Yucaipa resident Roger Reed had simply come again from a visit to Disneyland along with his fiancee on Monday after they stumbled upon a be aware within the entrance yard of their freshly embellished house.
“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 select it up,” Reed stated. “After we learn it, we had been like, ‘What on the planet?’”
The be aware learn, “Santa, I need the pinnacle of a Nazi below my tree.”
Reed stated he thought it might 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 stated had been a few dozen neighbors who obtained 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’re 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 had been known as, but it surely’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 digicam. Within the clip, two masked males could be seen operating onto his doorstep to put the be aware.
Within the Fb group, some residents alleged that using “Nazi” may have been related to the world’s Republican popularity, although notes had been left in entrance of homes with out politically affiliated flags or signage, like Reed’s.
“After getting the be aware, we felt uncomfortable, as if someone had been watching us and we went inside,” Reed stated. “I believe it’s actually regarding and I simply wish to unfold the phrase about it as a result of I don’t suppose we must always let threats slide.”
Within the working-class neighborhood, the motivation for the threatening notes stays unknown.
“Our neighborhood is usually cops, firefighters, medical doctors, nurses, academics, and so we’re so confused by it,” Reed stated. “It’s so out of the atypical, it’s a really quiet working neighborhood. Nothing like this has ever occurred right here.”
