Last night when I went to turn on the fancy kaleidoscope christmas lightbulb my sister had excitedly purchased for our front porch on Erie Street West, I realized it was gone.

It was stolen.

Someone came up onto our porch during the night and stole our christmas light.

This might not seem like a big deal, but my sister and her family just moved back to Windsor after living in Calgary for the last 10 years. They came back to Windsor for a simple reason: they love it here.
They actually love it here. I'd like them to KEEP loving it here.
My nephew, who is turning 10 this year, is celebrating his first christmas in Windsor and I'm struggling to reassure him and his parents that Downtown is a fun, vibrant, and safe place to live when people are literally coming up to our doors and stealing our christmas decorations! I didn't think the common downtown "joke" of if "if you don't lock it, they will steal it" applied to lightbulbs. I'll be sure to lock the rest of mine up for safety.
(This is truly heinous and if you did it and you're reading this, I hope the bulb burns out on the first go!)

Please, if you're just some drunken idiot kid please bring back our christmas light. If your friend is a drunken idiot kid who stole a christmas light, make them return it. In general let's all, as downtown residents, look out for each other this holiday season. Incidents like this are what convince people to leave windsor, and they certainly do Downtown NO favours. Hold your friends and neighbours accountable so everyone can have a nice holiday.

Happy Holidays, Downtown Windsor, watch out for The Grinch.