Dan O'Keefe (born ) is an American television writer and producer, who has worked on such shows as ''

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Early and personal life

O'Keefe was born to writers Deborah and Daniel O'Keefe, who was best known as the creator of the holiday

Festivus Festivus () is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23 as an alternative to the pressures and commercialism of the Christmas season. Originally created by author Daniel O'Keefe, Festivus entered popular culture after it was made the focu ...

. O'Keefe has two brothers: composer Laurence O'Keefe and screenwriter Mark O'Keefe. O'Keefe graduated from

Harvard College Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University, an Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636, Harvard College is the original school of Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher lea ...

in 1990. He currently resides in

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Career

As a television writer, O'Keefe was responsible for popularizing the holiday

on the 1997 ''Seinfeld'' episode "

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"."Festivus 2009: Holiday creator Dan O'Keefe takes your questions"
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''. December 21, 2009. Festivus had been invented in the 1960s by O'Keefe's father, editor and author Daniel O'Keefe (1928–2012). In 2005, Dan O'Keefe published an official book about the holiday and its history, titled ''The Real Festivus''.O'Keefe, Dan
''The Real Festivus''
Perigee, 2005.

Bibliography

* ''The Real Festivus'' (2005)

References

External links

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in ''

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