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Santa Or ‘Krampus’? Murrieta Christmas Display Sparks Complaints
CBSLA.com) ^ | December 17, 2013 12:02 PM

Posted on 12/17/2013 1:33:45 PM PST by BenLurkin

MURRIETA (CBSLA.com) — It’s the time of the year when Christmas decorations adorn houses for blocks in communities throughout the Southland.

But one entry in the Annual Holiday Home Decorating Contest in Murrieta that features a mythical creature from European folklore has sparked complaints from residents.

The house in the 37000 block of Floral Creek Circle features a large handcrafted Krampus, who is sometimes referred to as “evil Santa” or the “Christmas devil” and dates back to pre-Christian Germanic traditions.

With a doll on its back and a broomstick in its hand, the clawed black creature is perched on the second-story window of resident Stori Nagel’s home next to a sign reading “Greetings from Krampus XOXO.”

Nagel, who is German and Swiss, told the Murrieta Patch she saw the display as a way to educate her community on the origins of familiar Christmas traditions like Saint Nicholas and the Yuletide tree.

However, some residents fear the display could scare little children simply looking to enjoy a popular street for viewing Christmas lights.

“I was appalled that the city of Murrieta would allow someone to enter a home with a theme representing the devil,” one parent, who asked not to be identified, told the Patch. “My 3-year-old was frightened by the home and I was disgusted. I’m asking that you help make this disrespectful issue known to the residents of Murrieta.”

A city Parks and Recreation official told the Patch that while the display is “unconventional,” the contest remains open to all residents.

Residents are being asked to vote on the 30 official entries for this season’s contest by Dec. 18.


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: austria; christmas; festivus; germany; krampus; kwaanza; merrychristmas; santaclaus; switzerland
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To: null and void

I...am...in.


21 posted on 12/17/2013 6:37:51 PM PST by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Odd, you aren’t on the Sharknado! ping list...


22 posted on 12/17/2013 6:43:57 PM PST by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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To: null and void

I should be!


23 posted on 12/17/2013 6:48:39 PM PST by EEGator
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To: BenLurkin
“I was appalled that the city of Murrieta would allow someone to enter a home with a theme representing the devil,” one parent, who asked not to be identified, told the Patch. “My 3-year-old was frightened by the home and I was disgusted. I’m asking that you help make this disrespectful issue known to the residents of Murrieta.”

Yeah. Get over it.

24 posted on 12/17/2013 6:51:05 PM PST by Washi
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To: Cicero

That’s so going to be my Christmas Card next year!


25 posted on 12/17/2013 6:52:47 PM PST by Drew68
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To: EEGator

Just ask!


26 posted on 12/17/2013 7:58:20 PM PST by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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To: null and void

May I be added to the Sharknado! ping list please?


27 posted on 12/17/2013 8:21:06 PM PST by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Absolutely! Welcome aboard!


28 posted on 12/17/2013 8:22:23 PM PST by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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To: null and void
Sharknado is bigger than Kanye and Obama combined!
29 posted on 12/17/2013 8:41:12 PM PST by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Indeed!


30 posted on 12/17/2013 8:42:36 PM PST by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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To: null and void

“Krampusnado!”

Krampocalypse! They could get Midol to sponsor it.


31 posted on 12/17/2013 10:15:58 PM PST by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: PLMerite

You are a bad man.


32 posted on 12/17/2013 10:27:18 PM PST by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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To: null and void

the Sharknado! ping list...

Series?


33 posted on 12/17/2013 10:28:12 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Gene Eric

Yes, in celebration of really bad SciFi!


34 posted on 12/17/2013 10:29:13 PM PST by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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To: null and void

Awesome — definitely interested in some really bad levity. Add me if you don’t mind, FRiend.


35 posted on 12/17/2013 10:38:27 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Gene Eric

My pleasure!


36 posted on 12/17/2013 10:39:08 PM PST by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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To: Cicero

One hooved foot and one clawed foot?..............


37 posted on 12/18/2013 6:20:02 AM PST by Red Badger (Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
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To: null and void

38 posted on 12/18/2013 6:25:41 AM PST by Red Badger (Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
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To: Red Badger

He’s in bad shape.

Asymmetrical...


39 posted on 12/18/2013 9:00:11 AM PST by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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To: Red Badger

So he can claw and stamp his victims at the same time.


40 posted on 12/18/2013 9:31:09 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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