Anonymous threatening Christmas cards sent to some Southern California residents
Yucaipa resident Roger Reed had just returned from Disneyland with his fiancée on Monday when they stumbled across a note in the front yard of their newly renovated home.
“We just assumed it was something that fell out of our Christmas bin earlier in the day while we were decorating, and then my fiancée reached down and picked it up,” Reed said. “When we read it, we thought, ‘What the hell is going on?'”
The note read: “Santa, I want a Nazi head under my tree.”
Reed said he thought it might be an isolated prank — his next-door neighbor hadn’t received any such messages — until his sister showed him the community’s Facebook page.
It turns out Reed was just one of a dozen neighbors he said received threatening Christmas cards and notes on their doorsteps. The messages on the notes ranged from “Merry Christmas and fuck you Nazis” to the ominous message “December 3rd at 8:46, you are being warned.”
Yucaipa residents reported that on November 17, 2025, two masked men left threatening Christmas notes on their doorsteps.
(Roger Reed)
Residents of Reed’s Whisper Ranch community said they called police, but it’s unclear whether an investigation has been launched. The Yucaipa Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.
A neighbor shared a video from his ring camera on the Yucaipa Community Facebook page. In the video, two masked men can be seen running to his door and placing notes.
In the Facebook group, some residents claimed that the use of the word “Nazi” may have something to do with the area’s reputation as a Republican, even though people left notes in front of homes that did not display political flags or signs like Reed’s.
“After we got the note, we felt uncomfortable, like someone was watching us, and we went in,” Reed said. “I think it’s really concerning and I just want to spread the word because I don’t think we should let the threat slip away.”
In working-class communities, the motivations for threatening messages remain unknown.
“Our community is primarily police, firefighters, doctors, nurses, teachers, so we’re very confused by this,” Reed said. “It’s so unusual, it’s a very quiet working community. Nothing like this has ever happened here.”
