"Our dragon holiday display got fan mail!"

[demmiblue]

Our dragon holiday display got fan mail! (And apparently the "true meaning of Christmas" involves judgmental bullshit?)

An update to yesterday's tweet re the letter I received from an anonymous, judgy-mcjudgyface neighbor who disapproved of my dragon display and asked me to consider removing them: I have added more dragons.

Link to tweet

(*edit: this is not me)

[hlthe2b]

1. I'll bet there are more Game of Thrones fans in the neighborhood than....

rabid RW fundy Xians....

[demmiblue]

4. Heh!

And by neighbors, he/she means neighbor.

[LearnedHand]

53. This is the Diana Rowland who writes the hilarious

White Trash Zombie series. I met her at a Con and she is super hilarious in person as well.

http://www.dianarowland.com

[Glamrock]

2. Oh my god!

Totally inappropriate!



P. S. Love the dragons

[MagickMuffin]

3. Apparently this is a new addition to the Holiday Season

I like the dragons, it's better than the xtians who put up the nativity scene along with a lighted cross. They literally are celebrating the birth and death of christ all in one season.

The irony is beyond belief, Weirdos!

[Phoenix61]

5. I think it's beautiful.

I love dragons. Riders of Pern is one of my all time favorite series. Also, last time I checked, Christmas is a pagan holiday the Christians stole along with all the other holidays they celebrate. Your neighbor would stroke out if they learned about the original Valentine's Day celebration.

[lunatica]

19. The Valentine's Day massacre is a bit closer to what it means!

I love the Pern dragons! Anne McCaffrey rocks!

[tblue37]

30. A new Pern book by McCaffrey's daughter came out recently (just FYI). nt

[Phoenix61]

66. Thanks for the info. I love that series. nt

[tblue37]

67. It stars Piemur the harper. The title is "Dragon's Code." Todd McCaffrey also has

published some Pern novels.

In "Dragon's Code" the Oldtimers are having trouble adjusting to the modern world and get resentful and rebellious.

[sarcasmo]

6. Awesome. This letter would make me invest in more dragons.

[harumph]

7. Put a "Santa Hat" on the middle dragon - problem solved!

[csziggy]

16. But it's not a WHITE dragon so someone would complain

[Grammy23]

8. So what would "they" have you use??

Santa? Reindeer and a sleigh? Snowmen? Penguins? Charlie Brown? Gifts?

You know....the true meaning of Christmas.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

42. One of those big yellow Walmart smiley faces would ward off....

the rednecks........

I can just see it as a 5-ft. inflatable with lights. Put a Santa hat on it and everyone in her neighborhood would want one for the lawn.

I'm designing another using the Amazon check-mark as we speak....

[3Hotdogs]

9. Well, ya do know, Jesus don't like that kind'a shit -- mockin' his birthday.

Now put some wise guys and a camel in the scene.

[Harker]

10. I'd like to know

what's under the Whiteout.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

37. I would guess...

the name of her neighborhood, which she does not want revealed. Helps to avoid any dragon burnings, if you know what I mean.

She's from Louisiana, where dragon shootings are also quite common.....

[Harker]

63. I get your drift.

Pretty likely. It crossed my mind that it might've been a nasty adjective, though.

[Mariana]

11. I hope the local media pick up this story.

That would be great. I suspect that most people, even most Christians, like the dragon decorations.

I think the display is very nicely done. It's much better than most of the tacky ugly Christmas-themed shit you see all over the place.

[marble falls]

12. Nothing expresses consideration more than an anonymous letter.

[Mariana]

17. Christians who are ashamed or afraid to identify themselves

are pitiful indeed. What did they think they were going to accomplish? Did they really think she was going to have any respect for them, after this craven and cowardly behavior? There can be little doubt, now that she's put out more dragons, that they're crying about how badly they're being persecuted for being Christians.

[marble falls]

45. When my wife needed to get a Gospel reader in a pinch, I'd do it and felt better for it ...

Maybe 12 -14 times a year. Several people wrote to the worship chairman that "marble falls sure reads the Gospel a lot, shouldn't others get a chance?"

[dansolo]

13. You need to have Jesus riding on back of the dragon

Or is that supposed to be a dinosaur?

[StarryNite]

14. They are beautiful!

Some are even wearing Santa hats and carrying presents! Looks like Christmas to me!

Good for you for standing your ground! I hope you have security cameras on them.

[Leith]

15. The homeowner should add something like this

https://www.etsy.com/dk-en/listing/213780252/have-a-very-harry-christmas-a-hand

[Hotler]

18. Run out and put up a

"Happy Holidays" to go with.

[JohnnyRingo]

25. Four stars

★★★★

[Sucha NastyWoman]

54. You win!

[SammyWinstonJack]

70. Heh

[nuxvomica]

20. Very traditional, IMHO

The season of light has always been a time to indulge in fantasy. In the 19th Century, IIRC, newspapers often printed ghost stories around this time. And the LOTR movies were each released in the US at this time of year. I can think of few things more Christmassy than dragons.

[TeamPooka]

22. A Christmas Carol is a ghost story.

[ChazInAz]

31. Don't forget M.R. James

James wrote his truly chilling ghost stories as Christmas tales for his students.

[TeamPooka]

21. Next year: Satanic Reindeer.

[Chalco]

23. What a drag!

Some people have no sense of humor. Yuck!

[JohnnyRingo]

24. Kudos!

"Only marginally acceptable at Halloween"? The Church Lady lives, and she lives next to you!

At least throw a baby Jesus in there somewhere to make her happy.

[yardwork]

26. I noticed that too!

[dawn5651]

27. dragon christmas

those dragons are gorgeous. the nosy parker neighbour needs to find a different hobby ...

[Doreen]

28. In my friends neighborhood there is a house with a dragon moving its wings

annnd on the other side of the yard an animated Santa Clause stepping out of an outhouse. Dragons are sooo cool.

[calimary]

35. Yeah! THAT'S the "meaning of Christmas"!

Santa and an outhouse. Sheesh!

[Doreen]

39. I do not understand the sender of the letter with the Christian veiw.

My friend is a staunch Catholic and he loves it. Well, OK, he is a liberal staunch Catholic ( yes, they do exist. )

[Doreen]

29. Oh, and next year a nativity with dragons as the kings and wisemen.

[ProudLib72]

32. I highly recommend the movie Rare Exports to find out about the true meaning of X mas

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1401143/

On Christmas Eve in Finland, Santa Claus is unearthed in an archaeological dig. Soon after, children start disappearing, leading a boy and his father to capture Santa and, with the help of fellow hunters, they look to sell him back to the corporation that sponsored the dig. And then there's Santa's elves, who are determined to free their leader

No, it's nothing to do with dragons, but it's everything to do with the original Santa...who is a monster with horns.

[PatrickforO]

49. Cernunnos indeed.

I always thought of Santa as one of the little people.

Consider - the western mind generally has no trouble at all accepting the potential existence of different dimensions, different planes of reality, and we can even conceive of things like worm holes and other gates between these planes.

It is only when the concept that these different planes may be peopled by other beings that our minds begin to resist...

HO HO HO!!!

[hermetic]

33. Those are fantastic!

WANT!!!

Dear Santa....

[rurallib]

34. If it bothers them that much, they could move

[calimary]

36. Or just not look at it. Isn't there more than one way out of the neighborhood?

BESIDES... Christian art through the centuries has included snakes, dragons, demons, and horned bad guys with long arrowhead-tipped tails, bat wings, pitchforks, and cloven hooves. There are enough depictions of hellfire and damnation to fill thousands of neighborhoods. Cathedrals all over Europe are festooned with them. Ever heard of gargoyles?

[handmade34]

38. makes me sad for

the sour people that sent the note...

love the dragons!!

[Mariana]

57. I'm sure they're receiving lots of thoughts and prayers

for being the victims of such persecution.

[IcyPeas]

40. Well, dragons ARE imaginary

Oh wait....... so is their story....

[SammyWinstonJack]

71. Good one!

[James48]

41. Here

Put in a dragon with a RED NOSE.

That ought to do it...

[pdsimdars]

43. I think the appriate response is, "Bite me." (and take the stick out of your a*s

[Mariana]

58. Well, she can't respond to them directly

because the senders are chickenshits, afraid to identify themselves.

[A HERETIC I AM]

44. I just recently joined Twitter. This person is the first one I have sent a response to!

That is just too funny.

"MOAR DRAGONS!"


LMAO!

[Corgigal]

46. Put a baby Jesus in a manger

under the dragons, like they are protecting the baby.

Done.

[PatrickforO]

47. That's really cute!

And just think - after this holiday season, you'll be able to call yourself a proud veteran of the Fox News 'war on Christmas!'

[LiberalLovinLug]

48. Because no one would ever associate dragons with Christmas

And of course, from one of the most respected Christian authors ever, books featuring dragons of all kinds

[Retrograde]

50. Then they wouldn't like the display at Monterey's

Fisherman's Wharf: a tree surrounded by a lit up sea otter, whale, octopus, and fish!

[eShirl]

51. Surprised there aren't more Krampuses, actually.

[GreenPartyVoter]

52. I love the dragons and were I to receive such a loving

epistle, I'd add a dozen more!

[Ferrets are Cool]

55. I am SOOOOOOOOOO proud of your display

and of your dragons.

[SaveOurDemocracy]

56. She also added HALOS to two of them!!

[demmiblue]

65. Lol... I didn't notice that when I posted!

[elocs]

59. I have had a dragon collection outside of my home for some years now,

but I've only received compliments for it.
For Christmas I just put out a simple Fesitivus pole.

[MrGrieves]

60. I'd put up a christmas tree with the star set upside down.

I have no time for those people. And no patience either.

[Solly Mack]

61. That is awesome and her neighbor is a poopy-head.

[Greybnk48]

62. I LOVE IT!

The littler green one's with the Santa hats are a nice touch!

I want Christmas dragons too!

[Xolodno]

64. Totally inappropriate and wrong. You should know better...

...it doesn't go far enough.

[kydo]

68. Damnit! I should have done that!

I got two dragons, the big black one n the OP's post and a zombie dragon. Normally I have been using them at Halloween to eat the orange man and battle deplorables.

I should have so done dragons for xmas. All I got is a sign that says, "All I want for Christmas is anew president." All blue lights. Of course that sign and my moveon.org "Here we believe...," sign and a Yoda decked in Santa clothes.

I am half tempted to put my dragons out.

[redwitch]

69. "Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons...

For thou art crunchy and good with ketchup.”

One of my favorite bumper stickers.