A similar thing happened with me. I didn’t get any notice when I put a Santa hat on my skeleton but I did get a notice in early February for not taking them down yet. I was very tempted to put Valentine’s attire on it and contest it but I think if I hadn’t gotten the citation it would’ve been fine.
What’s the citation for? What business is it of theirs how you decorate your property?
I’d understand if if was an HOA or you had something pornographic on display, but a Valentine skeleton seems absolutely harmless.
It was a Santa skeleton on display in late January/early February that I hadn’t taken down yet in case it wasn’t clear. The law for my city is no holiday decorations more than 30 days past the holiday. (I live in the incorporated area of the city, it’s possible if I lived in the unincorporated area the laws might be more lenient. Though I do not live in the so-called historic district.)
It’s easy to get pissed off about it but the reality is they didn’t cite me for a Halloween decoration in December, they accepted that it was not a Christmas decoration because of the Santa hat. (Something we did for fun, not to get around a law.) So they were already being pretty lenient. Also, it’s not like the citation showed up immediately on the 31st day once we didn’t take it down. And we didn’t get a fine or anything.
It still made me upset, but all things considered it was pretty tame.
Next year we might make it into a Valentine’s Skeleton but do it before the 30 day mark from Christmas. It’s probably easier to dodge a citation than argue that my Halloween Skeleton is no longer an infringing Christmas Decoration but instead now a Valentine’s Skeleton because I gave it a little Cupid’s Bow or something instead of a Santa Hat. Know what I mean? It makes sense in my head. Not sure if I’m explaining it well over text. Sort of similar to those “harder to ask permission” type situations.
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It’s become the new concrete goose. I see these still up and wonder if folks bothered to consider where they were going to store them before buying
Concrete goose?
It was a trend for a short while in the suburbs. Keep a concrete goose in your front yard and dress it up accordingly to the holiday or season. Early 2000’s I think?
Huh, alright.
I should add that this was an American thing incase it isn’t obvious
Im all for it leaving them up. Seeing a 15ft tall skeleton wearing a pride flag as a cape is a hoot and a half.
It is dressed like a war criminal
Mr Wolf served his country and never did nobody any wrong (he got assigned to supply in Maryland)
Land of the free eh?
“freedom” for the few who can afford it. USA is a scam
She’s fighting with the city over this? What city had rules for how you can decorate your property? I can see a draconian HOA having an issue with this, but I was under the impression the city never cares unless there’s a code violation.
Depending on the city they can be every bit as petty. Especially small towns that want to appear higher class than they are.
And the trashier a town is the more likely it is to have weird ordinances from back when they were trying to keep the trash out that they selectively enforce now.
Source: I came from a trashy small town.
iirc one american city tried to jail a dude because he “wouldn’t” (couldn’t as he was old af and broke) mow his lawn.
I dont think he went to jail but it was taken to court
My hometown has city ordinance over fences. They have a max height and need to not block the view of the houses too much. It’s in place to keep the welcoming feel of the town iirc. So yeah depending on the place the city could be getting involved directly
Wouldn’t dressing up the warewolf reinforce the argument that it’s a seasonal decoration?
Nope, a tree doesn’t become seasonal just because you put lights on it in December. Dressing it up shows that the statue is a general uses decoration that can be customized for any season.
Yeah, but the reason it was classified as seasonal was almost certainly to limit it to Halloween.
This makes it seasonal to whatever season it’s dressed up as, which can be anything.
Also delays any legal action until the owner can figure out the next seasonal outfit.
I’m hoping that tomorrow the owner will dress it in beachwear.
Good thing is always some kind of season
Shut up and salute the wolf.
WE STAND FOR WOLF IN THIS HOUSE
Recite the pledge of Awoo-gence
You’ve heard of werewolves of london, get ready for WEREWOLVES OF 'MURICA
There’s actually a series of films called An American Werewolf in London and An American Werewolf in Paris
Still waiting for the trilogy to be complete, starting to think they forgot about it.
Forgot about these movies. I will be watching An American Werewolf in London this evening.
They went to Amsterdam and got too high to film it
Theres a house near me that has the 10 foot skeleton that they dress up for all the different holidays. Last year they got a second one. One of my favorite houses to looks at when I go by.
CT, by any chance?
No! But im glad to know theres another pair out there somewhere.
I wanted to be that house so bad!!! With the giant skeleton t Rex but my husband says no and it’s his house too so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
There’s a store near us the sells a giant metal T-Rex and I want it. But it’s a couple thousand dollars. I’m sure it’s worth it. But I can’t.
That’s a lottery win purchase if I’ve ever heard of one.
Are you in Jacksonville? We have a skeleton house too haha
Nope but iIm glad theres another one out there in the world.
Im in CA and we have a skeleton house as well. I see it every day on my commute (its on one of the three roads you have to travel to get into the town). Its fun to se how creative they get with the costumes. Still dressed up for pride month last I drove by.
