Chicago Tribune: Christmas in June? Bah, humbug
From Mystery Reader comes this tale of what happens to neighborhoods that don't have HOAs to make you rip down all your holiday decorations on December 26--assuming they let you put them up in the first place.

Summer arrived early this year with a string of steamy days, but in some of Aurora's older neighborhoods it's continuing to look a lot like Christmas. On the roof of a porch on Claim Street, three white reindeer paw at asphalt shingles below icicle lights rimming the second-story roofline. Nearby, at a home on Root Street, a plastic Santa smiles next to a front door festooned with long red ribbons and greetings for a season long since passed. A recent canvass of downtown neighborhoods by 2nd Ward Ald. Juany Garza found as many as 120 homes still decorated for Christmas at a time of year when Frosty the Snowman would become Peter the Puddle in a matter of minutes. Garza left letters asking the residents to take down the decorations by Thursday...The city does not have the authority to force people to take down the decorations, Garza said, so the letter-writing campaign is intended to encourage it. Letters written in English and Spanish explain the out-of-season decorations reflect poorly on the community.