A Festivus for the Rest of Us

Festivus is non-denominational, non-commercial, non-stick holiday celebration. It's a break from the typical holiday fare, a chance to hang out with friends, a opportunity to experiment with food your family won't eat and above all, a place to re-gift your unwanted presents.

There are more things I could share about Festivus, but I'm tired of writing. Here's a link to wikipedia.

What happens at Festivus

• The Festivus Swap

  Like a Yankee Swap, this involves each person bringing a gift and exchanging it with another person in an overly complex manner. Unlike a Yankee Swap, the goal is not to bring a good gift, but rather bring a gift that appears good, but is actually quite disappointing. In the spirit of Festivus, the gifts should be pretty cheap. Around 10 bucks or equivalent retail value is ideal.

  An example gift would be a $5,000 car that needs $4,990 of work for inspection.
• Festivus Dinner

  Every Festivus includes a pot luck dinner. You can bring what ever you want, as long as it's not holiday food. Meatloaf, tacos, cctopus, chicken nuggets and chocolate covered bacon are all common foods seen at Festivus.

  FYI, nobody ate the octopus, so you can leave that at home.
• Airing of Grievances

  The celebration of Festivus begins with the "Airing of Grievances," which takes place immediately after the Festivus dinner has been served. It's an opportunity for you to tell your friends and family all of the ways they've disappointed you in the past year.

  Grievances will be judged on accuracy, humor and freshness.
• Feats of Strength

  The head of the household selects one person at the Festivus celebration and challenges that person to a wrestling match. Tradition states that Festivus is not over until the head of the household is pinned. Failing to pin the head of the household results in Festivus continuing until such requirement is met.

  Due to previous head injuries, please ensure that any house pets or furniture have been cleared.
• Babysitting

  Festivus is a family event. Well, it's a family event in the sense that we hire a few babysitters to take care of everybody's kids upstairs while the adults have fun doing adult things like playing ping pong.

  Let us know if you plan to take us up on our babysitting offer so we can hire enough pit bulls babysitters.

How Do I Get There?

We're located at 89 Titus Ave in beautiful Manchester, NH. If you don't have one of those GPS thingees, feel free to use the map below.