Festivus 2023: Little Buddy Has Grievances, People!

Today is a Festivus for the rest of us! Get out tbe Festivus pole and prepare for the Feats of Strength and the Airing of Grievances!

Happy Festivus!

December 23 marks the famously anti-consumerist holiday, and this year is the 27th Festivus since it became a national holiday thanks to the Seinfeld episode “The Strike,” which aired on Dec. 18, 1997.

Before that, it was the invention and personal holiday of Daniel O’Keefe, a Reader’s Digest editor. His son Dan, a writer for Seinfeld, introduced Festivus to the rest of us by making it a focal point of the episode.

Festivus is enthusiastically celebrated at la casa de Buddy, providing Little Buddy the opportunity to engage in the Airing of Grievances and, as is tradition, tell everyone how they’ve disappointed him over the past year.

Buddy the Cat with George, Elaine, Jerry and Kramer in the season five episode “The Litter Box.” In the episode, Buddy, Kramer and Kramer’s friend Bob Saccamano scheme to charge felines entry to the beach, billing it as a “luxury litter box.”

With that, we’ll turn it over to Little Buddy’s list of Grievances. No one is spared.

Big Buddy: For being insufficiently devastated when I got sick a few months ago. I expected more tears. Do better next time.

PITB readers: It has recently come to my attention that some of you are laughing at me, not with me. This disturbing news has caused me to question whether you’re being honest when you send correspondence praising my ripped physique or insisting I should be president of the Americats again.

The Internet: For not making me as famous as I should be.

Big Buddy: For being a vegetarian and not having extra turkey in the house!

Big Buddy and PITB readers (again) for tolerating stories about non-cat species and cats who aren’t Buddy! Who cares about owls in Central Park and chonky cats in Poland? This is littlebuddythecat.com NOT fatpolishcats.com!

8 thoughts on “Festivus 2023: Little Buddy Has Grievances, People!”

  3. Oh little Buddy, Daddy was crying LOTS of tears when you were sick (from the bill!). Parents never let their kids see them cry. Hope you guys have a great Christmas with lots and lots of turkey! 🎄🎅🏼

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    1. Yes, we all did. It’s scary when there’s something wrong and no one can figure out just what “it” is.

      I’m glad we could be there for Big Buddy. Taking some of that weight off his shoulders so he could focus on Buddy getting better. Having someone to talk to makes experiences like that so much easier to handle. And knowing other people care helps so much.

      Ya know, maybe all our good karma made him heal faster! 🤣

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      1. It did help to have an outlet to write about it and get support. To have a cat wailing in pain is horrible given how stoic they usually are, but when he went silent and stopped moving, that was truly scary.

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