HEAD-TURNING HOLIDAY LEGAL CASES FA-LA-LA-LA-LAWSUIT Celebrating the holiday season is all about having a good time, but sometimes, people celebrate a little too hard and it gets them into trouble. Here are 3 holiday court cases we found inspiring, yet eye-rolling. A lawsuit over a 20-year tradition of decorating a property with 200,000 lights and other festive displays ended in triumph before leading to disaster. The Hyatt family’s Christmas display drew hundreds of spectators every year, but the city of Plantation, Florida spent nearly half a million dollars on legal action to shut down the display due to the “unsafe conditions” it created. The Hyatt’s won the case year after year, but it took a toll on their marriage. All the city had to do was wait it out for the couple to split and cease the tradition. Seems that all bulbs burn out eventually. TURN THE LIGHTS OFF
time. It wasn’t until 2013 that the city finally decided the music made inmates more irritable, and limited Arpaio to playing it just 4 hours a day. Still plenty of time to appreciate all the classics, in our opinion.
MIRACULOUS AND TERRIFYING
In 2013 in Cincinnati, Jasen Dixon decorated his front yard with a life-size Nativity scene. But there was a twist: every person from Baby Jesus to Mother Mary were zombies. Naturally, this display amused some and enraged others. Perhaps in response to the outcry, Sycamore Township took Dixon to court over zoning violations caused by the structure he built for the display. Even though they eventually dropped the case, Dixon has since stopped with the tradition. He thinks it’s a great freedom of expression, but just not worth the controversy it creates. Maybe he should try it out for Halloween instead.
JAILHOUSE ROCK
Sheriff Arpaio of Phoenix survived 6 separate lawsuits by inmates at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. Every holiday season, he cranked up festive tunes inside the jail for 12 straight hours a day in an effort to “lift the spirits of the men and women who are away from friends and family during the holidays.” Apparently, the inmates didn’t appreciate the gesture, but the court sided with the Sheriff every
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CRANBERRY GINGERBREAD
Gingerbread is a holiday classic of the very first order, but it’s often a construction material rather than a treat. This recipe, on the contrary, is purely for eating.
INGREDIENTS • 1/2 cup canola oil, plus more for greasing • 3/4 cup unsulphured molasses • 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar • 2 large eggs • 1 tbsp fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated DIRECTIONS 1. Heat oven to 350 F. 2. Grease a loaf pan with canola oil.
• 1 1/2 cups fresh cranberries, coarsely chopped • 2 cups all-purpose flour • 2 tsp baking powder • 1 tsp baking soda • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon • 1/2 tsp ground cloves • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
3. In a large mixing bowl, mix together 1/2 cup canola oil, molasses, brown sugar, eggs, ginger, and cranberries. In a separate bowl, sift and combine flour with baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt. Mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients until blended. 4. Scrape batter into loaf pan and bake for 50 minutes. 5. Transfer to a rack, let cool for 20 minutes, slice, and serve.
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