WINTHROP, Mass., Feb. 23 - A Massachusetts woman whose Christmas decorations are still up said she augmented the display after receiving an anonymous letter asking her to take it down. Lauren Craig of Winthrop said she only had two small trees, a strand of icicle lights and a leprechaun to herald the coming of St. Patrick's Day out Saturday when she received a letter reading, "We notice that you still seem to have your Christmas lights up. I'm not sure if you are aware, but Christmas is over," WHDH-TV, Boston, reported Tuesday.
"Now let me ask why you would have Christmas lights with a leprechaun on your door?" the letter asked.
Craig said she thought the letter was a joke until it ended with the statement: "Something needs to be done. You have 3 days!!!"
"I actually liked keeping them up because it's so dark in the winter and it's been such a long, cold winter that it looked pretty at night," Craig said.
Craig said she responded to the letter, which did not specify consequences for missing the deadline, by buying all the Christmas and St. Patrick's day decorations she could find for her home. She said the display will culminate in a Christmas-themed party. "It's kind of like mess with the bull and you're gonna get the horns," Craig said. She said the Christmas decorations will remain in place for at least one more week.
"Now let me ask why you would have Christmas lights with a leprechaun on your door?" the letter asked.
Craig said she thought the letter was a joke until it ended with the statement: "Something needs to be done. You have 3 days!!!"
"I actually liked keeping them up because it's so dark in the winter and it's been such a long, cold winter that it looked pretty at night," Craig said.
Craig said she responded to the letter, which did not specify consequences for missing the deadline, by buying all the Christmas and St. Patrick's day decorations she could find for her home. She said the display will culminate in a Christmas-themed party. "It's kind of like mess with the bull and you're gonna get the horns," Craig said. She said the Christmas decorations will remain in place for at least one more week.
I can't lie this article grabbed my attention because I too still have my christmas lights/decorations up. I know were the only people in the neighborhood with them up, but incase you haven't noticed we have had 2 feet of snow on the ground since December. In order to get these lights up in the first place, my roomate was running around the roof with no concern for his life and that was with no snow or ice.
To be honest I probably would have wiped my ass with this letter if I received it. That is until I got to the part that said "you have 3 days." As tough as I would like to pretend I am, I know there are certain people you just don't fuck around with and let me tell you, the guy who writes you a letter, threatening you with 3 days to take down christmas decorations is somebody you DO NOT want to piss off.
This is like a scene out of a horror film where the pshyco killer has given his neighbors a chance to live and instead of just taking down their decorations, he watches them through his blinds as they put up more lights and sing christmas carols. Well in a week from now when nobody has seen Lauren Craig, you might want to take a look in the neighbors freezer or floorboards because something tells me thats where she will be.
