More on the Bizarro Christmas Display on East 18th Street

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Yesterday, we were reading follow-up from other news organizations to the Post's cover story on the crazy Street Christmas display in front of an East 18th Street townhouse. And wouldn't you know it, Animal magazine's Bucky Turco was on the scene for an AP story, quoted as saying, "This is brilliant." He sent us a link to his photographs of the grisly yuletide display, and Gothamist is quite taken by this naked Barbie in a tree display, because it doesn't look too far off from how our Barbies looked after we played with them (strip 'em down, cut their hair off, throw 'em in a box!). But if this display was truly a protest against the overcommercialization of Christmas, where are the Bratz dolls?

If you can't take this display, then we invite you to see BlogNYC's photographs of Dyker Heights homes decked out for the holidays. And one of our commenters says, "I live down the street from this place. It is a year round treat. The house is decorated with gargoyles and faces representing the 7 deadly sins. I encourage you to check it out."

Photograph from Bucky Turco

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This is definitely gross, but people should probably lay off this guy. The Post would have you believe he's the anti Christ. Someone call Andrea Peyser to do an exorcism! or maybe it should be someone call for an exorcism of Andrea Peyser. I can't decide.

That reminds me of this mouse I saw murdered on 106th street btwn Broadway and Amsterdam yesterday.

It was very sad. This little mouse had its paws up as he lay on his back with blood dripping out of his mouth and all over while a bloody screw lay next to him.

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a reliable source has told me the large severed head... the one mr. clause is holding, was missing as of this morning. i have to believe the head was not taken down in response to protesters (as it shouldn't have been) but rather was stolen by protesters.

this isn't even a case of two wrongs not making a right, because the display was never wrong in the first place...

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a reliable source has told me the large severed head... the one mr. clause is holding, was missing as of this morning. i have to believe the head was not taken down in response to protesters (as it shouldn't have been) but rather was stolen by protesters.

this isn't even a case of two wrongs not making a right, because the display was never wrong in the first place...


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a reliable source has told me the large severed head... the one mr. clause is holding, was missing as of this morning. i have to believe the head was not taken down in response to protesters (as it shouldn't have been) but rather was stolen by protesters.

this isn't even a case of two wrongs not making a right, because the display was never wrong in the first place...


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