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Upper East Side Home Bedecked With Bloody Santa (NYC)
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| 12/13/2005
| Puppage
Posted on 12/13/2005 12:11:11 PM PST by 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.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Philosophy; US: New York
KEYWORDS: demented; deviancy; hollywierd; hollywood; nyc; santa; sickos; slouching
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Lovely people
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posted on
12/13/2005 12:11:12 PM PST
by
Puppage
To: Puppage
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.
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posted on
12/13/2005 12:13:13 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: Puppage
3
posted on
12/13/2005 12:14:25 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Puppage
Desperate for attention. He might regret the attention he attracts, though.
4
posted on
12/13/2005 12:15:00 PM PST
by
atomicpossum
(Replies should be as pedantic as possible. I love that so much.)
To: Puppage
I bet ole Joel would whine like a little girl if somebody kicked his ass next time he came outside.
5
posted on
12/13/2005 12:15:43 PM PST
by
Kenton
(To my friends who celebrate Jesus' birth, Merry Christmas. To the rest of you, have a nice day off.)
To: Puppage
Since when is East 18th Street the Upper East Side?
6
posted on
12/13/2005 12:17:41 PM PST
by
gridlock
(eliminate perverse incentives)
To: BenLurkin
Did you reply to the wrong article?
This makes no sense.
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posted on
12/13/2005 12:18:16 PM PST
by
Sols
To: gridlock
Since when is East 18th Street the Upper East Side?1899?
8
posted on
12/13/2005 12:18:39 PM PST
by
Dark Skies
("A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants." -- Churchill)
To: Puppage
Sounds like it was more about THEM than the commercialization of Christmas.
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posted on
12/13/2005 12:18:48 PM PST
by
SuziQ
To: Puppage
Give me a break. I think this is funny.
How come no one complains at the disgusting Halloween displays?
To: Puppage
Thank heaven these miserable wretches aren't my neighbors.
11
posted on
12/13/2005 12:20:14 PM PST
by
OldFriend
(The Dems enABLEd DANGER and 3,000 Americans died.)
To: Puppage
tasteless, classless,clueless: sums up the left.
12
posted on
12/13/2005 12:21:25 PM PST
by
Rakkasan1
(Peace de Resistance! Viva la Paper towels!)
To: Puppage
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?
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posted on
12/13/2005 12:21:44 PM PST
by
gaijin
To: Puppage
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.
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posted on
12/13/2005 12:22:53 PM PST
by
VeniVidiVici
(What? Me worry?)
To: Puppage
Krupnik said the figure of Santa is not in the BibleWell, dang! I'm sure glad he pointed that out. It's nice that the educated folk are looking out for us gullible peons
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posted on
12/13/2005 12:22:57 PM PST
by
siunevada
(If we learn nothing from history, what's the point of having one? - Peggy Hill)
To: Puppage
Oh, for a parent with the guts to say: "No, you're not going to do that you little punk."
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posted on
12/13/2005 12:23:25 PM PST
by
domenad
(In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
To: Puppage
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.
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posted on
12/13/2005 12:24:30 PM PST
by
Dark Skies
("A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants." -- Churchill)
To: Puppage
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.
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posted on
12/13/2005 12:24:55 PM PST
by
YankeeinOkieville
(Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?)
To: Crooked Constituent
How come no one complains at the disgusting Halloween displays?Maybe because that IS Halloween? Just a guess, mind you.
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posted on
12/13/2005 12:25:16 PM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Puppage
Good thing we're giving $6 billion to Israel every year. I mean, otherwise, it might get taken over by INTOLERANT people....
Oh, wait...
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posted on
12/13/2005 12:25:41 PM PST
by
gaijin
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