Art Conrad doesn't like how Christmas has become mostly about shopping. And his protest has gone way beyond staying away from malls.
The US resident nailed Santa Claus to a 4.5m crucifix in front of his house in Bremerton, Washington.
Santa has become "the person being used by corporations to get us to buy more stuff," Conrad said. He even put a photo of Santa on the cross on his Christmas cards. The cards have the message "Santa died for your MasterCard."
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The display is also Conrad's way of poking fun at political correctness. He believes people do not express their feelings enough.
But Conrad's neighbors decided to express their opinions after seeing the Santa. Some were angry, but many were just curious or confused. For example, Jake Tally said, "I don't really know what to think."
(STAFF WRITER, WITH AP)
亞特.康洛德不喜歡耶誕節已經變成主要是讓大家購物的日子,而且他的抗議行動不光是遠離購物中心而已。
這位美國華盛頓州布萊默頓市的居民,將耶誕老公公釘在他家前面四點五公尺高的十字架上。
耶誕老人已經變成「企業誘使我們買更多東西的工具,」康洛德說。他甚至還將耶誕老人被釘在十字架上的照片貼在他的耶誕卡上,卡上還寫著「耶誕老人為了你的萬事達卡而犧牲了」。
這也是康洛德嘲弄政治正確的一種表現,他認為人們並未充分表達自己的感覺。
但是康洛德的鄰居在看到這個被釘在十字架上的耶誕老人後,決定表達他們的想法。有些人很憤怒,但許多人只是感到好奇或是困惑。例如,傑克.塔利說:「我真的沒有什麼想法。」
(美聯社/翻譯:楊鴻泰)
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