A frosty New York City lawyer is proving to be a real ‘Grinch’ by threatening to sue his neighbour over nonstop music coming from her Christmas decorations.
Nick Wilder is suing movie producer and socialite Lisa Maria Falcone because of a holiday display that plays from morning to night.
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Wilder told the New York Post the display, which features reindeer, blasts music out of a loud speaker “from 7 a.m. to midnight.”
“I like a Christmas song on Christmas Day. But I’m tired of hearing ‘Jingle Bells’ like 700 or 800 times a day,” he told the Post.
Wilder also told WNYW that “any sane person” would find that overwhelming amount of Christmas cheer coming from the decorations “outrageous.”
“Like most people, I like Christmas music a little bit, in small doses,” Wilder told radio station 1010 WINS.
“It’s intolerable to listen to it for hours, and hours, and hours, and hours, and hours on end, inescapably.”
But other residents and passersby don’t seem to have the same ‘Scrooge’-like attitude towards the display.
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“If they heard it in the building, I would understand,” resident Tony Birnbaum told WNYW. “But if they’re not hearing it in the building, there’s no reason why it can’t be on the street.
“I think it’s great. I really enjoy when people take the time to do some decorations,” Aaron Paul, a visitor to the city, told WNYW. “It’s great for the kids. I always enjoyed it when I was a kid. It adds to the festive season.”
But Wilder would like Falcone, who he’s accused of being a “prima donna,” to “show some Christmas spirit by being considerate and stop annoying the entire neighborhood.”
If Falcone refuses to provide some silent nights for the neighbourhood, Wilder will seek a court injunction to stop the music.
Falcone has refused to comment on the matter.