We’re resting on Weekly Meanderings for this week … we’re on vacation after all.<\/p>\n
Festivus 2008 was “less” than the last few Festivus-es … fewer folks and with a few of the originals now married and with kids, the whole thing is beginning to calm down. But, it was fun for Luke to see his friends — some now married and few, like them, with a child. <\/p>\n
Just in case you don’t know what “Festivus” is … it’s from a Seinfeld episode. It became for Luke and some of his friends a day for young men to have a day together — “Festivus for the best of us and the rest of us.” They used to permit women if they wanted to serve and cook … those days are gone. Anyway, Festivus became a tradition for our son, Lukas, and his high school buddies. The event made it into a chp in Jesus Creed, I’ve been asked about it by many of my readers, and it was the “reason” why Luke and Annika (with Aksel) came home.<\/p>\n
One tradition is to “pour one out” for those who have died. This year
\nthey honored Tim Russert, Heath Ledger, and former Cub pitcher Jeremy
\nGonzalez.<\/p>\n
Kevin Patterson, an original — in every sense of the word — is the master of outfits. This year he wore a nun outfit, a Spiderman outfit and he later appeared as Steve Irwin. Luke wore a courdoroy blazer of mine … years old. It’s almost back in style.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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