Visitors to the Oklahoma Capitol this month will not see little baby Jesus or a single wise man.
Instead, Oklahoma City residents will be treated to a more brightly colored display. This after a Florida man got an approval for a permit to erect a Festivus pole, based on the fictional holiday depicted in the popular 1990s sitcom “Seinfeld,” inside the Capitol.
The pole will be erected next Wednesday in the building’s first-floor rotunda near an existing display of giant nutcrackers and a sleigh full of gifts.
But there’s a twist. This is no regular “Festivus” Pole (as far as fictional holiday poles go). It’s totally, 100 percent gay – not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Chaz Stevens, of Jupiter, Florida, said the pole pays homage both to gay rights and a Seinfeld episode.
The 6-foot-pole is wrapped in the colors of the gay pride rainbow flag and topped with a disco ball, you know… in case anyone gets the urge to bust a move.
According to Stevens, similar poles are expected to be put up in Georgia, Illinois, Michigan and Washington.
Turns out, Festivus really is for the rest of us.