A Philadelphia neighborhood is searching for a real-life Grinch after someone vandalized the community Christmas tree a day after the lighting ceremony.
"It was quick," Carley Schwab said talking to a customer at I Knead Coffee. "I mean kids hang out at the park constantly."
Workers say that someone cut the lights on the tree at the Bridesburg Recreation Center on Richmond Street sometime after dark on Sunday. "It's just ridiculous because it's a small group, of we think middle school ages like 13-15 in there somewhere, looking for something to do," said Jackie DeSanctis, better known as Miss Jackie to neighbors."I noticed when I came in yesterday that a whole bunch of lights were all in one bunch," she said.
Then she found frayed wires and missing bulbs. The damage is estimated to be about $1,000. It lead her to believe a real-life Grinch had hit Bridesburg, a day after the tree-lighting ceremony. "There were tons of kids out there, the tree looked beautiful and we had a great time at the event so it's a shame so quickly that it's changed," said Schwab."It's a disgrace. I mean, these kids were probably there when everybody lit the tree up and this happens? it's a disgrace," said Izzi."I don't understand why anybody would want to destroy a Christmas tree," said Harris.
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