The Tampa Bay Times is inviting readers to celebrate Festivus by writing in their complaints
The newspaper is closing out the year with its sixth annual Festivus
With only eight days left until the world gathers around its aluminum poles to squint glasses-less at one another over dinner and compete in feats of strength, the Tampa Bay Times is helping prepare for another Festivus by inviting readers to air their grievances through its publication.
The Times introduces its sixth annual Festivus celebration by asking visitors: “What did strangers, family members, businesses, sports teams, your boss, your pets, your dentist, your local supermarket—anyone or anything—do to aggravate you in 2021?” The paper invites everyone to use an included form to submit their “top complaints” from this year and will publish a bunch of them “for everyone to deal with” on the big day itself, December 23rd.
In its previous edition, the Times answered the question of why it “and others around the world [are] still celebrating Festivus, a made-up holiday from a beloved ‘90s Seinfeld episode” by stating, simply: “It’s because we like it. It’s funny. It’s a good way to see what’s on people’s minds in a given year, because there is no Festivus tradition more important than ‘the airing of grievances.’”