Festivus pole this year’s only sign of the season at Florida Capitol

The traditional activities of the holiday include the “airing of grievances” and the Festivus dinner.

For those of you unfamiliar with Festivus it is a holiday that is celebrated today (December, 23).

As families across the USA come together in joy two days before Christmas, Rand Paul has chosen instead to tweet out his annual list of Festivus Grievances.

Festivus was introduced in the ninth and final season of “Seinfeld” as a holiday that George Costanza, played by Jason Alexander, begrudgingly grew up with as an antidote to the season’s growing focus on consumerism.

According to International Business Times, there have been several celebrations leading up to Festivus across the United States.

From a base in south Florida, Chaz Stevens, thumbs his proverbial nose at religiosity through ridicule and mockery, in recent years often by displaying Festivus poles in public spaces to protest religious symbols on display during the holidays.

And true to form, he aired his list of grievances: “everything”. Festivus is not over until the head of the family is pinned.

At the “Seinfeld” pop-up apartment in Los Angeles last week, there were plenty of Festivus poles on display in a Christmas tree-style lot.

But from its humble origins – once built from Pabst Blue Ribbon beer cans – just down the hall from Gov. Rick Scott’s office, Stevens’ Festivus pole has evolved and is now getting wider attention. “We’re still having fun with it”.

Next, the Telling of Past Festivus Miracles will star local storytellers sharing Festivus miracles. Carols are the soundtrack to the most wonderful time of the year and they will always have a place in our classrooms.

Most of all I think Rockies fans want to tell team owner Dick Monfort that, “his company stinks!”. Maybe 2016 will be better than 2015, but it seems we have already started to compile our 2016 list of Grievances to air next year.