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Christmas decorations cause controversy
www.nbcnews.com ^
| december 17, 2013
Posted on 12/17/2013 3:29:06 PM PST by lowbridge
One Christmas display in Newton has pitted neighbor against neighbor.
The home glows with holiday cheer in one Newton neighborhood: Santa, snowmen, baby Jesus in a manger. For the Hunter family it's an electric display of the Christmas spirit, but someone sent them a letter saying otherwise.
“Not everybody in the neighborhood is Christian and many people do not wish to see such a flagrant display of your beliefs,” said Kelly Hunter, received complaint.
The letter was signed only "your neighbors." The person who wrote it complained that the trimmings are tacky.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: christmas; massachusetts; newton
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posted on
12/17/2013 3:29:07 PM PST
by
lowbridge
To: lowbridge
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posted on
12/17/2013 3:30:42 PM PST
by
MeganC
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To: lowbridge
‘Tis the Season without Reason, for some.
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posted on
12/17/2013 3:32:22 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: lowbridge
My God, now they are going after “Tacky”.
Is there no end to it?
Ok, just tell them it’s Kitsch.
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posted on
12/17/2013 3:32:32 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: lowbridge
First they said they just want the religious displays out of the public square because it is unconstitutional, and that it fine to have it in your yard.
Now they want it out of your yard.
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posted on
12/17/2013 3:34:01 PM PST
by
VanDeKoik
To: lowbridge
Unless you can show me where I’m violating a law the I’ll do what I want on my own land and you can do the same.
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posted on
12/17/2013 3:35:13 PM PST
by
bgill
To: lowbridge
The righteous people need a bigger crèche!
20 foot tall wisemen, etc.
To: lowbridge
“You are of course free worship as you believe, celebrate as you please, and free to have bad taste, but please have the good sense to do these things in the privacy of your own home. Sincerely, your neighbors.” Kelly Hunter read. Apparently these nitwits fail to understand "their home" end at their property line.
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posted on
12/17/2013 3:35:55 PM PST
by
Fzob
(Jesus + anything = nothing, Jesus + nothing = everything)
To: lowbridge
They need more and brighter lights.
To: lowbridge
I hope that this family is able to enjoy the Christmas season despite this. What a shame that some today are motivated by such hostility.
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posted on
12/17/2013 3:39:35 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Fzob
Atheists are nasty people.
To: trisham
They never should have published or acknowledged the letter. Then the offending neighbor would wonder if they ever got the letter. That’s how I would have handled it. Never let anyone get under your skin - (my boss hates me) ... snicker ...
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posted on
12/17/2013 3:42:44 PM PST
by
11th_VA
(I want a president who won't enforce tax laws ...)
To: ilovesarah2012
Atheists are nasty people. I hate to label people but my experience debating atheists on the web is they are indeed a nasty bunch.
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posted on
12/17/2013 3:42:55 PM PST
by
Fzob
(Jesus + anything = nothing, Jesus + nothing = everything)
To: lowbridge
I wonder if these jackwads go after Ramadan and Kwanzaa too?
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posted on
12/17/2013 3:42:59 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(Wish everyone see a "Gay Kwanzaa")
To: Fzob
My experience as well. And extremely condescending.
To: lowbridge
Intolerant leftist creeps,
Every nativity I see displayed on a lawn?
I go back with a Christmas card and put it in their door. I thank them for the display. Tell them how good it is to see it. Wish them a Merry Christmas.
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posted on
12/17/2013 3:45:08 PM PST
by
Chickensoup
(we didn't love freedom enough... Solzhenitsyn.)
To: lowbridge
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posted on
12/17/2013 3:47:50 PM PST
by
libertarian27
(FreeRepublic Cookbooks 2011 & 2012 - Click Profile)
To: lowbridge
If they don't like it, stay the hell inside their homes with the blinds drawn. Or they could just move the hell back to whatever $*ithole they came from.
There is nothing in the constitution that protects the right not to be offended.
If you want to know how I really feel freepmail me, and I'll tell you.
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posted on
12/17/2013 3:48:21 PM PST
by
Big Mack
(I didn't claw my way to the top of the food chain to eat VEGETABLES!)
To: HereInTheHeartland
They need more and brighter lights.
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posted on
12/17/2013 3:48:56 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Fight Tapinophobia in all its forms! Do not submit to arduus privilege.)
To: ilovesarah2012
>>My experience as well. And extremely condescending.<<
The good news is that when they leave this mortal coil, they will return to the dust since they discarded their souls.
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posted on
12/17/2013 3:50:19 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Fight Tapinophobia in all its forms! Do not submit to arduus privilege.)
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