By a fluke misunderstanding, Flumdu has been established to be celebrated on the 9th of October. Or the 10th of September, if you're American. People of all faiths are free to celebrate (and you're perfectly free not to. But everyone else will laugh at you and call you names), and it is entirely understandable for you to call in sick to work if they do not recognize your holiday. Annandags Flumdu (literally translated as other-day Flumdu) is on the 25th of December, a day for Christmasless folk to celebrate by giving gifts to their loved ones and partying around a decorated tree. To the untrained eye, this celebration can appear to be Christmas, but in fact, there is a distinct difference. It's not called Christmas. It's called Flumdu. So don't call me a hypocrite when you see me being religious for the one day of the year which involves presents and partying.
Flumdu Food
Flumdu wouldn't be Flumdu without the traditional dinner of Flumdu-fondue, a meal for the whole family to enjoy as they share in peace and love over the dinner table. Alternatively, it's an opportunity for the lonely single person to... well, eat fondue.
And who can help but feel wonderfully at home with the scent of baking flumdoodle cookies? Just like your grandmother never made. According to true tradition, the members of every household must join together in the baking of these cookies, until all ingredients in the kitchen are exhausted, the burning cookie smell has infiltrated every corner of every room, and you're drowning in cookies so desperately that you find yourself knocking on every door in the neighborhood offering buckets of cookies, which of course no one will take because they're all drowning in cookies too. Ah, the "give-me-twenty-bucks-and-I'll-eat-some-of-your-cookies" time of year which every child loves.
Flumdu Games
Flumdu games are numerous and varied, and individual families tend to have their own traditions (some families enjoy Throw Your Little Brother Out the Window, and hey, that's up to them). But at Flumdu parties - and there are always Flumdu parties, you can't have the Flumdu without the party - a popular game is the Flinging of the Fumdoo, while the night comes to a peak with the irreplaceable dancing around the Flum-pole.
The Flumdu Recycling Ceremony
Though not an official feature of Flumdu, many women have decided to use the holiday for the sheer joy that is this ceremony. BYOB (Bring Your Old Boyfriend) parties are held, and your annoying, clingy ex-boyfriends are paired up with more needy women who appreciate the 24 hour attention that annoys normal people; many consider the greatest Flumdu gift of all to be the termination of those thrice-weekly phone calls from said ex. One can bring along as many old boyfriends as one likes, even the mean ones, because they can be used in the tree-lighting ceremony, where cheating, lying, un-recyclable exes are tied to a tree and set on fire (it's only for a second, and they aren't harmed, but it scares the crap out of them, and they do have to walk home naked).
So, HAPPY FLUMDU, EVERYONE!!
credits to disappeared MBers for virtually all of these ideas
