Homeowner’s blazing Christmas light display slammed by neighbors who call it ‘light pollution’: ‘We’re just trying to spread festive cheer’

It was the light-mare before Christmas.

A UK family has labeled their landlords “scrooges” for ordering them to switch off their Christmas decorations at night over “light pollution” concerns.

“We just can’t understand it — we’re just trying to spread a bit of festive cheer,” Michael Stonier, 21, told South West News Service while denouncing their so-called war on Christmas decorations.

Every holiday season, the Stoniers convert their house in Staffordshire into a luminescent Christmas castle, complete with 7,000 lights and numerous inflatables.

This festive tradition dates back 23 years — before Michael was born — and has reportedly set them back over $12,000.

However, the massive undertaking has been worth it due to the cheer it brings to the community.

The Brit — who lives with his mother Gail, 52, and brother Timothy, 23 — claimed that they “get the lights up as early as September because the children in the local area love it.”

“The lights get everyone interested, it makes my community happier,” he declared. “We have disabled children and autistic children who come down the street just to look at our decorations and it warms your heart to see them so happy.”

So Michael was understandably stunned after his family received a letter from their landlords, Homes Plus Group, claiming they’d gotten “complaints about light pollution.”

The Christmas killjoys asked that they switch off the display at 10 p.m. and to also not erect the festive displays before the middle of November each year.

“Homes Plus is acting like Scrooge,” the incensed Yuletide lover declared. “As a family we feel victimized and pinpointed and feel we cannot even breathe in our own home.”

He added that they like to keep the lights on past 10 p.m. because “some of the older kids come later at night,” claiming that no one had a problem until now.

Michael claimed this holiday humbugging was “pathetic” because the party pooper housing honchos likely only received “one or two complaints.”

“They won’t tell me how many people have complained but most people seem to enjoy them,” he insisted. “There’s houses around the area and I’m sure all over the country who have more lights on their houses than we do.”

When Michael asked a police officer about laws regarding Christmas decorations and light pollution, they reportedly replied that there was no such regulation.

“There’s also no law saying how early they can go up or what time you have to turn them off by,” the frustrated lad lambasted

“We keep ourselves to ourselves, but yet somebody seems to have a problem with us,” said Michael, who has so far refused to let so-called Grinch property bosses steal Christmas so to speak.

“I’m not taking them down or turning them off, they are here to stay,” he said.

Homes Group subsequently sent an email to Michael’s mom addressing this supposed disregard for their policy.

“I have been informed that the Christmas lights have gone up earlier than I asked — to confirm I did ask that the earliest they should be up is 16 November,” the alleged festive fun police wrote. “I have also been notified that the lights are not being turned off at 10 p.m. in line with what I asked for.”

“You were aware that people had complained about the light pollution and the decorations going up so early in September,” the stern email also stated.

Homes Group even referenced an incident in which someone reportedly cut the Stoniers “fairy lights,” deeming this act of vandalism “an indication of how people in your community are feeling.”

“I will now be logging this as an incident when you have not followed my recommendations,” declared the landlords.

Meanwhile, executive director of housing and care Les Clarke deemed such holiday displays a potential “fire hazard” in addition to being a “nuisance” if “care is not taken.”

“In the run-up to Christmas, we are sharing advice and guidance with our customers on how to celebrate safely and considerately,” the Brit claimed. “The guidance we share from our local authorities and fire and rescue services advises on how you can minimize the dangers so that everyone can enjoy a safe and happy Christmas.”

The Stoniers aren’t the only people passionate about their Yuletide decoration tradition.

Lucy Spata, 68, who owns the most decked-out house in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, has stipulated in her will that her offspring won’t be able to inherit said property unless they adorn it with Christmas decorations every year.