Festivus Traditional Cache
Hidden : 12/18/2007
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:


The Roman comic poet Plautus from the 3rd century BCE originally used the term Festivus to refer to "wild celebrations attended by average citizens cutting lose on religious holidays."

Festivus is a fictional nondenominational holiday featured in "The Strike" episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. The holiday was a plot device in the episode, which first aired on December 18, 1997. Many people, influenced or inspired by Seinfeld, now celebrate the holiday, in varying degrees of seriousness. Some do it religiously; others do it with good tidings in their respect to Seinfeld.

Festivus was first invented in 1966 when the father of Daniel O’Keefe, future Seinfeld writer, crafted a unique family holiday with untraditional practices such as the wrestling of the household head to the ground. O'Keefe introduced the holiday into Seinfeld lore in 1997, and a cult phenomenon was born. According to O'Keefe, the only tradition that was made up by the shows writers was the undecorated Festivus pole—everything else was taken directly from his family celebrations.

According to Seinfeld, Festivus is celebrated each year on December 23, but many people celebrate it other times, often in early December. Its slogan is "A Festivus for the rest of us!" An aluminum pole is generally used in lieu of a Christmas tree or other holiday decoration, shedding holiday materialism. Those attending participate in the "Airing of Grievances" in which each person tells each and everyone else all the ways they've disappointed him/her over the past year, and after a Festivus dinner, the "Feats of Strength" are performed. Traditionally, Festivus is not over until the head of the household is wrestled to the floor and pinned. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus)

See also: (http://www.festivusbook.com/) the official Festivus Website).
To get credit for the find.. You must share a pet peeve/Grievance about geocaching... And they can be duplicative of others logs as what bugs you is yours.. Here is your chance to let it go.... for example: Muggled caches (that’s what happened to mom’s festivus cache).

Logs without the required Grievance will be deleted

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

gra lrne naavirefnel bs gur Fgevxr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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