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The pole of beer cans, by atheist Chaz Stevens for the fake "Festivus" holiday from the 1997 TV show "Seinfeld" that protested the commercial nature of Christmas, was put up in political response, as support of separation between church and state, after a Nativity scene was set up by the Florida Prayer Network a week earlier. According to the rules of Festivus, an unadorned aluminum pole must be built for the secular holiday and the celebration comes with a ceremonial post-dinner "airing of the grievances" in which participants describe how they have been disappointed by others in the past year and engage in "feats of strength".