Santa Claus hanged.
 

MIAMI BEACH -- In one South Florida community, a man's holiday decorations are causing holiday fear for local children instead of creating holiday cheer, news partner NBC 6 reported Wednesday.

Residents called police and complained to the city that a house near West 50th Street and Fifth Avenue had a life-sized, blindfolded Santa Claus doll hanging on a tree with its hands tied and its mouth gagged.

Some residents were furious and said their naughty neighbor put jolly old St. Nick in a position that is not too merry. But even police officers couldn't save a Santa who was bound, gagged and hanging for the holidays.

The owner of the house says it's freedom of speech. But his neighbors think it's the start of a creepy Christmas.

"It's not healthy. I mean, if somebody has something against Santa Claus or something, maybe express it in some other way," resident Lori Vega said.

Parents are afraid the decoration will cause a nightmare before Christmas for their children.

"I'm not sure what his reasoning is, but a lot of little kids are upset by it," one parent said.

The owner was not at the house, but NBC 6's Tom Llamas found him at his primary residence off Lincoln Road. The man said the Santa Claus was an artistic expression.

Some residents say the damage is already done.

"He might be the Grinch. He might be friendly with the Grinch," resident Joanie Stein said. Stein, who has lived on the block for years, said the dangling Santa sickens him. "It's a beautiful neighborhood and I think it's just weird. I've never seen anything like this here."

The homeowner told NBC 6 the hanged Santa Claus would be down sometime Wednesday.

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"I bet the owner was white, if the owner was black...Cops would've done something about it. If the santa was black (colored black) and it was hanged the cops would've done something about it. Freedom of speech?..Please"

Quote from a friend of mine. People thought it was funny, but me I didn't like that shit.

What's your view?.

well, freedom of speech is in fact, a right. but, all the rights we have are useless, if we use them to either directly, or in-directly impose our will onto others. If a child is to be effected in such a way where nightmares are actually happening, than, by the constitution...it should be illegal.
I think anyways...thats not specifically imposing his will, because he's not forcing anyone to believe anything...but i think it's still the same idea. Besides, some parents try very hard to censor specific things from children to keep them from corrupting...and something like that, is impossible to censor, and could potentially have a profound effect on a young child. and that artistic expression bullshit is a joke

Damn true^^^..............

lola = god.

I can use that pic in a topical battle i got :)

LMAO!..........OMFG Ysdat your mean :(

Wow..................

yeah Miami is crazy, lol.......

OMFG @ your friend, STFU (lola's friend), f'real, bringing race into this like it had anything to do with shit, lmfao, other then that, that shit is funny as fuck imo, i'd laugh my ass off if I saw it on the street and I was 6, those little 6 year old shit heads can't take a fucking joke, that's there fault, big fucking whoop, like it's gonna scar them for life, they're gonna be 30 years old scared of fucking christmas cuz they saw a hanging plastic santa in some dudes yard? Give me a fucking break.

Lola brought up race..i never even said anything about it...and kids don't know how to take a joke..thats why they are more attracted to cartoons, than stand up comedy..it's not there fault that they don't develop at a certain speed...and it could scar them for life, it's not the fact it's santa, it's the fact that someone has enstilled in there minds he is a good character, whether or not hge's ficticious....and the image of anyone being hung, is a violent one. stop being a jackass, and think about it intelligently...it will make sense...if you disagree...it's not my fault your brain hasn';t developed as fast as mine

It is funny but if its ment to be artistic it should be in a gallery not hanging
from a tree in your front yard.

HA HA LOL @ the pic dam !!

Rude Critic...Just rude.

Dropped another OM...Check it out. Link in sig...ditto.