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A holiday that happends every year at 23.12. It's holiday that was made popular in the 1997 Seinfeld episode "The Strike". It was originally created author Daniel O'Keefe. The non-commercial holiday's celebration, as depicted on Seinfeld, occurs on December 23 and includes a Festivus dinner, an unadorned aluminum Festivus pole, practices such as the "Airing of Grievances" and "Feats of Strength", and the labeling of easily explainable events as "Festivus miracles". The episode refers to it as "a Festivus for the rest of us".
A Festivus for the rest of us.
by Jarrekurre December 10, 2018
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Proposed nondenominational alternative to Christman and Hanukkah.
It's a Festivus for the Rest of Us!
by yadayadayada April 22, 2005
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Adj. lame retort given toward a person of superior intellect.
Bob- I gotta go finish the paperwork
Jan- Don't cause I really wanted to...
Bob- What??? Really, you suck at paperwork...
Jan- I was being Festicious...
Bob- and other things....
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Adapted from the episode of Seinfeld; "The Strike". It must take place between any holiday period. However, it is much preferred to coincide with the December to February holiday atmosphere.

The Festivus consists of "The Airing of Grievances" and the "Feats of Strength". However, in accordance with the official Brisbane-Adelaide agreement “The Airing of Grievances” will be now known as “The Time of Crap Speeches” and “Feats of Strength” will be now known as “Crushing Booze”.

There is an icon known as “The Festivus Pole”. It must be in the form of a microphone stand. It should be tall, golden, long and skinny. The microphone must be broken by the end of Festivus, during intoxicated karaoke sessions.

In the beginning there was Festivus One. It was held in Brisbane in February 2003 and, behold, it was very good. The second Festivus was held in December 2003 in Adelaide and there was light.

And on the seventh day of each Festivus sanctuary will be given to those who have gone without sleep and without walking in a straight line. And he shall rest on the seventh day from all his sauce which he has hacked.

Finally, each day you pass in between each Festivus must be spent spreading forth the good word of Festivus and the adventures that were had.
"A Festivus, For the Rest of Us!" - Frank Costanza
by Alex December 22, 2003
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A would-be escapist who romanticizes the present instead of everything but the present.
Jack: I'm such an escapist. It's New Year's Eve and I'm daydreaming that I'm in Times Square.
Jill: That's not being an escapist, Jack. That's being a festivist.

Jack: I'm such an escapist. We're in San Francisco and I'm daydreaming that it's the 1960s.
Jill: That's not being an escapist, Jack. That's being a festivist.
by ladyfingers March 20, 2013
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A celibration to replace christmas, in which you sit down with various people that you assemble and tell them all the reasons why you dont like them, why they piss you off, and wht you think their retarded. then you proceed to beat the fuck out of them and by doing so you releive stress
I passed up christmas to celabrate festivist
by blocked December 15, 2008
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Adj. Female whom indulges bountifully in festive foods, drinks, and appetizers resulting in a rotund figure while maintaning a certain level of hotness.
Queen Latifah's festivist qualities inspired millions of women to look more like Oprah Winfrey instead of Celine Dion.
by jmar04 December 9, 2008
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