I learned of Festivus on facebook yesterday. so I looked it up on Wikipedia. How depressing!
It is said that satire does not look pretty on a tombstone. The same is true of sarcasm. Neither does either look good as a holiday.
People celebrate holidays because of history and tradition. They throw themselves in them as a method of fulfillment. Festivus appears to be a way of venting about how others celebrate.
Generating positive energy for one's self by trying to suck energy out of others does not seem to be in the spirit of being an American - or at least in the traditional spirit.
For Festivus the greeting should be shooting the bird.
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