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(here is the Jersey Journal piece but it is a pay for piece. Nice picture of decorated house…sad)
How the Grinch tried to steal one Jersey City street’s Christmas spirit
Updated: Nov. 18, 2022, 3:53 p.m.|Published: Nov. 18, 2022, 3:51 p.m.
By Ron Zeitlinger | The Jersey Journal
“Then he growled, with his Grinch fingers nervously drumming, ‘I must find some way to keep Christmas from coming!’” — Dr. Seuss, How The Grinch Stole Christmas
The Christmas villain did not pay a visit to New York Avenue in Jersey City this week, but someone — perhaps also with a heart two sizes too small — did their best impression.
A homeowner whose Christmas display is an annual winner in a countywide contest says his labor of love was vandalized by someone who snipped the wiring on multiple strands of expensive LED lights outside his home.
Edward Roman said it takes a good month for he and his husband to erect the elaborate display at 413-415 New York Ave., and he was stunned when they found the damage Thursday morning.
“We go bigger every year,” said Roman. “We do it for the neighborhood, for the kids. ... It’s disheartening to see this happen because it makes you not want to continue doing it.”
The couple started creating the display on Nov. 1, and it’s still incomplete, Roman said. Now he has to practically start over.
The dazzling display is a perennial champion in the Hudson Media Group’s Best Christmas Decorated Home Contest that covers Jersey City, North Bergen and Bayonne.
Roman said at least three strands of the lighting were damaged. “They are $50 to $75 each. I have to un-connect everything to see how much damage was done. There may be more strands cut that I don’t even know about.”
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