Festivus News

Georgia House Republicans on Friday will celebrate their version of Festivus. In the television show "Seinfeld, " the made-up holiday of Festivus was famous for its annual "airing of grievances." And nothing better describes what is likely to transpire Friday when the GOP caucus gathers in Atlanta after the worst month it could likely imagine.

With some hesitation, we'll go ahead pass this one along for tonight, if only for the classic Seinfeld reference.

Are you tired of the Holiday season? Have you been searching for just the right holiday to represent you? Looking for something a little less religious and a little more um Seinfeld? Well look no further! Festivus is the holiday for the rest of us.

As far as holiday classics go, am I allowed to rank Seinfeld 's Festivus episode up there with the Rankin-Bass specials? I watched the ep again the other night, and it made me laugh just as hard as it did in 1997.

So now we know there will be a meeting of the House GOP Caucus on Friday at 10 AM: So a memo went out this afternoon, under the name of caucus chairman Donna Sheldon of Dacula, asking GOP lawmakers to set their GPS units for the Georgia Tech Research Institute Conference Center at 250 14th St.

Frank Costanza: Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man.

Does your family or friendship circle want to celebrate the infamous holiday this year made popular by none other than the Jerry Seinfeld Show? With these best Festivus celebration ideas in AC content you'll be ready in no time! Explore the history behind this cultural celebration, as well as it's customs, traditions and timeless truths.

The Sunday morning bus accident that injured Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has ruined a fake holiday for the D.C. area.

The following confession of my holiday music preferences is indefensible. But I'm going to make a plea to that all-forgiving reservoir of sentimentality and nostalgia that defines the month of December.

For a sitcom about nothing, "Seinfeld" managed to change everything. Or at least everything that mattered to the kind of people who watched "Seinfeld." It's been almost 12 years since Jerry Seinfeld's groundbreaking, gut-busting series went off the air, but with Jerry himself in town for three stand-up performances this weekend, it seemed like a ...

Friday, December 04, 2009 at 11:23 p.m. Read more: Local , Community , Entertainment , 5 Points , Festivus , Economy , Holiday , Seinfeld , Columbia Festivus is a holiday inspired by the hit TV series a oeSeinfelda .A It is a non-traditional holiday that many in the Midlands celebrated Friday night in Five Points.

Some films seem natural and effortless. Others, like "Everybody's Fine," must go through all sorts of gyrations and machinations to make any sense.

Wednesdays are for student composers! The University of South Carolina School of Music presents a Student Composers Recital in the School of Music Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.; the arts section has more on the budding Brahmses and blossoming Beethovens.

Whether it's Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice or Festivus, as popularized on "Seinfeld;" whatever folks are celebrating, there's something for everyone in Hallowell this holiday season.

Uptown and Carolina Improv Company will open their new holiday show "The 12 Games of Christmas" on Saturday at their new venue in the Myrtle Beach Mall.

What do a volleyball net, a no-parking sign and a flag pole have in common? They are all objects upon which a pole dancer did a trick for the Art of the Catwalk Street Pole competition.

It's that time, Christmas time is here. Everybody knows there's not a better time of year.

Last updated on 11/23/2009 at 9:01 p.m. Ita s the most wonderful time of the year, and ita s already here.

The recession is downsizing everything - even South Carolina's Statehouse Christmas tree.

Every Christmas, do you pine for the earthy and spicy scent of a fresh-cut fir in your living room, or do you drag out and dust off the artificial tree? Two schools of thought revolve around live versus fake trees. One, that the Christmas tree industry is renewable, however if you consider the resources it takes to grow and nurture, only to kill a perfectly healthy tree, versus a petroleum-based plastic tree and the process it takes to produce and ship it, may leave you feeling, well, less than joyous. Consider purchasing a live tree. It may not even be a traditional Christmas tree — maybe a Festivus Ficus? — but, it can still be decorated and loved, and then planted in your yard once the season is over.