A Scarborough homeowner is shaken after masked vandals armed with hammers destroyed a display of large Christmas inflatables on his front lawn over the weekend, he says.

Scot Patriquin, a Guildwood resident and father of three, said his family put the finishing touches on the display on Saturday.

It included Frosty the Snowman, Santa Claus, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Abominable Snowman and a nativity scene. Completing the display involved tethering the inflatables to the ground.

Patriquin has put up the display every year for nearly a decade. And every year, people drive by to have a look and take pictures with it.

But at 2 a.m. on Sunday, while Patriquin and his son were watching a show, a car pulled up, slowed down and stopped. He said he and his son thought they were just onloo

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