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Frank the Christmas Gargoyle’s Shenanigans Versus Karen, the Cranky Neighbor
Frank Raises More Than $131,000 For Food Banks
In a quiet neighborhood in Ohio, Frank the Gargoyle made his appearance on the front steps of his home. A neighbor took offense at Christmas time and wrote a letter to Frank’s owner, Denise Starr, telling her that Frank wasn’t festive enough for the Christmas season. According to Karen, the Cranky Neighbor:
“Frank needed to be moved out of sight because he ‘wasn’t festive and in keeping with the holiday spirit.’”
After 10 months of a pandemic, Frank’s owner was having none of it and Frank showed up with a Santa hat and brought some porch friends to keep him company. As Frank upped his festive game, the neighbor became decidedly crankier and increased her letter-writing to demand that Frank’s owner remove Frank and all of his accouterments from the front porch where the whole neighborhood could see it. She threatened to contact the HOA and the Mayor, leaving repeated notes on the front and back porch demanding that Frank and his friends be removed.
With each letter from the cranky neighbor, Frank’s owner Starr upped her game and added more porch friends and decorations. As the neighborhood…
