Woman Loses Her Son, Tries To Dull Her Pain With Christmas Decorations, Faces Neighbor’s Petty Note

How many decorations and lights is it actually acceptable to use before Christmas if you are decorating your home? Everyone probably decides for themselves – after all, there are no limits to the human desire to celebrate one of the main holidays of the year well. But where there’s Christmas, there will always be a Grinch…

In fact, you can steal Christmas in many different ways – and one of the most proven and, alas, effective is to ruin other people’s mood on the eve of the holiday. In this case, some random Karen from Canada definitely succeeded…

More info: Reddit

A woman in Canada recently decorated her house abundantly for Christmas in memoriam to her late son

Woman Loses Her Son, Tries To Dull Her Pain With Christmas Decorations, Faces Neighbor's Petty Note

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Cheryl Dinse lives in Sooke, British Columbia. In the past year, the woman suffered a severe loss – her son passed away. And, in order to quench her mental pain at least a little, the mother tried to decorate her house in memory of him. After all, when you are very busy with something, it allows you to take your mind off sad thoughts a little, doesn’t it?

Woman Loses Her Son, Tries To Dull Her Pain With Christmas Decorations, Faces Neighbor's Petty Note

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What the woman achieved can be seen in one of the images in this post. And I’ll tell you what – I’ve seen much more overdecorated houses that looked like one big island of light when the lights were on, while here, you can see, yes, a richly decorated house, but nothing more.

Woman Loses Her Son, Tries To Dull Her Pain With Christmas Decorations, Faces Neighbor's Petty Note

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However, one of the neighbors left an anonymous note on the woman’s porch, demanding she ‘tone it down a bit’

As it turns out, some of the neighbors don’t think so. One fine day, Cheryl saw an anonymous note on her porch demanding that she ‘tone it down a bit.’ Moreover, the unknown author of the note calls Cheryl an ‘occupant’ and her house – ‘Santa’s w**rehouse.’ And to top it all off, this unknown writer asked the woman to ‘to give our neighborhood a break.’

Woman Loses Her Son, Tries To Dull Her Pain With Christmas Decorations, Faces Neighbor's Petty Note

Image credits: Michael Burrows (not the actual photo)

Of course, Cheryl was incredibly upset, but after one of her friends posted a photo of the note online, thousands and thousands of words of encouragement rained down on her from all sides. Even, for example, from Ireland or New Zealand, located literally on the other side of the globe.

Woman Loses Her Son, Tries To Dull Her Pain With Christmas Decorations, Faces Neighbor's Petty Note

Image credits: Adriaan Greyling (not the actual photo)

After the post with this note was published online, the woman received tons of words of encouragement

And after some time, dozens of actual letters from all across Canada began to arrive in Cheryl’s mailbox – also with the warmest words of support. And then someone even sent a giant Grinch figure with a request to add him to the entire installation. Well, the woman did something even more fun – she made an enlarged copy of the ill-fated note and attached it to the Grinch’s hand. “Perhaps that person will walk by and see the exact letter in the Grinch’s hand,” CTV News Vancouver Island quotes Cheryl.

Woman Loses Her Son, Tries To Dull Her Pain With Christmas Decorations, Faces Neighbor's Petty Note

Image credits: Bob Ricca (not the actual photo)

Someone even sent her a big Grinch figure to add to the installation

Most of the commenters on the original post on Reddit simply bashed the unknown champion of purism and ‘good public taste’, arguing that they probably do not realize that they are literally on a warpath. “More lights next year!” someone wrote in the comments. By the way, in an interview with CTV News, Cheryl admitted that she had already been sent several boxes with extra lights.

And the folks in the comments couldn’t help but note that the house looks quite pretty and tasteful, and that when you look at it, you immediately feel the spirit of Christmas. “It definitely has a good amount of decorations but I wouldn’t be like, oh damn, that’s way too much, in comparison of the ones I’ve seen online,” read one of the most appropriate comments. So what do you, our dear readers, think about the decorations of the house and the reaction of the unknown neighbor? Please feel free to share your words in the comments below.

People in the comments were unanimous in their support towards the homeowner, and slated the author of the ill-fated note heavily too

Woman Loses Her Son, Tries To Dull Her Pain With Christmas Decorations, Faces Neighbor's Petty Note

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Keley Babs 11 months ago

Anonymous letters are some of the worst parts of humanity. If you have a problem with someone or something, GROW A SPINE and talk to them respectfully about it.

9points

Keley Babs 11 months ago

My mom and I had to put my brother in the hospital over Thanksgiving break and I felt really bad about having to fly back across the country to go back to work after Thanksgiving. So I decorated the inside of her house like crazy even though she wasn't gonna decorate this year. But I went nuts with the decorations because "mom, you deserve something warm and cherry and Jolly to come home to around this time". My brother has since passed away, and my mom left on Christmas Day on the cruise she had been planning with her boyfriend and his family for a year. My point is Christmas is hard when you're grieving a loss and if a ridiculous amount of Christmas lights and decorations help you get through it, then, so be it.

8points

Shark Lady 11 months ago

I'm really sorry for your loss, I hope your family has the support you all need to get through this awful time. That year of "firsts" after a loss is always so difficult, every special occasion is like a punch to the gut knowing that there is an empty chair that should be filled. May you and everyone who is experiencing loss and grief feel the love from those who are important to you, and from this Internet stranger.

2points

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Featherytoad 11 months ago (edited)

I think this is nice and tasteful. I was expecting something like what they do on The Great Christmas Light Fight. That s**t gets tacky. I think this is really pretty, especially with the white lights and the decorated palm tree. My MIL has two tall palm trees on either side of her driveway and she does the same thing.

6points

LonelyLittleLeafSheep 11 months ago

Agreed! The white/red color scheme is classic and the decorations are balanced and clean. Everything is neat and trim. Neighbor is jealous!

8points

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Keley Babs 11 months ago

Anonymous letters are some of the worst parts of humanity. If you have a problem with someone or something, GROW A SPINE and talk to them respectfully about it.

9points