Friday Fun Fact: Happy Festivus!

Happy Festivus to all my readers!

As my Friday Fun Fact, I would like to give you a brief and delightful history of Festivus.  As many people know, Festivus became famous for it's celebration on the popular TV show Seinfeld.  During Season 9, "The Strike" aired, giving most American's their first glimpse of a holiday called Festivus. 

George's father, Frank Costanza, first began celebrating Festivus as an antidote to the commercialization of Christmas.  As he explains to Kramer, he was fighting another holiday shopper for the last doll "and as I rained blows upon him, I thought, There's got to be another way!"  And Festivus was created.

In reality, Festivus was first documented in a 1966 book about strange holidays.  One of the Seinfeld writers' fathers celebrated Festivus with his unadorned aluminum Festivus pole and the Feats of Strength competition.  According to Frank Costanza, Festivus isn't over until the head of the household is pinned to the ground.

Fun Festivus Quotes:

"It's a Festivus miracle!"

"Festivus for the rest of us!"

"The Human Fund: Money For People"

"I got a lotta problems with you people!!!"

I am trying to get everyone at work here at Acutech and Creations Studio pumped for Festivus!  So far, we are all excited for Christmas and getting settled at the new building.  Stop by and check us out if you're driving by!

Happy Festivus everybody!

12 Days Til Christmas...

...And we have clients picking up Christmas presents as we speak!  Actually, the water jet has proven to be a very useful present producer over the past few weeks.  Quite a few people have come in to get loved one's names cut out to personalize things.  The little elves in the shop have turned out some cool customer designs for wall art and we are even working on a personalized fence!  These are just a few of the cool things we have in the works- and we still have people calling in for projects over the next week.  It is really fun to see how excited and relieved everyone gets when they pick up the finished project- not only have they gotten rid of the stress of finding someone a gift, they also helped create it and know that it is an awesome gift! 


But enough about that- I don't want to give away what any top secret gifts are! 


So, since I have neglected to write Friday Fun Facts over the past few weeks, here are a few fun holiday facts to impress your friends at the next get-together:


*Talk about last minute!  "A Christmas Carol" was written in under six weeks by Charles Dickens.


*"Jingle Bells" was first written as a Thanksgiving song.


* Poinsettia plants are non-toxic... it is probably still best to keep your pups away from it, though.


* The first state to recognize Christmas as an official holiday in 1836 was Alabama.


* The idea for Santa's elves came from pagan descriptions of "Nature Folk"


*If you count up the total number of gifts in the song "Twelve Days of Christmas," there are 364 total- almost a year's worth!

Have a great week- and don't get too bogged down with holiday stress!