The Grinch and a few of his friends seemed to have arrived in Pitt Meadows a few weeks early this year.
Police were called to investigate after homeowners reported that their Christmas decorations were trashed by vandals over the weekend.
The Bauman family home is known for its lights, but someone put a damper on the grandparents' holiday spirit.
The family awoke to find their display in disarray, a sight that startled their grandson.
Their lawn ornaments were toppled and scattered, including an inflatable Santa, Snoopy from the cartoon "Peanuts," and Olaf, a snowman from the Disney movie "Frozen."
The Baumans told their grandson that the characters were "going to be sleeping for a while because nobody knew what was wrong."
The destruction at the home was caught on the family's surveillance camera, in video that clearly shows the group behind it.
The problem with Olaf, Santa and Snoopy became clear when Darren Bauman watched the footage, and saw a group of unwelcome visitors running onto the lawn.
The males in the video can be seen kicking the inflatable ornaments over, then pulling down the lights that belonged to Bauman's late father, bringing them onto the road and driving over them.
"You just got to wonder… I don't know what they were thinking," Bauman told CTV News.
His daughter, Celene Partridge, wondered how the vandals would feel if it had happened to them, speculating that they might still be in high school.
"What if these kids went home and their dad had done all the lights and decorations and they woke up to find other teenagers had knocked over their decorations? They'd be probably pretty upset about it," she said.
"It's just sad that that's what teenagers find funny."
Her mother Brenda said she was shocked that the vandals would choose to strike at Christmas time.
"It's all about holiday cheer, and not having to put the fear in people, for being afraid to put out decorations in case they get destroyed or ruined," she said.
"It's about the lights and the holiday spirit."
The family's neighbour Laurie Copeland said her four-year-old son loves to look at the Bauman's lights from his bedroom. She decorates their house every year too, and called the damage "a horrible thing to see."
She said she's lived in the neighbourhood and has never heard of anything similar, and the act of vandalism made her a bit concerned.
Bauman has reported the vandalism and damage to the police, but he said he doesn't believe the investigation will be officers' first priority.
"I think the police have got bigger things to do than look after kids chasing down light bulbs and wrecking your stuff, but they need to know that they just can't get away with this," he said.
He hopes that releasing the video, which has been shared hundreds of times online, will help teach the vandals a lesson.
With a report from CTV Vancouver's Maria Weisgarber
