The made-up Seinfeld holiday is taking hold. Today, December 23, is the day of Festivus from the old sitcom. The joke is now, ironically, on the rest of us. From the OC Register via HotAir headlines: Festivus for the rest of us, O.C. Jail style
Thomas Jefferson would have shot the guy. The story of festivus:Festivus may only come around only come around once a year – more often if you watch "Seinfeld" reruns – but longtime county inmate Malcolm Alarmo King was able to celebrate it three times a day while locked up at the Theo Lacy jail in Orange.
King's quest for a healthier eating option while behind bars ended with a county lawyer forced to research the origin of Festivus and its traditions and a Superior Court judge recognizing the holiday – which lodged its place in pop culture on an episode of "Seinfeld" – as a legitimate religion.
The menu selection at Theo Lacy apparently didn't please King, 38, when he was booked into the jail on drug charges in April.
They serve salami there. And that didn't quite fit in with the fitness buff/gym clothes model's lifestyle.
So King, who is also suspected of being in the country illegally from Liberia, asked for kosher meals.
That was not because of his religion, but because they were healthier – and the 5-foot, 8-inch, 180-pound King wanted double portions to maintain his physique, said his attorney, Fred Thiagarajah.
Judge Derek G. Johnson signed off on the high-protein double-portion kosher meals for King.
That didn't sit well with the Sheriff's Department – which pays for the food. Kosher meals are more expensive than the regular jail fare – and are reserved for those with a religious need.
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