You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch
Posted on November 27, 2004 @ 8:27 am
Apparently, the tradition of civil disobedience is alive and well in the cul-de-sacs of America. From Yahoo News:
Huge Grinch erected after neighbours complain about Christmas display
MONTE SERENO, Calif. (AP) - For six years, Alan and Bonnie Aerts transformed their Silicon Valley home into a Christmas wonderland, complete with surfing Santa, jumbo candy canes and a carol-singing chorus of mannequins.
Visitors loved it. Last year, more than 1,500 cars prowled the Aertses’ cul-de-sac in this upscale San Jose suburb each night. This year, though, the merry menagerie stayed indoors. Instead, on the manicured lawn outside the couple’s Tudor mansion, stands a single tiding: a three-metre-tall Grinch with green fuzz, rotting teeth and beet-red eyeballs.
The Aertses erected the smirking giant to protest the couple across the street - 16-year residents Le and Susan Nguyen, who initiated complaints to city officials that the display was turning the quiet neighbourhood into a Disneyesque nightmare.
Alan Aerts, who makes sure the Grinch’s spindly finger points directly to the Nguyens’ house, says the complaints killed the exhibit. They also violated the Christmas spirit, he said.
The bad news? While violating the Christmas spirit is against the law in over twenty states, California isn’t one of them. Meanwhile, I imagine the suits at Disney must love that phrases like “Disneyesque nightmare” have entered the English lexicon.
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Oooh, that’s like 10 mins from my house. I must go see it!
Topic: Christmas
Anybody else happen to notice the complaining neighbor’s name? They’re the “Nguyens” That’s a Vietnamese name and they probably don’t celebrate Christmas.