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...

[glorgau]

I think I'll put up a couple of concentration camp inmate dolls (complete with serial number tatoos) in front of my house for Passover and Yom Kippur.

Isn't free speech grand? < / sarcasm >

[ozzymandus]

Kerry voters. Big lefties, no doubt.

[Old Professer]

Jewish and non-practicing; what kind of mixed marriage is that?

[Ann Archy]

Jewish???? They are bringing shame on their fellow Jews and maybe a little anti-Semitism will follow.....maybe that's what they want. Pathetic.

[GermanBusiness]

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

I agree. Must be a typo. I am from the Upper East Side. It starts at the UN or Grand Central Station if you're not calling that Turtle Bay (just north of Murray Hill where a British general chasing the Americans who snuck out of a trap in Brooklyn on a foggy night stupidly stopped to have tea with Mrs. Murray while General Washington hurried with is troops up the west side by Hell's Kitchen and the Upper West Side - enacting the 2nd of two major escapes for the Americans that could have destroyed the Revolution).

[TET1968]

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

Go directly to the head of the class.

For crying out loud. Anthing below 54th is like living in New Jersey.

18th Street? Upper East Side? In your dreams.

The only thing good about an 18th street landlord is that he might permit Madonna to live in one of his walk ups.

[Bon mots]

Damn!
What's next... Muslim snowmen?

[BenLurkin]

From the article:

"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."

[BenLurkin]

Not MY idea of entertainment.

[BenLurkin]

http://www.horrordvds.com/modules.php?name=Reviews&file=viewreview&id=269

[yer gonna put yer eye out]

"The couple and their three children"

Maybe there IS a valid situation for abortion.

[mitchbert]

[Jigsaw John]

Hollywierd's sickness continues to drag America down.

Yes, Hollywood is dragging down the entire country. All of America is being turned into zombies and corrupted by that town! I refuse to even glance at the screen!

[sgtbono2002]

They better keep an eye on that 16 year old daughter, she is a sick puppy.

[Jaysin]

agreed!

EVERYONE ON THIS THREAD---PLEASE DO NOT ASSOCIATE THE ORTHODOX, OBSERVANT JEWS WITH PEOPLE LIKE THIS. THESE PEOPLE THAT DID THIS ARE LIBERALS, NOT JEWS.

[annalex]

More at source.

[capydick]

From today's NY Post:

After reading the article, the couple seem to have some serious issues.

[Northeastern_Realist]

Haha, yeah. This sounds a lot like the argument that guns are responsible for people murdering each other. What ever happened to personal responsibility?

[thefactor]

are they married? why are their last names different?

[mewzilla]

They let their kids watch slasher flicks. Between that grotesquerie hanging outside and some of their parenting practices, I think a visit from CPS might well be in order.

[USS Alaska]

East 18th is only one block away from Union Square, where you can find anything that is immoral, illegal and perverse. If this place were any further south it would be in Battery Park.

I used to have a place on 57th & 7th {West Side} and I'm not sure that they have yet gotten indoor plumbing on E.18th. I'm pretty sure that it is still open sewage, but the army corps of engineers is going to get on it {right after the new orleans levees}.

Oh, here come a few brickbats from ny, ny.

[BenLurkin]

At least you have the guts to come right out and take an open stand for evil -- instead of trying to be cute.

[Vicki]

Sounds like the Addams Family.

[sassbox]

Good point. I've never heard any orthodox, observant Jews complain about Christmas and public displays of Christianity. The only Jews who seem to get their panties in a bunch about this stuff are atheist liberals who happen to be of Jewish descent. It makes sense. Why would Orthodox Jews - who already have their own rich traditions, spirituality, and holidays - feel threatened by a decorated spruce called a "Christmas tree" or a Americanized quasi-religious figure named Santa? Only people who already lead very empty and cold lives would get upset about such things.

[martin_fierro]

Funny?

Bad taste?

Funny AND in bad taste?

Discuss.

[imjustme]

I must have a sick sense of humour because my first reaction was to laugh.
Then I felt ashamed of myself but I still laughed:)

[martin_fierro]

Hey, how about this edgy Kwanzaa display.

Har-dee-har-har.