Let’s see if this counts as a part of the Battle on Christmas™: Festivus poles are being erected in both the Wisconsin and Florida state capitals, alongside the other vacation… sorry, Christmas shows. The vacation, famously started by means of Seinfeld‘s Frank Costanza, has taken on a life of its personal and been symbolically embraced via secular teams within the years in view that. And now they’re preventing for a spot on the desk. Infrequently it’s a large A, on occasion it’s a giant pole.

Madison, Wisconsin boasts a giant, 30-foot Christmas tree on the capital, not to mention a secular model of the “room at the resort” together with Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, and Mark Twain, and likewise now happens to be house to a giant Festivus pole. The normal airing of grievances will happen two days earlier than Christmas, though regrettably there shall be no feats of energy.

There’s additionally a Festivus pole on the Florida state capital, and there’s nothing about it at all that doesn’t scream “Florida!”, including the fabric the pole’s produced from.

An almost 6-foot-tall pole comprised of emptied beer cans… will be put up in the Florida Capitol this week as a no longer-so-subtle protest to the latest placement of a Christian nativity scene…

“I still snort, I actually can’t believe there will likely be a pile of Pabst Blue Ribbon cans within the state rotunda,” mentioned Chaz Stevens, a Deerfield Beach resident who utilized to the state Department of Administration Services and products to place the Festivus pole on display.

A giant tower of beer cans, on display in the Florida capital. That makes more feel than anything else I’ve ever heard.

And for those who wanted a vacation primer, behold the Gospel of Costanza:

[h/t Day-to-day Intelligencer]

[photo by the use of screengrab]

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