Talk about showing your Christmas spirit.
Sarah Childs of Denham Springs, La., has once again decorated her house with holiday lights in the shape of a middle finger, reports the Louisiana Radio Network. This is the second year in a row that Childs has decorated her roof like this.
Childs claims the colorful decorations are meant as a gesture toward one of her neighbors, Kayla Weldon. The spat between the two women originated when Childs accused her of stealing her dog, Weldon details — an accusation Weldon denies.
“I’m not doing this for publicity,” Childs said of her expression of anger. “What other way do I have to express my angst? People have feelings and emotions. And she’s still slandering me all over Facebook.”
However, Weldon isn’t buying Childs’ reasoning, saying, “She’s crazy! She thinks she’s going to get famous from all of this crap.”
Childs’ Christmas lights certainly got attention last year, when law enforcement directed her to take the illuminated middle finger down. However, the ACLU became involved in response, and Childs retained her right to display the lights on First Amendment grounds.
“You know lots of people just resort to violence,” Childs said in rationalizing her roof decorations. “Look at road rage, people flip each other off all the time. I really don’t see what the big deal is.”
Childs said she had already put up a set of lights this holiday season — lights in the shape of, what else, a middle finger — and found them cut down. Weldon said she was blamed and denies any responsibility.
“She can accuse me of getting up there and cutting her lights down all she wants but that’s definitely not the case,” she said. “I didn’t climb my ass on no roof and cut her lights down.”
“There are plenty of other people in the neighborhood who can’t stand it,” she added.
Even more so because Childs doesn’t even live at the home anymore, one of her neighbors told TheAdvocate.com; Childs divorced her husband and moved out, but still considers the place “half my house.”
Now she’s back with a vengeance, replacing the lights that were cut — and putting up three birds total this year, reports WBRZ.
That’d be a turkey in bowling.
