Yucaipa resident Roger Reed had simply come again from a visit to Disneyland together with his fiancee on Monday after they stumbled upon a word within the entrance yard of their freshly embellished dwelling.
“We simply form of assumed that it was one thing that fell out of our Christmas bins from adorning earlier within the day, after which my fiancee reached down to choose it up,” Reed mentioned. “Once we learn it, we have been like, ‘What on this planet?’”
The word learn, “Santa, I would like the top of a Nazi below my tree.”
Reed mentioned he thought it may need been an remoted prank — his next-door neighbors didn’t obtain any such messages — till his sister confirmed him a neighborhood Fb web page.
Reed, it turned out, was simply considered one of what he mentioned have been a couple of dozen neighbors who acquired threatening Christmas playing cards and notes on their doorstep. The messages on the notes ranged from, “Merry Christmas and f— you Nazi,” to the ominous message, “8:46 December 3, you might be warned.”
Yucaipa residents reported two masked males leaving threatening Christmas notes on their doorstep on Nov. 17, 2025.
(Roger Reed)
Residents of Reed’s Whisper Ranch neighborhood say the police have been referred to as, nevertheless it’s unclear if an investigation was launched. The Yucaipa Police Division didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark Friday.
One neighbor shared a video on the Yucaipa neighborhood Fb web page of footage from his Ring digital camera. Within the clip, two masked males might be seen operating onto his doorstep to position the word.
Within the Fb group, some residents alleged that the usage of “Nazi” may have been related to the realm’s Republican fame, although notes have been left in entrance of homes with out politically affiliated flags or signage, like Reed’s.
“After getting the word, we felt uncomfortable, as if any individual have been watching us and we went inside,” Reed mentioned. “I feel it’s actually regarding and I simply need to unfold the phrase about it as a result of I don’t assume we should always let threats slide.”
Within the working-class neighborhood, the motivation for the threatening notes stays unknown.
“Our neighborhood is generally law enforcement officials, firefighters, medical doctors, nurses, academics, and so we’re so confused by it,” Reed mentioned. “It’s so out of the atypical, it’s a really quiet working neighborhood. Nothing like this has ever occurred right here.”
