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WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)
Fri Dec 13, 2013, 11:57 AM Dec 2013

NPR: Florida Man Airs Grievances With Festivus Pole In Capitol

http://www.npr.org/2013/12/11/250200281/florida-man-airs-grievances-with-festivus-pole-in-capitol

There's a brand-new holiday display at Florida's state Capitol in Tallahassee: a pole celebrating the fake holiday Festivus from the TV show Seinfeld.

It's the latest protest exhibit after a Nativity scene was set up in the rotunda last week.
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NPR: Florida Man Airs Grievances With Festivus Pole In Capitol (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Dec 2013 OP
How do you define "fake holiday"? BlueStreak Dec 2013 #1
for once, a positive story about Florida Man! frylock Dec 2013 #2
 

BlueStreak

(8,377 posts)
1. How do you define "fake holiday"?
Fri Dec 13, 2013, 12:01 PM
Dec 2013

Some people say that Christmas, Black Friday, Cyber Monday and all, is a fake holiday.

I think one is on very thin ice when trying to declare some things real and others fake when they are all just matters of opinion, faith and preference.

In the public space, either accept everything or clear out everything.

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