Yucaipa resident Roger Reed had simply come again from a visit to Disneyland along with his fiancee on Monday once they stumbled upon a be aware 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 had been like, ‘What on this planet?’”
The be aware learn, “Santa, I need the top of a Nazi underneath 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 certainly one of what he mentioned had been a few 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 will be seen working onto his doorstep to position the be aware.
Within the Fb group, some residents alleged that using “Nazi” may have been related to the realm’s Republican fame, 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 any individual had been watching us and we went inside,” Reed mentioned. “I feel 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 law enforcement officials, firefighters, docs, nurses, lecturers, 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.”
