The Festivus holiday created by author Daniel O'Keefe during the 1970s and popularized by comedian Jerry Seinfeld two decades later, is celebrated by some both in earnest and jest on December 23rd.

A practicing Catholic who would prefer to see no religious displays at a government office, Ryan says his tongue-in-cheek request to put up an undecorated six foot aluminum pole intends to showcase how deciding what religions to include in the display can turn to the absurd.