Yucaipa resident Roger Reed had simply come again from a visit to Disneyland together with his fiancee on Monday once they stumbled upon a notice within the entrance yard of their freshly adorned dwelling.
“We simply type 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 stated. “Once we learn it, we had been like, ‘What on the earth?’”
The notice learn, “Santa, I need the pinnacle of a Nazi beneath my tree.”
Reed stated 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 one among what he stated had 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’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 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 could be seen operating onto his doorstep to position the notice.
Within the Fb group, some residents alleged that using “Nazi” may have been related to the realm’s Republican repute, although notes had been left in entrance of homes with out politically affiliated flags or signage, like Reed’s.
“After getting the notice, we felt uncomfortable, as if any person 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 assume 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 unusual, it’s a really quiet working neighborhood. Nothing like this has ever occurred right here.”
