Upper East Side Home Bedecked With Bloody Santa (NYC)

WNBC Television ^ | 12/13/2005 | Puppage

[Puppage]

NEW YORK -- It was quite a sight in front of a multimillion-dollar Manhattan townhouse: a bloody-bearded Santa, holding a knife and the severed head of a doll -- blood gushing from its eye socket.

The eerie display popped up outside Joel Krupnik and Mildred Castellano's East 18th Street home. The couple and their three children said they are protesting the commercialization of Christmas.

Krupnik and Castellano's 16-year-old daughter, Darla, came up with the idea for the bloody Santa. The family is Jewish and non-practicing, but they say they like putting up decorations for their kids.

The girl said she based her bloody Santa display on the movie "Silent Night, Deadly Night," the New York Post reported in Tuesday's editions.

Krupnik said the figure of Santa is not in the Bible, but, rather, a piece of Americana.

In addition to the Santa with the knife, the family's outdoor display includes a tree whose bare branches are adorned with beheaded Barbie dolls.

[Puppage]

Lovely people

[BenLurkin]

Hollywierd's sickness continues to drag America down.

The greedy SOBs in the so called entertainment industry will purvey any kind of perversity in pursuit of lucre.

[trisham]

Sick.

[atomicpossum]

Desperate for attention. He might regret the attention he attracts, though.

[Kenton]

I bet ole Joel would whine like a little girl if somebody kicked his ass next time he came outside.

[gridlock]

Since when is East 18th Street the Upper East Side?

[Sols]

Did you reply to the wrong article?

This makes no sense.

[Dark Skies]

Since when is East 18th Street the Upper East Side?

1899?

[SuziQ]

Sounds like it was more about THEM than the commercialization of Christmas.

[Crooked Constituent]

Give me a break. I think this is funny.

How come no one complains at the disgusting Halloween displays?

[OldFriend]

Thank heaven these miserable wretches aren't my neighbors.

[Rakkasan1]

tasteless, classless,clueless: sums up the left.

[gaijin]

Imagine what would happen if some christians moved to Jerusalem and on Passover put on prominent display some kind of anti-Passover display.

Can you imagine the reaction?

[VeniVidiVici]

A family of self-proclaimed Jews protesting the commercialization of Christmas. mmmmmmK.

I guess suicide bombings are just too hard for this bunch to comprehend.

[siunevada]

Krupnik said the figure of Santa is not in the Bible

Well, dang! I'm sure glad he pointed that out. It's nice that the educated folk are looking out for us gullible peons

[domenad]

Oh, for a parent with the guts to say: "No, you're not going to do that you little punk."

[Dark Skies]

In addition to the Santa with the knife, the family's outdoor display includes a tree whose bare branches are adorned with beheaded Barbie dolls.

This sounds like Christmas at the Al-Zarkawi house.

[YankeeinOkieville]

Krupnik said the figure of Santa is not in the Bible, but, rather, a piece of Americana.

Freedom of expression, sure, they have that right in this country. But if their opinion of Santa is that he is a representative of Americana, and according to their own statements, he is and this ghastly display is their opinion of the American way of life (represented by such "Americana") perhaps this family would be happier living elsewhere.

~just my freely expressed opinion.

[Puppage]

How come no one complains at the disgusting Halloween displays?

Maybe because that IS Halloween? Just a guess, mind you.

[gaijin]

Good thing we're giving $6 billion to Israel every year. I mean, otherwise, it might get taken over by INTOLERANT people....

Oh, wait...