Happy Festivus Day! Long before Seinfeld, Festivus was invented by a man by the name of Daniel O’Keefe—a scholarly writer whose work included the 1982 book Stolen Lightning: The Social Theory of Magic. He was also an editor at Reader’s Digest, according to Jennifer Keishin Armstrong’s New York Times bestseller Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything. His son, Dan O’Keefe, also became a writer, but focused more on television, including a 1997 episode of Seinfeld called “The Strike”—otherwise known as the one that introduced the world to Festivus. Part of what makes Festivus seem so established is the name. It sounds like something that’s been around since ancient times, and there’s a good reason for that: it does have a Latin derivation. According to Armstrong in Seinfeldia, the name Festivus comes from the Latin word “festum,” which means “feast.” #FestivusDay #Festivus #FoodConsultant #FoodService #FoodServiceSolutions #FoodSales #NonFoodSolutions #Food #DisposableSolutions #FoodDude #WeKnowFood #NobertSales #FoodOfTheDay @NobertSales (at Germantown, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CX1EeMWgYOh/?utm_medium=tumblr