why that was nice

[adio 5,000+ posts]

she's gettin busy

 

[brtnboarder3241 5,000+ posts]

Lol..

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Santa's keeping watch over a West Bremerton neighborhood in a way that has some offended and everyone else at least a bit curious about the motive.

In the front yard of a house on the 300 block of Olympic Avenue stands a crucifix about 15-feet tall, bearing Santa Claus in place of Jesus.

Nearby neighbors were mixed with their reviews Friday. One woman said she was offended. Another said she feared how children might respond. One man said he thought perhaps the homeowner was displaying a message about the commercialization of Christmas.

Art Conrad, who owns the home and put up the display, said the commercialization angle is the number one impetus for the display, but he's also making a statement about political correctness. That he finds Santa on a cross a hilarious juxtaposition fits in the list of motives, too.

He got the idea a few years ago when he read a story about Japanese merchants mistakenly mixing up symbols in preparing for Christmas, putting Santa on the cross.

He created it by stuffing a Santa suit and borrowing the head off a motion-activated Santa that dances and sings Christmas carols.

The headless dancing Santa now carries a knife and sings and dances on Conrad's front porch.

Conrad photographed the crucified Santa and created his own Christmas cards, one with the message, "Santa died for your MasterCard."

"Santa has been perverted from who he started out to be," Conrad said. "Now he's the person being used by corporations to get us to buy more stuff."

Conrad said the second message comes from his belief that people are so afraid of being politically incorrect that they won't do anything because of what other people might think or what the American Civil Liberties Union might do.

I used to live in this neighborhood. It was a fun place; the majority of people were on drugs.

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

Xmas is a commercial madhouse - Its all about the shopping and less about

the birth of Jesus - Either way traffic is upsurd

 

[mrogowski 5,000+ posts]

I burst out laughing when I saw the head. That dancing Santa is quite hideous actually.

What I find funnier is what the guy did with the rest of him. Now that's a good sense of humour - in a rather perverted way of course.

Faulton, can you shoot up a link? I want to spread the good word.

 

[.::DuD3::. 10+ year member]

Only a crackhead could think of something like this.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

What's in your wallet?

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

I like it. Of course I don't believe in fairy tales, so this doesn't bother me. I find it realistically funny.

 

[adio 5,000+ posts]

art and powerful social commentary....my kinda pic

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

I burst out laughing when I saw the head. That dancing Santa is quite hideous actually.
What I find funnier is what the guy did with the rest of him. Now that's a good sense of humour - in a rather perverted way of course.

Faulton, can you shoot up a link? I want to spread the good word.

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2007/dec/21/strange-santa-scene-states-bremerton-mans-on/

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

i edited the article to keep it focused and make it appropriate for the lounge.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

shit is stupid

ur just mad the secret is out about iowa

 

[Thieroff 10+ year member]

Ain't it the truth.

CT

 

[AVSTANG02]

That is the dumbest thing i've ever heard.

If KimC. actualy have a **** she wouldn't have allowed the use of real fur.

and how does donating the fur to the homeless help anything?

the homeless can't wear a 15k fur.

and the animal will have already been tortured and dead.

makes no sense..

oh and **** the animals.. who cares if they are bread and killed for their fur..

**** em..

 

[AllStar1500bd 5,000+ posts]