http://defendchristmas.com/2007/05/08/neighbors-get-violent-over-light-display/ The War on the War on Christmas Fri, 07 May 2010 13:06:44 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://defendchristmas.com/2007/05/08/neighbors-get-violent-over-light-display/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Defend Christmas » Blog Archive » California Man Has to Tone Down Christmas Lights Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:41:20 +0000 http://defendchristmas.com/?p=18#comment-47 [...] year things got violent over Richard Viselli’s Christmas light display. The Claremont, California man has a passion [...] [...] year things got violent over Richard Viselli’s Christmas light display. The Claremont, California man has a passion [...]

]]> http://defendchristmas.com/2007/05/08/neighbors-get-violent-over-light-display/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Jinglebelle Mon, 21 May 2007 14:13:55 +0000 http://defendchristmas.com/?p=18#comment-8 That's a hard one... On one hand you have this guy who just wants to spread a little Christmas spirit, and on the other you have a family who is being inconvinced by it. I want to say that it's only 4 hours a night, let him do his thing... but then I think to myself, what if MY neighbors were attracting thousands of visitors a night to our little street? I'm a TOTAL Christmas junkie, but the thought of all those people in my yard, and the traffic... it gives me a headache. But it seems had the local news not made such a big deal the crowds might have stayed smaller. I do know that confronting him with such violence was not the answer. While this is a free country, I think you should still be considerate of your neighbors. I hope these folks can find some kind of compromise this Christmas. That’s a hard one… On one hand you have this guy who just wants to spread a little Christmas spirit, and on the other you have a family who is being inconvinced by it. I want to say that it’s only 4 hours a night, let him do his thing… but then I think to myself, what if MY neighbors were attracting thousands of visitors a night to our little street? I’m a TOTAL Christmas junkie, but the thought of all those people in my yard, and the traffic… it gives me a headache. But it seems had the local news not made such a big deal the crowds might have stayed smaller. I do know that confronting him with such violence was not the answer. While this is a free country, I think you should still be considerate of your neighbors. I hope these folks can find some kind of compromise this Christmas.

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