Dan O'Keefe (writer)

Daniel Lawrence O'Keefe is a former editor at Reader's Digest,^[1] author, and the inventor of Festivus, an annual secular holiday now celebrated on December 23. His son, also named Daniel, was a writer for the Seinfeld television show and incorporated the family holiday into an episode of the program.^[1]

O'Keefe wrote the book Stolen Lightning: The Social Theory of Magic in 1982.^[2]

Festivus

Main article: Festivus

O'Keefe invented Festivus in 1966 to commemorate his wife's and his first date. Their son, Daniel, later worked as a screenwriter for the American television show Seinfeld, and during the 1997 season introduced Festivus to the public in a Seinfeld episode named "The Strike".

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Allen Salkin (December 19, 2004). "Fooey to the World: Festivus Is Come". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/19/fashion/19FEST.html. Retrieved 2010-12-23. 
2. ^ Mark Glazer (January 2, 1983). "How Magic Works". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/02/books/how-magic-works.html. Retrieved 2010-12-23. 

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