The holiday season is a time for sleigh bells, presents, Santa, hot chocolate, Christmas lights 鈥� and angry letters.

Cheryl Dinse, who lives in Sooke, decided to decorate her house with an elaborate display, but found herself on the receiving end of a letter that even the Grinch himself would think, 鈥淭hat鈥檚 too much.鈥�

The letter starts by asking Dinse to give the neighbourhood a break and that less is more, which is ironic given the letter鈥檚 content.

It quickly tells Dinse that the house is the joke of the neighbourhood and that it looks like 鈥淪anta鈥檚 whorehouse鈥� or a 鈥淐hristmas abortion,鈥� which probably wins the award for being one of the faster ways to get on the naughty list.

The letter signs off by asking Dinse 鈥渢o tone it down a bit.鈥�

On a Facebook group called Meanwhile in Sooke, the letter was met with disdain and some humour, with one Facebook user, Tim Ayres, offering to start a GoFundMe page to get some more lights for Dinse.

鈥淵ou are a horrible, rude, ignorant bully,鈥� posted Marlene Norbury.

鈥淵our house looks amazing,鈥� wrote one person.

鈥淭he Grinch that wrote the letter should go and ask the kids what they think of her house,鈥� wrote another.

Other people said this would motivate them to come by even more.

Other group members encouraged Dinse to play Christmas carols loudly every day until the 25th to teach this Grinch a lesson.

The letter did not deter Dinse at all. She thanked the community for the condolences and said she would have to make an even bigger display for next year.