She puts up her Christmas decorations too early, the police interveneA complaint has been lodged against a villager who had the misfortune not to wait until Advent to light up her house. She faces a fine if she ignores it.While most Swiss people enjoy Christmas decorations, not everyone does, and one woman in Glattfelden (ZH) has learned this the hard way. Kim, 32, likes to decorate her house generously for the holidays.She loves the Advent season so much that she decided to bring it forward to a week ago by making her facades glow with light. But it was not to her liking: she will have to switch off everything and wait until December 1st to light up her property.A complaint has been lodged against her. Some villagers have protested against her illuminations. The police even turned up at 7pm to tell the young woman to turn everything off. “The police explained to me that there were people who were disturbed by the lights and that I should not turn them on any more,” she explains. If she switches on her decorations before the first day of Advent, she could even be fined, she was stunned to learn.Strict municipal regulationsThe Bülach police confirmed the complaint from a private individual and acted accordingly. The law is the law. “In the municipality of Glattfelden, the regulations stipulate that Christmas lights may only be switched on from the first day of Advent and only until 6 January”, explains Roland Engeler, head of the population and security department of the town of Bülach.In addition, the lights must be switched off between 1am and 6am. Those who do not comply with these rules are liable to a fine of 100 francs.Is this really legal? According to lawyer Thomas Oberle of the Landowners’ Association (APF), there are no national regulations on the subject. It is up to the municipalities to include such provisions in their police regulations if they so wish. However, they are often inspired by a Federal Court ruling from 2013. At that time, the Federal Court supported a decision of the Aargau court which had restricted Christmas lights to the period from 1 December to 6 January.As for Kim, who still can’t believe the complaint filed against her, she has decided to add a few more garlands and other festive decorations to her house to shine even brighter on the first day of Advent.
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Degenerates like them belong on a cross.
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And I thought that Switzerland is a secular country…
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She puts up her Christmas decorations too early, the police interveneA complaint has been lodged against a villager who had the misfortune not to wait until Advent to light up her house. She faces a fine if she ignores it.While most Swiss people enjoy Christmas decorations, not everyone does, and one woman in Glattfelden (ZH) has learned this the hard way. Kim, 32, likes to decorate her house generously for the holidays.She loves the Advent season so much that she decided to bring it forward to a week ago by making her facades glow with light. But it was not to her liking: she will have to switch off everything and wait until December 1st to light up her property.A complaint has been lodged against her. Some villagers have protested against her illuminations. The police even turned up at 7pm to tell the young woman to turn everything off. “The police explained to me that there were people who were disturbed by the lights and that I should not turn them on any more,” she explains. If she switches on her decorations before the first day of Advent, she could even be fined, she was stunned to learn.Strict municipal regulationsThe Bülach police confirmed the complaint from a private individual and acted accordingly. The law is the law. “In the municipality of Glattfelden, the regulations stipulate that Christmas lights may only be switched on from the first day of Advent and only until 6 January”, explains Roland Engeler, head of the population and security department of the town of Bülach.In addition, the lights must be switched off between 1am and 6am. Those who do not comply with these rules are liable to a fine of 100 francs.Is this really legal? According to lawyer Thomas Oberle of the Landowners’ Association (APF), there are no national regulations on the subject. It is up to the municipalities to include such provisions in their police regulations if they so wish. However, they are often inspired by a Federal Court ruling from 2013. At that time, the Federal Court supported a decision of the Aargau court which had restricted Christmas lights to the period from 1 December to 6 January.As for Kim, who still can’t believe the complaint filed against her, she has decided to add a few more garlands and other festive decorations to her house to shine even brighter on the first day of Advent.
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