I know about Santa becoming controversial. In my play "Christmas at the Juniper Tavern", there were a few objections to the Christmas story being told by Santa (rather than by a priest, I suppose) in the play. This strikes me as being more "out there."
Newcomer on block calls Santa display art, but Bremerton neighbors repulsed
It's not so much the Santa impaled on the cross in front of Art Conrad's Bremerton home, it's the headless Santa that sings carols on his front porch that has neighbors crying humbug. "It's horrible and gruesome," said Vickie Marquina, who lives near Conrad on Olympic Avenue. "It's offensive, and Santa with no head is just horrid." Conrad, 52, who just moved into the house, said his Santa-on-a-cross is his personal protest against the commercialization of Christmas.
By Susan Gilmore
Seattle Times staff reporter
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