An American community is rallying behind their neighbour who received a "racist" letter telling him to take down a Christmas decoration.
Chris and Iddy Kennedy found the letter last week which said it was from "Santa Claus", asking them to take down an inflatable Black Santa outside their home in the Lakewood subdivision in North Little Rock, Arkansas.
"Please remove your Christmas yard decoration," the letter said.
"You should not try to deceive children into believing I am a negro. I am caucasian (white man to you) and have been for the past 600 years.
"Your being jealous of my race is no excuse for your dishonesty. Besides that, you are making yourself the laughing stock of the neighbourhood.
"Obviously, your values are not that of the Lakewood area and maybe you should move to a neighbourhood out east with the rest of your racist kind."
Chris Kennedy told CBS News he was shocked when he read the note.
"The first word that stuck out to me was 'negro'," he said.
"My first thought was of my wife and daughter. It was, 'have I been doing the wrong thing by putting these inflatables out?'"
He said choosing a Black Santa was purposeful for the family because for his daughter Emily: "Santa's always been Black".
"We want her to see herself represented as much as possible."
But after Kennedy told his neighbours of the note, many have gone on to purchase their own Black Santa decorations.
"I ordered the same one, and so did the Jones, and so did the Ketinas, and the Kellers next door got one," neighbour Chip Welsch told CBS.
"I thought it was a nice way to tell one of our neighbours that we weren't like that."
Another neighbour Cheryl said it's important to speak out about racism.
"I think the letter is very, very racist," she said. "And it really kind of hurt my heart that someone in our neighbourhood was sending something like that to one of our neighbours. I read the letter and I was like, get the biggest one you can find!"
Kennedy said while he was still hurt to get the letter, the "outpouring definitely helps to heal up the wound you know when you break something it tends to grow back stronger".
