POUGHKEEPSIE – The TV sitcom “Seinfeld” made the “holiday” famous during an episode entitled “The Strike.” The episode covered all of the ingredients for a true Festivus; a bare aluminum Festivus pole, Feats of Strength, and, most notably, the Airing of Grievances.POUGHKEEPSIE – Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro celebrated Festivus on Monday. The unofficial holiday, celebrated on December 23, was created by author Daniel O’Keefe in 1966. O’Keefe developed Festivus as an alternative to the commercialism of the Christmas holiday.
Molinaro has embraced the grievance part as well as the Festivus pole. On Monday morning, the county executive stood on the 6th floor, with his Festivus pole to air his grievances.
Molinaro, an elected official for 25 years, claims that his list could be a lot longer but he limits it to 10 for the holiday. “The rest of the year is all happy all of the time,” quipped Molinaro.
“I found long ago that if you can’t laugh at yourself, you shouldn’t laugh at all.” The county executive is a lifelong fan of the New York Giants football team and the New York Mets baseball team. Both have made his list, noting that his beloved Mets have made the list every year. Molinaro said that his list contains both “tongue-in-cheek grievances and some that people will certainly agree with.”
The 2019 list of grievances issued by Molinaro is as follows:
- Disney introducing Baby Yoda before the holidays and NOT releasing toys to go with it.
- Tax hikes to fix New York’s deficit? If only someone had spoken out about that…
- Having to leave a spot on the list for how terrible the Giants are every year.
- No one understands the burden of being a dream candidate. I mean, those aren’t MY words. It’s what other people say.
- When you consider that Poughkeepsie is where upstate meets downstate, why did no one at Amazon think to put their headquarters here?
- It’s not that I mind Jack being more popular than me, as much as I’m not sure which of us would win in a head to head matchup.
- Finding out that impeachment wasn’t a new smoothie flavor at Starbucks. Peach? Mint? Folks, these are the jokes.
- Having to leave a spot on the list for how terrible the Mets are every year.
- Honestly, I didn’t think the new license plates looked THAT terrible.
- Why is it always Albany or Washington D.C.?
