This is an interesting protest against the commercialization of Christmas. A California man, tired of the obvious over-commercialization of the holiday, has fashioned holiday art that other residents of San Luis Obisbo call offensive, not art.

Ron Lake has created a statue of Jesus holding a double-barreled shotgun. That's not all. He's pointing the shotgun at a figure of a dead Santa on the ground. Meanwhile, there's also good old Rudolph splayed across the hood of a pickup truck.

Ron Lake says he hopes the display forces parents to explain the true meaning of Christmas to their children. Some of his fellow citizens haven't taken too kindly to the display: they've asked Police to force him to take it down. Police say the cannot as no crime has been committed.

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Originally on SNAFU-ed