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Re: The season

Posted By: wintermute, on host 65.189.42.201
Date: Wednesday, November 29, 2006, at 19:13:04
In Reply To: Re: The season posted by Masterwabbit on Wednesday, November 29, 2006, at 18:47:22:

> You forgot Festivus on the 24th, although that's merely a Seinfeld Fan-holiday, and probably made after that article was written. Still, any day you can wrestle the head of the house to the floor is a good one, right?

No, Festivus predates Seinfeld. The scriptwriters got it from a book of obscure European holidays published in 1966.

And it's traditionally celebrated on the 23rd.

Link: I'm pretty sure that Cephalopodmas is new, though...

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Re: The season of Cephlopodmas - Howard - Fri, 12/1/2006, 10:55:34

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