Christmas will be a bit less festive in Rivoli Downs this year. The adult-size reindeer with joyful lights and life-like movements will no longer be part of the Maier’s holiday decorations.
“I brought him down from the attic and set him up in the yard like always,” reports owner Rick Maier, “but when I plugged him in, his head wouldn’t rotate. The lights worked, but the motor has finally failed.”
Former Coroner and neighbor Ed Bond declared the reindeer dead. “Looks like natural causes,” he said. “No foul play is suspected.”
That’s good news for the oldest Maier child, Matthew, who has been under scrutiny recently for a variety of teenage boy behaviors.
Neighbor Dan Slagle added that Maier had been setting up the reindeer Christmas decoration for many years. “Between you and me,” said Slagle, “I won’t miss it. Those things were tacky even when they were popular back in the 90s.”
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