"The real symbol of the holiday was a clock that my dad put in a bag and nailed to the wall every year,” O’Keefe said. “I don't know why, I don't know what it means, he would never tell me.

The O’Keefe Festivus had symbols and props which weren’t in the Seinfeld version of the holiday. For example, one of the main symbols of the holiday was a “clock and a bag”, and sometimes ...

While Festivus is based on the holiday his father invented, one tradition that didn’t make it to “Seinfeld” was O’Keefe’s father putting a clock in a bag and nailing the bag to a wall.

However, despite how wacky Festivus sounds, "Seinfeld" writer Dan O’Keefe revealed in a 2015 interview with Uproxx that the holiday is actually based on one his own father, fellow writer Daniel ...

Since its arrival on the national stage, Festivus has gained real-life practitioners, and on Dec. 23 each year, an apparently growing number of people, whether ironically or not, observe the holiday.

People would find common bonds. Peace would break out. But there’s more, folks. I think there ought to be a “Festivus” clock hung in every home after April 1 to remember the holiday.

Festivus comes from the hit '90s sitcom Seinfeld. In an episode titled "The Strike," which first aired on NBC on Dec. 18, 1997, George Costanza's family celebrates Festivus as an alternative to ...

Billed as “Festivus for the rest of us,” the holiday is celebrated by the Costanza clan on Dec. 23 as an all-inclusive, secular alternative to Christmas consumerism.

Festivus comes from the hit '90s sitcom Seinfeld. In an episode titled "The Strike," which first aired on NBC on Dec. 18, 1997, George Costanza's family celebrates Festivus as an alternative to ...