Only in America: Christmas lights... with a vengeance
A Louisiana woman arranges her Christmas lights in the shape of a middle finger — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation


For the second straight year, a vengeful Louisiana woman adorned her house's roof with Christmas lights in the shape of a middle finger as a holiday message to a feuding neighbor. Sarah Childs won a court case for the right to display the finger, and says flipping the bird is a relatively mild way to express her anger. "You know, lots of people just resort to violence," she said.
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