"Instead, there is a pole. It requires no decoration. I find tinsel distracting."

Frank: Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way. 

Kramer: What happened to the doll? 

Frank: It was destroyed. But out of that a new holiday was born: a Festivus for the rest of us! 

Kramer: That must have been some kind of doll. 

Frank: She was.