--- title: "Donut-Ripping Grinch Trashes Town’s Christmas Display in a Tundra" date: "2024-12-23" modified: "2024-12-23" authors: - name: "Nico DeMattia" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/nico-demattia" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/donut-ripping-grinch-trashes-towns-christmas-display-in-a-tundra" categories: - "News" - "News by Brand" - "Toyota News" tags: - "pickup" - "Toyota" - "tundra" --- # Donut-Ripping Grinch Trashes Town’s Christmas Display in a Tundra ![Side-by-side images of man doing donuts in Toyota Tundra in Christmas village display.]() *\KOMO News via YouTube, Madison Wade via Instagram\* Leavenworth, Washington takes Christmastime seriously. The Bavarian-themed town looks like a winter wonderland come December, with a "Christmas Lighting Festival" featuring 500,000 lights and a popular sledding spot called Front Street Park. The latter will be closed for Christmas this year, though, as someone in a [Toyota Tundra]() ripped donuts through it, kicking mud and snow everywhere and destroying property. In a video captured by someone seemingly in a window above, the Tundra owner drives through a "Do Not Enter" area and hops a curb into Front Street Park. They do so slowly at first, so it's a shock when they suddenly break out into smoky donuts. The truck kicks dirty slush all over embankments that are typically used for light sledding, and at one point the driver even sprays two people standing just a few feet away filming the mess with their phones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jqzZqLa3oI The weirdest part of the whole ordeal was that once the Tundra driver was done, he parked in front of the main gazebo to chat with the people he just sprayed. They're a group of car enthusiasts, called Street Phantoms, who were there photographing a festive-looking Mitsubishi Evo X when the Tundra wrecked the place. They supposedly weren't involved with *Tundra Man*, [per an anchor at local KING5 News](), and recorded him for their safety, even giving the truck's license plate number to the police along with everything else they knew. While they acknowledge they were also parked illegally, they were just there to snag some photos and didn't cause any property damage. At the moment, police haven't released the names of any suspects, even though the photographers gave them the license plate and the video shows the driver. [One Redditor claims]() that it's a Texas plate and even posted the number. If the driver is indeed from Texas, he may not even be in Washington state anymore. > [View this post on Instagram]() > [A post shared by Madison Wade (@madisonwade)]() Regardless of whether this Grinchy donut-doer is ultimately caught, the damage is done [and a beloved local sledding spot is closed for the holidays](). The gazebo is still open and its upcoming events are still on schedule, but they'll have to go on next to a caution-taped reminder of what this Tundra driver took from the town. *Got tips? Send 'em to tips@thedrive.com* ## Author Nico is a writer and reviewer from New Jersey who probably thinks he’s a lot funnier than he actually is. His love of cars began when he was just a kid playing Gran Turismo 3, grinding out enough race wins with a Mazda Miata to save up for an in-game RUF 911. That passion for small, lightweight sports cars drove his desire to learn more about the industry, get his hands on as many cars as he could, and bring those experiences to life on the page. He cut his teeth writing about BMWs, Volkswagens, and Audis, mostly, and has owned far too many of each. He’s on his fourth 3 Series sedan, but all of his old, cheap German cars have forced him to learn more about car maintenance than his mechanical capability can handle. Too many late nights have been spent scrambling to get a car running by morning so he could get to work. For some reason, he never seems to learn that old Bimmers probably aren’t the best daily drivers. But he loves more than just old German cars. He’ll gladly drive and discuss anything with four (or even three) wheels. Cars aren’t his only passions, though. Nico is also a big nerd and loves movies, video games, comic books, and cares far too much about the New York Giants. So don’t be surprised if you see football references or dumb, obscure movie quotes in any of his car reviews. ### Author social links [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]()