Orlando International Airport sets up Festivus pole - with a note begging travelers not to use it for POLE DANCING

Orlando International Airport set up a pole in the spirit of Festivus but had to plead with travelers passing through not to use it for exotic dancing.

Orlando's airport (MCO) honored those celebrating Festivus by putting out a comment box with a pen and paper for passengers to use during their travels. 

The set up was for people to take part in the 'airing your grievances' tradition as part of their Festivus celebrations.

Festivus was inspired by an episode of the iconic TV show Seinfeld from 1997 - which first mentioned the 'holiday'.

The secular holiday is celebrated as an alternative to the pressures and commercialism of Christmas and includes traditions such as a Festivus dinner and an aluminum Festivus pole free of decorations.

Orlando International Airport (MCO) honored those celebrating Festivus by putting out a comment box with a pen and paper for passengers to use during their travels

Upon closer inspection - a smaller statement reads: 'Please do not climb on the Festivus Pole. The Festivus Pole is not a Dancing Pole'

The holiday also encourages practices such as the 'airing of grievances' and 'feats of strength' and the labeling of easily explainable events as 'Festivus miracles'. 

'For those that celebrate today's date, please join us for the "Festivus for the rest of us,"' the bright blue Seinfeld-insipired sign at Orlando's airport read.

'Please use the comment box for the Airing of Grievances. We ask for no demonstrations of feats of strength at the airport,' the sign continued.

Upon closer inspection - a smaller statement reads: 'Please do not climb on the Festivus Pole. The Festivus Pole is not a Dancing Pole.' 

Despite the disclaimer - the airport did brag about the pole's sturdiness in a post on X which said 'it's got a very high strength-to-weight ratio and no tinsel!'

The initial X post notified passengers about the temporary festive fixture.

'A #Festivus for the rest of us! If you're passing through today & want to celebrate the day in traditional fashion while your meatloaf's on the way, stop by our Festivus pole, take a pic & air your grievances (no feats of strength, pls).' 

The meatloaf reference is a nod to the sliced reddish meatloaf-shaped food on a bed of lettuce that the Seinfeld character Estelle Costanza served at the celebratory Festivus dinner in the episode. 

The pole was located on level five of the airport, next to the train station, and remained in place until 6 pm on the December 23 holiday. 

Orlando International Airport (MCO) honored those celebrating Festivus by putting out a comment box with a pen and paper for passengers to use during their travels

Festivus was inspired by an episode of the iconic TV show Seinfeld from 1997 - which first mentioned the 'holiday

Festivus celebrations aren't always as lighthearted as Orlando Airport's set-up, last year Kentucky's Republican Senator Rand Paul used the holiday to air some serious grievances about government spending.

Paul donned a red jacket and stood before a roaring fire to release his annual 'Festivus Report' last year, which roasted and catalogued $482 billion in government-funded programs that he considers 'pork barrel spending.'

'This year, I am highlighting a whopping $482,276,543,907 of waste, including a steroid-induced hamster fight club, a study to see if kids love their pets, and a study of the romantic patterns of parrots,' Paul said in his 2022 report. 

This year - Paul returned with his annual report for 2023 and alerted American people about the around $900,000,000,000 in government waste.

'The 2023 #Festivus Waste Report is officially out! This year we found $900,000,000,000 worth of waste to air some serious grievances over,' Paul posted on X.