One street in Ross Township, Pennsylvania is home to a bit of an unusual Christmas display.
Bill Ansell has taken to decorating his yard in an unusual fashion for the past few holiday seasons with a beheaded choir, Frosty getting run over by an SUV, and a pissing Saint Nick.
20/20 learned that neighbors are, not surprisingly, a bit unhappy:
“He’s an angry person that’s very unstable,” resident Pamela Heck told “20/20.”Neighbors Chris and Joanne Hebda said they have had to stare at the unpleasant decorations for the past six years. Fairley Road is a unique cul-de-sac; a circular street with Ansell’s house right in the middle, surrounded by six other homes. That makes it hard to avoid his handiwork.
“There was a Virgin Mary here, and he placed a knife through her head, right there on the edge of our driveway,” Joanne Hebda told “20/20.” “I thought it was a terroristic threat.”
But why in the world would someone put so much work into something like this? As it would turn out it was not always this way:
Years ago, Ansell’s home was known for its lustrous lights and dazzling display that attracted many onlookers.
But one Thanksgiving, Ansell’s neighbor Pamela Heck was so blinded by the lights that she asked him to turn them off while her family had dinner.
“It was very unpleasant between us after that,” Heck told “20/20.”
And do not look for things to change any time soon, as Ansell told WPXI-TV two years ago, “I used to have a beautiful Christmas display, they hated it. This is my display now. I don’t think it’s against the law to exercise your right to have your own display.”
Bottom line: if your neighbor wants to go all out with the Christmas decorations…maybe you should just shut your mouth for a month (and maybe buy some sunglasses for people you invite to Thanksgiving dinner).
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