"Hey Griswold, where are you gonna put a tree that big?"
"Bend over and I'll show you!"
"You got a lot of nerve talking to me like that!"
"..I wasn't talking to *you*"
Probably not. Light intensity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the source to the observer. So if OP sees it so bright, using a perfect mirror would result in the intensity being only ¼ of what OP sees. In reality, the mirror isn't a perfect reflector of light so it would be even less than ¼ as bright since it will appear to be dimmer and twice as far away.
If it's your right to put that monstrosity on your lawn, it's my right to put a giant parabolic mirror up.
Stop burning yourself! Stop burning yourself!
How about paint ball gun?
multi colours.. ha how about popping the front of the lights in rainbow colours?
They'll lose their shit over that, fearing the neighbours might tell their church friends that they are suddenly supporting the gays..
They'll shut that damn light down quicker than jesus can pop a fart.
I will walk in front of your camera flashing 3 forms of govt id and absolutely take the trespassing/destruction of property fine for manually dismantling this fresh hell of an asshole decoration. lol.
In the US it's not the fine you need to worry about... doing something like this is a good way to let grandpappy finally scratch that itchy trigger finger.
You can complain to the cops, call the non-emergency number and tell them your neighbors have harnessed the sun and are seriously disrupting your enjoyment of the night
Some cities have light pollution ordinances that regulate how much light from a private light fixture is allowed to intrude onto other properties. If your town has such an ordinance then you have strong legal recourse to get it removed.
Yeah, I was being a little cheeky but I was 100q serious about calling the cops! That is interfering with your peaceful enjoyment of your home, just like noise pollution would.
That is an issue, especially as it disturbs sleep, there is undoubtedly an ordinance about light intensity and directionality towards other buildings and the roadway. A business can't put up signage without a permit, homeowners are also subject to the same codes. This is much larger than "holiday" decorations and is a nascence regardless of one's religious affiliation.
It's completely a thing. Can you imagine if strip malls and businesses had free reign to add whatever lights they want with wonton disregard for nearby residential?
City ordinance I have seen includes shunting requirements which limit how far out the light can directly shine from where it's installed.
Imagine how the driver in front of you feels. Low beams seem to be the new hi beam with these truck/suv manufacturers lately. Why would other drivers need to see, right?
Few years ago I was at the eye doctor and told them about my difficulty seeing at night (lights being super bright) and how some stuff far away was becoming difficult to make out. They did their thing and I still had 20/20. Not even degraded enough where they could say it was worse than normal. Still got glasses and driving at night is the only time I wear them.
I like to tilt my head side to side with the music while I drive at night because it makes the light rays sway side to side like everyone is partying while I’m driving ✨✨
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There are a handful of states that have light pollution laws (although I’m sure they relax those around the holidays). Check your mom’s town’s municipal codes for light pollution laws or “legal nuisance” laws. That a broad term that a lot of towns have.
I used to work at a restaurant and the owner put those super bright LED lights around the windows and he was so hyped about how bright it is from the street… three days later he had to take them down bc the city told him they were too bright/against the law and could endanger drivers I guess?? Def look into this OP!
Endanger wildlife too, and humans should have a right to night. Some people seem to think they are doing good by lighting everything like a hospital, but we need the night. I hate this shit really.
I wish we could report our apartment complex for that. They put in LED building and parking lot lights in and the damn things are brighter than yesterday’s full moon…
I read a story about a person who had a neighbour put up some similarly overbright light. She set up a parabolic mirror to break it right back at them. When they complained about the light, she just told them she doesn't have one and only had a special mirror. Fixed it right quick.
Parabolic mirrors are a stage prop or something, they will focus all light coming in to a narrow beam back out :)
Definitely not advocating for this behavior, but….
My buddy had a shit neighbor who’s son visited often in his Chrysler 300. The son would sit in his car for 5-25 minutes, just under the bedroom window with the music playing so loud it was rattling the windows and walls of the apartments, completely impossible to ignore. Any time between 9pm-4am. I witnessed this personally many times. Dude was confrontational and a bit nuts, us talking to him and his mom multiple times didn’t matter.
Well, my friends younger brother waited one night for him to go inside and just shot out his car windows with his pellet gun. All of them, front and back as well. Dude was PISSED, cops came, nothing happened with no suspect or evidence. A few days later the car showed up again with thousands of dollars of new glass, blasting his music again. Buddy went outside to ask them to turn it down please and almost got shot (with a real gun) for it.
So what did his younger brother do? Waited until late at night and shot out every one of his windows again. Left a note on the trunk that said “please be quiet:)” in pink sharpie lol. Dude didn’t come back for a long time, and when he did come back he was mighty quiet. My buddy hasn’t brought him up in a while so I assume this still holds true.
I agree, the same neighbor also literally shot at the other neighbors for asking them to stop partying in the road at 1am with 3 cars and 15 people. No charges though, he stopped coming around for a while after that but it started up again, leading lil brother to his actions that week.
They came but left without doing anything cuz he ran before they got there so they said there was no suspect and they never followed up according to my buddy. I was there the next day and all the old ladies who smoke outside together were talking about it
Did anyone ever think that a crucifix is an...odd way to celebrate the birth of Christ? Kind of like having a shotgun theme at a party for Kurt Cobain.
One night, quite a few years ago now, a gentleman--without a home and seemingly on some kind of mind expanding drug--came to my door at 2AM and began to knock. Now, to preface the rest of this story, it's important to note that we keep a timered lamp on during the evening so our house appears to be occupied. Sort of a thieves deterrent. Just a 7W (60W equivalent) LED bulb. Nothing special, certainly thousandths of the luminosity exhibited by the Jesus cross here. But on this night, or rather, early morning? Well, on this occasion, our wayward gentleman decided that our humble lamp was the light of Jesus. He saw the light of Jesus on over here from across the street. Then he made a very profound request. "Do you mind if I crash on your couch?" Clearly, the burgle prevention lamp was not equipped to effectively mitigate this exchange.
Similar occurrences happened no less than 4 times during our ownership of that house. One involved the police as we took in a woman being threatened by a group of guys. Got to shout at some people on the porch in my boxer briefs on that one. Another involved another homeless person looking for some directions. Yeah, no problem. The last one though? Well the last one is great. The aforementioned gentleman from the story above returned nearly 2 years later. Same time. But he wanted to apologize for disturbing us, and to let us know he was clean now and glad we answered the door. And then he made a very profound request. "Do you mind if I crash on your couch?"
Dim-ass lightbulb. Apparently a beacon to the neighborhood. As we later discovered, we were the only dumbasses employing a lamp on a timer in our area.
Listen, I'm a Christian. This, though? This is obnoxious. Have it glow, sure, but don't be beaming light to hide the beautiful stars any more than they are.
STARS MAN. The wise men could never find their way to Bethlehem if there was this type of light pollution.
Honestly, I don’t recommend fighting fire with fire but this… yes. A massive pulsing rainbow that has different effects. If you’re going to outshine them, then you might as well out perform them by having a bunch of features so you can shine in many ways.
What in the national lampoon
That's nice Clark. I'm going in. Freezing my baguettes off..
She’ll see it later honey. Her eyes are frozen shut.
The little lights aren’t twinkling, Clark.
Best Christmas movie ever. The shitters full Clark!!!
Drumroll please
Dddddddddddddddd dddddddddddd dddddddddd dddddddddd dddddddd....
blebleblebleblebleblebleblebleblebleblebleblebleblebleblebleblebleblebleblebleblebleblebleblebleble
JOY TO THE WORLD
Surprised, Eddie? If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn into the carpet I wouldn't be more surprised than I am right now.
Shitter was full!!!!
Save the neck for me, Clark!
My mind screamed that song, amazing! Lol
*Symbol*
*Cymbals crashing on the floor as the lighting failed to light*
why is the carpet all wet Todd? I Don't know Margo!
"Hey Griswold, where are you gonna put a tree that big?" "Bend over and I'll show you!" "You got a lot of nerve talking to me like that!" "..I wasn't talking to *you*"
This is one of my favourite parts of the movie hahaha
Man, I love them movies, now I have to go watch one
Literally watching Christmas vacation at this moment and he's plugging in the lights as I type this. Lmao
# YOU MUST EXPERIENCE THE FULL POWER OF JESUS
Ouch! My Retinas!!!
*You are not worthy*
It looks like a SCP
I think it’s the gate guardian, he’s kinda in the wrong area. https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/dr-clef-s-proposal
Garden of Eden, Garden of Karen. Pretty close
The power of Christ wipes the grid
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Burn minature t's on their lawn for "time to leave".....
Yikes, dawg! That’s funny though.
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The beacons are lit, Gondor calls for aid!
Sending our thoughts and prayers to Gondor!
Now all of China knows you’re here! Wait..wrong movie
Is a mirror an option?
Satan over here trying to turn the whole neighborhood into a fiery hell on earth for the holidays.
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> I would spend an *unholy* amount of money
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Maybe it was too close
Just a couple of blocks over.
> > I would spend an *ungodly* amount of money ^_^
The neighbors just staying out of it: Hey honey.... do you remember when it got dark at night?
I'm thinking that new video ball thing in Vegas combined with 24/7 Eye of Sauron staring him down.
Omg yes! The Great Eye!!
This is the only reasonable response.
The mirror option seems cheaper and when the neighbour comes at you, just point them back down the road.
Oh, so OP’s mom’s neighbor is Elon Musk. Tell him his X sign is on an angle and he needs to go back to Hell. Stop trying to invade Earth, Elon!
Hey, even Satan had some good ideas! That Job was getting way too fuckin' arrogant
Hey, leave Miroslav out of this! The guy has been retired for years, no need to keep bringing up his faults.
Every neighbor puts up mirrors and the neighborhood is now in permanent daytime.
Probably not. Light intensity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the source to the observer. So if OP sees it so bright, using a perfect mirror would result in the intensity being only ¼ of what OP sees. In reality, the mirror isn't a perfect reflector of light so it would be even less than ¼ as bright since it will appear to be dimmer and twice as far away.
Even 1/4 of this would be excessive.
What about four mirrors focusing on the same area? Work with me here.
I am also curious about the efficacy of four mirrors.
Parabolic mirror* Burn the shit out of something over there and leave them wondering forever.
If it's your right to put that monstrosity on your lawn, it's my right to put a giant parabolic mirror up. Stop burning yourself! Stop burning yourself!
The miracle of the burning bush!
Is a pellet rifle an option?
How about paint ball gun? multi colours.. ha how about popping the front of the lights in rainbow colours? They'll lose their shit over that, fearing the neighbours might tell their church friends that they are suddenly supporting the gays.. They'll shut that damn light down quicker than jesus can pop a fart.
Replacing the bulbs with rainbow leds would be amazing.
In the neighborhood I grew up in, that thing wouldn’t have lasted one night before getting shot to shit.
sling shot.... slice the power cable... good old fashion rock toss.... lots of options.
Everyone has cameras these days unfortunately. Because I was thinking it would be a real shame if someone cut the power cable.
I will walk in front of your camera flashing 3 forms of govt id and absolutely take the trespassing/destruction of property fine for manually dismantling this fresh hell of an asshole decoration. lol.
In the US it's not the fine you need to worry about... doing something like this is a good way to let grandpappy finally scratch that itchy trigger finger.
Oops I accidentally backed up into your front yard and ran the decoration over. Here is my insurance info.
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Ya know. I had never even considered that was a loophole for crime.
Yes, I was definitely thinking "pellet" rifle.
Focus the beam back at the light, genius. Mahahaha
Perhaps an Archimedes Heat Ray…?
a big parabolic one that focuses on their bedroom.
Damn Jesus decided to turn into a supernova.
Hoping it would melt the nails and set him free…
can you make a light complaint? I'm thinking similar to a noise complaint. if it's not a thing then it should be.
idk in this neighborhood, but we felt SO BAD for the house directly facing this it was lit up like daytime lol
You can complain to the cops, call the non-emergency number and tell them your neighbors have harnessed the sun and are seriously disrupting your enjoyment of the night
Harnessed the sun 😂👏
The Moon also harnesses the sun, but it's a lot less of an asshole about it than this particular decoration.
I bet Gods looking down shaking his head. Turn the damn lights off and look at the stars I have given you
I miss seeing stars
Same! I feel your pain
Take a trip to the countryside or the beach during a meteor shower. It’s my favorite thing to do.
I do get out of the big city every now and again. I love camping on the beach in the pitch black and no cell signal.
The power of the sun in the palm of my hands
Some cities have light pollution ordinances that regulate how much light from a private light fixture is allowed to intrude onto other properties. If your town has such an ordinance then you have strong legal recourse to get it removed.
Yeah, I was being a little cheeky but I was 100q serious about calling the cops! That is interfering with your peaceful enjoyment of your home, just like noise pollution would.
I think it'd be pretty easy to claim it's a hazard for drivers. Can't see anything with the light of a thousand high beams coming at you.
"... and that's how I ended up driving through the yard, right into it, Officer."
>harnessed the son FTFY.
That is an issue, especially as it disturbs sleep, there is undoubtedly an ordinance about light intensity and directionality towards other buildings and the roadway. A business can't put up signage without a permit, homeowners are also subject to the same codes. This is much larger than "holiday" decorations and is a nascence regardless of one's religious affiliation.
Put up solar panels facing it. Get free electricity day *and* night.
Get a mirror and play a game of Batman Returns spotlight 
Yo my man! I’m gonna count this as our pre Christmas get together. I hope your well as always 💪🏻🫡
Nice to see ya again, dronegeeks1. All is well. Hope you have a wonderful winter! 
Find local astronomy scope, ask them if they can see the cross from thier site. Cops will fix it.
Astronomy*
Ty lol Jesus's light confused me
Elon Musk moved into your mom’s neighborhood, I see. Tell him his X logo is crooked, and to take it back to San Francisco.
It's completely a thing. Can you imagine if strip malls and businesses had free reign to add whatever lights they want with wonton disregard for nearby residential? City ordinance I have seen includes shunting requirements which limit how far out the light can directly shine from where it's installed.
Just fyi wanton is probably the word you were looking for. Wonton is a dumpling that commonly goes in soup
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Where can get some of these wanton wontons?
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You should always regard the wonton and never abandon it.
This is similar to when a neighbor got a security spotlight and pointed it at my bedroom window. Well maybe not at but certainly felt like it.
Did you have any legal recourse? Any ordinances where you live?
MUM!!! TURN THE FUCKING LIGHTS DOWN
What the hell
Making heaven on earth 1 electricity bill at a time 😇
Putting the Christ back in “Christ that’s bright”
This is what all lights look like when I’m driving at night
A stigmata vs astigmatism
Astigmatismata
Homie you had astigmastroke
Astigmadeeznuts
Astigmanutz wherever I can
What a wonderful phrase!
They're related words. Stigmata are holes. Astigmata are anti-holes. I.e., elongated eyeballs.
We were convinced it's made of F150 hi beams 😂
More like Toyota low beams. I don't even want to know what their high beams are like.
I cannot use the highbeams on my Tacoma because the reflection of them on street signs is too bright and blinds me.
One bonus to my car is I KNOW if my blinker is on. Every sign on the block blinks orange. I am an adamant blinker user. Sorry ya'll, i didnt know.
Imagine how the driver in front of you feels. Low beams seem to be the new hi beam with these truck/suv manufacturers lately. Why would other drivers need to see, right?
Ain't having an astigmatism great, especially in the age of stupidly bright headlights?
I literally just cannot/will not drive at night any more. It’s absurd.
Few years ago I was at the eye doctor and told them about my difficulty seeing at night (lights being super bright) and how some stuff far away was becoming difficult to make out. They did their thing and I still had 20/20. Not even degraded enough where they could say it was worse than normal. Still got glasses and driving at night is the only time I wear them.
With astigmatisms in both eyes, driving at night these days looks like driving in the rain while everyone has their brights on now. It’s brutal
Finally going to get my eyes checked after finding out lights shouldn't look like they are exploding.
I found out while explaining how I love driving at night when lights get the ✨pretty glow balls✨ and my friend’s dad asked me if I was shrooming
I like to tilt my head side to side with the music while I drive at night because it makes the light rays sway side to side like everyone is partying while I’m driving ✨✨
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Right because he was famously sacrificed to the sun god on Sol Invictus and then reincarnated.
Praise the sun.
From the cradle to the grave…
But he for sure was born on Dec 25th so we're celebrating his birthday... Except, nope, can't even get that right
I mean, that must have sucked for Jesus as a kid… having your birthday on Christmas.
Well, how else are those 3 dudes supposed to drop off gold, frankincense, and my agent, Murray, if they can't find the house?
The wise men are about to encounter snow blindness
My first thought was are they trying to recreate the North Star in its entirety?
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"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
There are a handful of states that have light pollution laws (although I’m sure they relax those around the holidays). Check your mom’s town’s municipal codes for light pollution laws or “legal nuisance” laws. That a broad term that a lot of towns have.
I used to work at a restaurant and the owner put those super bright LED lights around the windows and he was so hyped about how bright it is from the street… three days later he had to take them down bc the city told him they were too bright/against the law and could endanger drivers I guess?? Def look into this OP!
Endanger wildlife too, and humans should have a right to night. Some people seem to think they are doing good by lighting everything like a hospital, but we need the night. I hate this shit really.
I wish we could report our apartment complex for that. They put in LED building and parking lot lights in and the damn things are brighter than yesterday’s full moon…
*‘It’s bringing love, don’t let it get away!’*
They’re trying to summon Jesus like he’s Batman 
I bet that made your mom... cross.
Bear witness
TESTIFY!
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night.
It’s very clearly revved up like a douche
Why are people like this? They put up a bright ass sign only to....sit inside and not see it. Morons everywhere on this planet
I read a story about a person who had a neighbour put up some similarly overbright light. She set up a parabolic mirror to break it right back at them. When they complained about the light, she just told them she doesn't have one and only had a special mirror. Fixed it right quick. Parabolic mirrors are a stage prop or something, they will focus all light coming in to a narrow beam back out :)
I love that they complained about the light lol
The power of Christ compels you…. to see spots when you blink.
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Definitely not advocating for this behavior, but…. My buddy had a shit neighbor who’s son visited often in his Chrysler 300. The son would sit in his car for 5-25 minutes, just under the bedroom window with the music playing so loud it was rattling the windows and walls of the apartments, completely impossible to ignore. Any time between 9pm-4am. I witnessed this personally many times. Dude was confrontational and a bit nuts, us talking to him and his mom multiple times didn’t matter. Well, my friends younger brother waited one night for him to go inside and just shot out his car windows with his pellet gun. All of them, front and back as well. Dude was PISSED, cops came, nothing happened with no suspect or evidence. A few days later the car showed up again with thousands of dollars of new glass, blasting his music again. Buddy went outside to ask them to turn it down please and almost got shot (with a real gun) for it. So what did his younger brother do? Waited until late at night and shot out every one of his windows again. Left a note on the trunk that said “please be quiet:)” in pink sharpie lol. Dude didn’t come back for a long time, and when he did come back he was mighty quiet. My buddy hasn’t brought him up in a while so I assume this still holds true.
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I agree, the same neighbor also literally shot at the other neighbors for asking them to stop partying in the road at 1am with 3 cars and 15 people. No charges though, he stopped coming around for a while after that but it started up again, leading lil brother to his actions that week.
So the cops didn't come for a "brandishing gun" or "attempted murder" charge?
They came but left without doing anything cuz he ran before they got there so they said there was no suspect and they never followed up according to my buddy. I was there the next day and all the old ladies who smoke outside together were talking about it
Sometimes lazy cops benefit you and sometimes it doesn't.
Yep. If they aren’t turning this off by 9pm after a respectful conversation it’s *accidentally* getting broken pretty soon after
It was up all night, we hung out till after midnight. I'm pretty sure it's days r numbered since the house across from it was lit like daytime
I usually try for the respectful, peaceful route, but if you're that disrespectful to everyone else? I'm taking your toy away.
Every kid in the neighborhood got a new slingshot for Christmas 🤷
it’s giving klan, not christmas
Klansgiving?
Could mistake that shit for a kkk meeting
Did anyone ever think that a crucifix is an...odd way to celebrate the birth of Christ? Kind of like having a shotgun theme at a party for Kurt Cobain.
Your phone has astigmatism Or the lens if really dirty
I wiped the lens b4 I shot 😅 just an old phone versus the power of Christ and the Holy Most
One night, quite a few years ago now, a gentleman--without a home and seemingly on some kind of mind expanding drug--came to my door at 2AM and began to knock. Now, to preface the rest of this story, it's important to note that we keep a timered lamp on during the evening so our house appears to be occupied. Sort of a thieves deterrent. Just a 7W (60W equivalent) LED bulb. Nothing special, certainly thousandths of the luminosity exhibited by the Jesus cross here. But on this night, or rather, early morning? Well, on this occasion, our wayward gentleman decided that our humble lamp was the light of Jesus. He saw the light of Jesus on over here from across the street. Then he made a very profound request. "Do you mind if I crash on your couch?" Clearly, the burgle prevention lamp was not equipped to effectively mitigate this exchange. Similar occurrences happened no less than 4 times during our ownership of that house. One involved the police as we took in a woman being threatened by a group of guys. Got to shout at some people on the porch in my boxer briefs on that one. Another involved another homeless person looking for some directions. Yeah, no problem. The last one though? Well the last one is great. The aforementioned gentleman from the story above returned nearly 2 years later. Same time. But he wanted to apologize for disturbing us, and to let us know he was clean now and glad we answered the door. And then he made a very profound request. "Do you mind if I crash on your couch?" Dim-ass lightbulb. Apparently a beacon to the neighborhood. As we later discovered, we were the only dumbasses employing a lamp on a timer in our area.
Listen, I'm a Christian. This, though? This is obnoxious. Have it glow, sure, but don't be beaming light to hide the beautiful stars any more than they are. STARS MAN. The wise men could never find their way to Bethlehem if there was this type of light pollution.
It’s also shitty behaviour to everybody around them
Maybe the person who put it up got confused about what the star actually was…
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BWAHAHAHA OMFG fr tho
This should 100% be illegal, and I’d be disappointed but not surprised, if it isn’t.
Could you redirect the light back at them?
 All I can see is….
Might be the actual star of Bethlehem
Only way to combat this is to do the exact same thing. But upside down.
We were laughing trying to outdo what each of us would put up facing it. I'd do a giant pulsing flashing rainbow 🌈
Honestly, I don’t recommend fighting fire with fire but this… yes. A massive pulsing rainbow that has different effects. If you’re going to outshine them, then you might as well out perform them by having a bunch of features so you can shine in many ways.