Festivus

Between Christmas and New Year's my good friend Amy had a Festivus party. For those of you not familiar, Festivus is "the holiday for the rest of us!", a made-up holiday created on Seinfeld by Castanza's dad. You gather around the Festivus pole and have the Airing of Grievances, quickly followed by the Feats of Strength. Then you exchange gifts.

It truly was the most fun I've had in a long time. We did have the Airing of Grievances - It was funny then, but wouldn't be in the retelling. They even erected a Festivus pole in their living room. Awesome. We had a White Elephant exchange - always fun, and then for the Feats of Strength we played Spoons, which I don't think I've played since Junior High. We wrestled for spoons, got bruises, fell out of chairs. And all this time the kids are having a wild rumpus of their own upstairs. A good time was had by all. It must become a yearly tradition, even if it means the Sharps have to drive back from Missouri to come.

Kyle is secure enough in his masculinity to wear the ugly neck scarf he got as a white elephant gift.

Kelly and Amy grappling for a spoon - this went on for several minutes.

Sweet victory for Kelly

Kelly's tacky Chinese Calendar

Kyle A. got a pregnancy test and an ovulation predictor.

Gerry, Amy, and Kelly