sarah from san fran was taking a little stroll in berkeley, california last december when she saw a house that clearly belonged to the “more is more” school of holiday decorating.
you know the type: “giant candy canes, red bows, lights, even one of those life-sized plastic snow globes that blows confetti snow all around inside — all in a yard about the width of the sidewalk i was walking on,” sarah says. “this note was tacked onto the fence, above an empty space in the row of candy canes.”
adds sarah: “poor little boy. now he’s not going to know it’s christmas.”
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85 responses so far ↓
#1
NoExit
Sure, use your son to make the vandal feel bad. What she doesn’t know is that the poor kid gets off the bus two stops early so no one will know he lives there.
Dec 22, 2008 at 4:06 pm rating: +42
#2
se
I’m thinking the boy tried to eat the candy cane, when he realized it was inedible, he hid it.
Dec 22, 2008 at 4:11 pm rating: +8
#3
GhostWriter
I luv me a note with a mullet.
Dec 22, 2008 at 4:13 pm rating: +46
#4
Sylvie
How does she know it was vandalized if they stole it?
Dec 22, 2008 at 4:17 pm rating: +18
#5
claw71
Confused and sad? Leave him alone upstairs with creepy uncle Chester the barely acquitted child molester and you’ll have a whole new perspective on what confused and sad is.
Dec 22, 2008 at 4:22 pm rating: +8
#6
Canthz_B
I hate when they use their kids to try to guilt others.
Hey, Dumbass, if your kid won’t understand, don’t tell him it was stolen by a Grinch. Tell him Santa always takes a souvenir from special houses so he can be sure to remember them on Christmas Eve.
Dec 22, 2008 at 4:26 pm rating: +25
#7
Canthz_B
If your kid doesn’t understand that there is good in the world and there is bad in the world…parenting, ur doing it rong.
Dec 22, 2008 at 4:30 pm rating: +15
#8
Jonny
Could this have anything to do with it? haha
From last weeks “This is True”
“AND THEN, WHAT TO MY WONDERING EYES SHOULD APPEAR? A holiday gathering in
Del Paso Heights, Calif., was interrupted when an apparently drunk
neighbor crashed the party. As guests were milling around the front
lawn, Donald Kercell, 49, allegedly pulled a knife and threatened the
guests. When he allegedly started slashing people’s clothing, a guest
decided to fight back with the only weapon at hand: a 2-ft candy cane
Christmas decoration from the lawn, which he used to beat Kercell down.
After the intruder was subdued, police arrived and charged him with
assault with a deadly weapon. Police ruled the candy man acted in self-
defense and no charges are pending against him. (Sacramento Bee)” http://www.thisistrue.com
Dec 22, 2008 at 4:32 pm rating: +22
#9
Canthz_B
There goes my Xmus spirit!
Dec 22, 2008 at 4:43 pm rating: +1
#10
RandyinReno
The confusion appears to be on the parent’s part. Initially indecisive on vandalis(z)ed, expanded the confusion with the U.S. spelling of behavior, but reverted to U.K. spelling on the final vandalise.
No wonder the kid is confused and sad.
Dec 22, 2008 at 4:44 pm rating: +2
#11
Canthz_B
How big is a life-sized plastic snow globe? I’ve never seen a live one.
Dec 22, 2008 at 4:45 pm rating: +12
#12
Woman on the Verge
Dear Confused and Sad,
It’s one damn candy cane. Suck it up and get over it.
Love,
Santa
Dec 22, 2008 at 4:49 pm rating: +9
#13
Paul_in_R
“Confused and sad,” is he a retard that they keep in the basement? I hate when parents use their kids as guilt. If your child is confused by one candy can missing they must be “special” and if so then you should be worried more about helping them than about a candy cane. Plus, it’s one candy cane, buy another one you cheap bastards.
Dec 22, 2008 at 4:57 pm rating: +4
#14
trapdoorspider
Ostentatious Christmas decorations are going to be vandalized. Period. If you graduated from the Clark Griswold school of Xmas decorating, there’s gonna be a target on your back. I’m amazed someone who went to that extent to decorate their place didn’t have a couple of spare candy canes just in case.
Probably better not to buy a replacement though. She can put the money towards therapy for her son instead.
Dec 22, 2008 at 5:39 pm rating: +11
#15
trapdoorspider
Just another thought: if the candy cane was stolen, how does she know it was vandalized? Does she have some sort of psychic connection with the candy cane, like those stories about mothers and their children, where if the kid is miles away and gets hurt, the mother feels the pain too?
Dec 22, 2008 at 5:46 pm rating: +3
#16
claw71
Those inflatable decorations are getting way out of hand. I mean, the giant purple gorilla is a classy way to sell used cars on Memorial Day weekend but those tacky holiday statues they sell at the super stores should be left onthe shelf.
Here’s a helpful hint from claw71: if it seems like a neat idea at WalMart, it’s not.
Dec 22, 2008 at 6:26 pm rating: +17
#17
Fluffy Fox
I vandalized the candy cane so I could scrub my nubbin.
Dec 22, 2008 at 6:40 pm rating: +4
#18
Canthz_B
Anyone who gets angry enough to take a bite out of a sign before posting it, has no right to ask others to control themselves.
Dec 22, 2008 at 6:41 pm rating: +8
#19
...and blah and blah and blah....
Messages at 4:26, 4:30, 4:40, 4:43, 4:45, 4:47 and 4:55. A.D.D. much? Yikes.
And you’re STILL a bi-polar idiot. At least some things can always be counted on in these uncertain times.
Dec 22, 2008 at 7:03 pm rating: +3
#20
Mubina
How is the boy going to notice one tiny, inconsequential, missing candy cane?
Dec 22, 2008 at 8:50 pm rating: +1
#21
Quite Contrary
If something was stolen…as in gone, missing, disappeared…how can one tell it has been vandalized?
Dec 22, 2008 at 9:00 pm rating: +1
#22
Canthz_B
They should put out an Amber Alert for the giant candy cane.
When the offender is caught, he should have to register as a candy cane thief/vandal.
These people cannot be rehabilitated, but parents can be made aware of their presence in our neighborhoods!
Dec 22, 2008 at 9:08 pm rating: +1
#23
Anonymous
That candy cane was fucking delicious
Dec 22, 2008 at 10:11 pm rating: +6
#24
souldesqueeze
I’m a big fan of “Xmus”.
Dec 23, 2008 at 12:49 am rating: 0
#25
Goldie
I was there and saw the whole thing. The candy cane vandalized that guy, not the other way around. He was walking past, minding his own business, when the cane jumped out, ripped through his pants, and had its way with him. The cane then ran away. Last I saw it was on “House, MD” – apparently evil cane made its way into Hollywood. It is no longer red-and-white-striped; ever since the incident, it has been brown, for obvious reasons.
Dec 23, 2008 at 12:53 am rating: +1
#26
Stephanie
I dunno, I think if people want to go crazy with their decorations, who are we to be all ‘bah-humbug’ about it? It’s those crazy-ass houses that are the most fun to look at!
Stealing a Christmas decoration is like making Sarah Palin your VP. It’s just dumb, and you’re not a maverick.
Dec 23, 2008 at 8:58 am rating: +2
#27
andipandi
so, it seems you guys are defending theft and vandalization?
way to go.
Dec 23, 2008 at 10:36 am rating: 0
#28
Stuffin
“I ate too much plastic candy.”
Dec 23, 2008 at 10:41 am rating: 0
#29
you suck at craigslist
Z or S in “vandalize”, dude. Pick one when you write the word again.
You picked poorly.
Dec 23, 2008 at 11:46 am rating: 0
#30
aaa
Soooo, their kid is retarded and we should all feel bad?
Dec 23, 2008 at 12:36 pm rating: 0
#31
bean
Look, it’s a three eyed hairy monster, and it is not amused.
Seriously, what’s with the waves and the spikes?!
Dec 24, 2008 at 12:18 am rating: 0
#32
Nylund
Please never use the abbreviation “San Fran” again. Most of us locals find it a particularly horrid nickname. Same goes for Frisco, unless you happen to be singing “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding. Then and only then, is it ok.
Have a nice day!
Jan 9, 2009 at 5:40 pm rating: 0
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