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Hardcover: 144 pages Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (October 26 2005) Costumer Rating:  Read an Excerpt The Holiday for the Rest of Us Book Description Looking to add a little bitterness to your holiday season? Then FESTIVUS is the book you cannot do without! Take Frosty behind the woodshed... the time has come for Festivus! The event celebrated by Frank Costanza (Jerry Stiller) on Seinfeld, where participants raise aluminum poles, compete in "feats of strength" and undertake the "airing of grievances," has transcended television. People are actually observing Festivus! In this side-splitting romp through the real world of Festivus, Allen Salkin meets Miss Festivus, tastes Festivus beer, and ponders the Festivus snail, showing how anyone with a little creativity-and a dash of Costanza-can celebrate a Happy Festivus! Mom, is that you? Dozens of photos and illustrations of actual Festivus celebrants in their natural habitats. Be sure to wash the nails: Tasty Festivus recipes like Shrimp Impaled on Mini Festivus Poles. There she is, Miss Festivus! Judge your own Festivus beauty pageant (the abilities to bowl a 170 and clean a carburetor count big). Are those my chestnuts roasting? Lyrics and chords to those smash hits "O Festivus!" and "Gather 'Round the Pole." A foreword by Father Festivus himself, Jerry Stiller! See why Festivus is more fun than being killed by a giant boulder. About the Author Allen Salkin Allen Salkin lives in New York City and teaches journalism and writing at New York University.. » More by Allen Salkin | |||||||
