seriously, I'm sitting here and the doorbell rings. I'm not expecting anyone. I look out the peephole, it's dark, it looks like a bunch of people. I pull away from the peephole and turn on the light to look out again. Some guy in a white shirt and tie and what may be his whole family and a few other people must have been watching the peephole because as soon as I looked out again they all broke into singing some Easter hymn.

Really?

I decided I don't wan to be caroled or engage these people in any way so I turned off the light and went back to the computer.
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They stayed there and sang the whole hymn.
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I looked out my window and they had parked their van in my driveway, so they obviously came here specifically to sing to my door.

I checked later to see if they left anything and they did, five brownies wrapped in tin foil. Straight into the trash.

I think I need to install something to drive people like this away; maybe some sprinklers or loudspeakers and flashing lights.

Who does this?

OMG. An Easter horror story.

My cousin connected his doorbell to some old-fashioned camera flash bulbs, which would blind unwanted knockers. The "flashing lights" reminded me of this.

This is the 21st century…
Why would anyone even think that's appropriate? Or wanted?
Even christian churches do not go "Christmas Caroling" any more.

When I lived in Atlanta, I visited a Methodist Church because a girl I was interested in sang in the choir. I made the mistake of filling out the visitor's card. I didn't go straight home from church--went out shopping or to lunch, whatever--and my roommate was kind of pissed off when I got home. Pointed to a pie and said "that's for you." I was like, what? Apparently the visitors group had driven straight to the house to "greet" me. He told them I wasn't there and they asked if they could come in anyway. Really? Why? He hadn't gone to church. We were just two new guys at the same company who decided to rent a place together--hardly knew each other at that point. Needless to say, I NEVER provide any personal info any more when I visit places.

My in-laws' Catholic parish in Carpinteria, CA goes Christmas caroling.

Christnomonomo Wrote:
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> When I lived in Atlanta, I visited a Methodist
> Church because a girl I was interested in sang in
> the choir. I made the mistake of filling out the
> visitor's card. I didn't go straight home from
> church--went out shopping or to lunch,
> whatever--and my roommate was kind of pissed off
> when I got home. Pointed to a pie and said "that's
> for you." I was like, what? Apparently the
> visitors group had driven straight to the house to
> "greet" me. He told them I wasn't there and they
> asked if they could come in anyway. Really? Why?
> He hadn't gone to church. We were just two new
> guys at the same company who decided to rent a
> place together--hardly knew each other at that
> point. Needless to say, I NEVER provide any
> personal info any more when I visit places.

Which hymn did they sing? Was it that Godawful "He Is Risen," of which Mormons are so fond?

Wow, this is really crazy. On the upside it gave me a good laugh, but I think if you turned off the light and left they should have respected that and left too.

I hope this brand of persecution doesn't go church wide.

That's just weird.

Buy a sports air horn: http://www.big5sportinggoods.com/product/camping-accessories/478242-149864/shoreline-marine-air-horn-large-8-oz-.html

Open the door. Blast it. And shut the door. This hastening the work of salvation garbage is being taken to bizarre lengths.

Who throws away chocolate brownies?

At the same time, where did they get the idea that singing one of those obnoxious hymns would make anybody WANT to come back? It's annoying, and they're most likely just doing it for themselves, trying to get "salvation points."

bewarethetea Wrote:
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> they're most likely just doing it for themselves,
> trying to get "salvation points."

Bingo!

Five brownies left on the ground by intruders you don't recognize.

Yuck. I'd also toss them.

Good point.

Another good reason to throw out homemade treats left by strangers is that you don't know if they keep their kitchen sanitary, or if they didn't wash their hands after using the bathroom.

Or if they let their half-dozen rugrats who DEFINITELY don't wash their hands help.

How creepy and annoying. Glad you threw away the brownies. You don't know who might have been picking their nose or scratching their ass while making those.

That is so weird. It's like a scene from one of those coming-of-age films from the 1980s, like the nightmare paperboy coming around demanding two dollars.

If it wasn't so creepy, it might have been funny to go out there and break it up. "Stop, stop, stop... [waving hands] You've got the wrong holiday here, people. That's CHRISTMAS where you go caroling. Christmas. Now, please go home. You're frightening the neighbors."

Maybe they thought you would use the tin foil like they do, to wear as a hat. They live in a world of pretend and are amping it up. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tinfoil+hat

Just what are "Easter Carols"?? I know what Christmas carols are but Easter!!??

You should have stripped down to your tighty whities to answer the door with a cigar hanging from your mouth and a beer in your hand. And then invited them all in.