ON THE TV SHOW 'SEINFELD' GEORGE'S PARENTS CELEBRATE A HOLIDAY CALLED FESTIVUS DID YOU KNOW HIS PARENTS ALSO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY "LEAPTIVUS"
LEAPTIVUS IS A SOLEMN/JOYOUS CELEBRATION OF LEAP YEAR DAY LEAPTIVUS IS THE MOST WONDROUS OF ALL HOLIDAY CELEBRATION'S AS IT IS ONLY CELEBRATED 1.4 TIMES EVERY 4 YEARS.
LEAPTIVUS HISTORY
SOLEMN/JOYOUS LEAPTIVUS DAY HARKS BACK TO
ANCIENT YAGOOGIAN CULTURE.
FOLKLORE SAYS THE YAGOOGIANS WERE SO DISPLEASED
WITH HAVING TO WORK AN EXTRA DAY DURING LEAP YEAR,
THAT WHEN THEY WENT TO WORK
ON LEAP DAY THEY WORE THEIR OLDEST SEEDIEST
CLOTHING, AND THEY WERE OF A SOLEMN MOOD,
GREETING EACH OTHER WITH LOWERED EYES
AND IN A SOMBER TONE SAYING, " SOMBER LEAPTIVUS
DAY".
THEY WOULD MAINTAIN THIS SOMBERNESS ALL
DAY UNTIL AN HOUR BEFORE WORKS END.
THEN WITH ONLY AN HOUR BEFORE WORKS END
THEIR MOOD CHANGED TO THAT OF SHEER JOYFULNESS,
AND THEY WERE NOW ALLOWED TO GREET EACH
OTHER WITH 'JOYOUS LEAPTIVUS", " HAPPY
LEAPTIVUS" OR "MERRY LEAPTIVUS."
TRADITION HOLDS THAT THEY NOW WENT OUT
AND PURCHASED A SET OF NEW CLOTHES & DISCARDED
THE OLD ONES THEY WORE TO WORK THAT DAY.
THEN THEY WOULD EITHER GO TO THE PUB, A PARTY,
OR HOME TO CELEBRATE LEAPTIVUS.
THE GRAND THING ABOUT LEAPTIVUS IS
THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE TO DECORATE
IS YOUR OWN PERSON WITH NEW CLOTHES.
ANOTHER LEAPTIVUS TRADITION IS THAT
YOU MUST EAT AND DRINK THINGS THAT YOU
WOULD NORMALLY NOT CONSUME.
LETS SAY YOU NORMALLY WOULD EAT
STEAK, FRIES, BEER.
WELL ON LEAPTIVUS DAY YOU WOULD INSTEAD
TRY SOMETHING
NEW LIKE, FISH, PASTA, WINE.
OR SOME LEAPTIVUSIANS GO ONE STEP FURTHER
AND PICK OUT
THE OTHER CELEBRATORS MEAL FOR THEM
WHICH MUST BE CONSUMED WITH OUT A HINT
OF DISPLEASURE.
HAPPY LEAPTIVUS
