Orlando Airport Begs Travelers Not To Use Festivus Decoration As Stripper Pole

Screenshot via Orlando International Airport (MCO) on Facebook.

The Orlando International Airport set up a Festivus pole for weary travelers on Saturday, complete with an invitation to air grievances — and a request to please not use the pole for dancing.

Festivus, of course, is the December 23 holiday popularized by a 1997 episode of Seinfeld that includes celebrations that include a Festivus pole (unadorned because Frank Constanza says tinsel is “distracting”), airing of grievances, and feats of strength.

MCO, which draws its airport code from its previous identity as McCoy AFB, set up the pole along with a comment box where travelers could submit their grievances, posting photos on its social media accounts and getting lots of positive comments in response.

A closer view of the sign shows the text urges travelers, please “no demonstrations of Feats of Strength at the airport,” and then — perhaps cognizant of the ever-present headline-creating existence of Florida Man (and Woman) — “Please do not climb on the Festivus Pole. The Festivus Pole is not a Dancing Pole.”

Screenshot via Orlando International Airport (MCO).

In other Festivus-related happenings, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) took to The Platform Formerly Known as Twitter for his annual airing of grievances, once again posting a thread bashing former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) “for being too much of a swampy establishment critter even for Congressional leadership,” mocking Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) for his “many failed attempts to ban TikTok,” hoping that Dr. Anthony Fauci would be in prison by next Christmas, and other assorted grumblings about “neocons” and wasteful government spending.

UPDATE: Edited to add perhaps the most famous Florida celebration of Festivus, this pole constructed from Pabst Blue Ribbon beer cans that adorned the Florida Capitol lobby in 2013.

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