I've made it clear in the past that I'm no fan of homeowner's associations and I'm far from the only one who feels that way.
After all, so many of them have proven themselves to be surprisingly powerful breeding grounds for power-tripping busybodies who seem hell-bent on putting their rules before even the most basic considerations for human decency.
And when their aggressive enforcers are convinced that even the most petty of their neighborhood's affairs will negatively affect their property values, that lends a relentless zeal to their concerns about the length of your lawn or how you decorate your house.
But if that isn't annoying enough on its own, one man's story of holiday humbug illustrates that some HOAs will push their rules even when they don't actually apply.