Seinfeld, Season 9, Episode 10: Frank Costanza, father of George, explains the holiday of Festivus to Kramer. "Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way."
"What happened to the doll," asked Kramer.
"It was destroyed... but out of that," Frank's face lit up, "a new holiday was born. A Festivus for the rest of us!"
The teacher Paul is approaching the end of his life, and warns the student Timothy, "For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths" (2Timothy 4:3-4).
Festivus is a myth. But so is a holiday about iPads and Halo and Batmans and Barbies. Because of the madness, Frank Costanza invented something new, but he would have been better off celebrating something old.
"And the angel said to them, 'Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.' And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, 'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!'" ~Luke 2:10-14
Daily Prayer
Wonderful God, Savior of the World, You are King of kings, Lord of lords, born in a manger, died on a cross, raised on the third day, coming again to bring Your Kingdom of peace and righteousness.
You are the reason for the season. May every knee bow and every tongue confess that You are God, Savior and Lord.
Amen
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