is raging on the Internet over the worth of celebrating "Festivus" in the wake of a Festivus pole that was put up in the Illinois capital.

    Archive 2008-12-01 xtra 2008

  • A small debate is raging on the Internet over the worth of celebrating "Festivus" in the wake of a Festivus pole that was put up in the Illinois capital.

    The Debate over Festivus Ilya 2008

  • I propose Parliament enact a new winter holiday al la Seinfeld (series 8?) called "Festivus" (for the rest of us).

    ''It's political correctness gone mad'' gone mad Rachel 2006

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