Is this legal?

Guess I’ll put this here
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In an effort to make this holiday season the best one yet for his family of five, Michael Moffa vowed to have their Christmas lights professionally installed and not miss out like they had the past two years.


To do so, Moffa agreed for a Tampa company to put up their lights earlier than usual on Nov. 6, nearly three weeks before Thanksgiving, as it was the only time the business had availability.

The early holiday spirit had brought joy to the family this month — until they got a letter from their homeowners association threatening them with up to $1,000 in fines for putting up their lights too early and violating their HOA agreement.


“I’m like, ‘Are you kidding me?’ It’s Christmas lights,” Moffa, 40, told The Washington Post. “I’m not taking them down, even if the guidelines said I put them up too early. Everything looks so nice and for them to be a Grinch like this, it’s just unheard of.”……..

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/20/florida-christmas-lights-early-moffa/
I think my attitude towards this would be to just completely ignore the letter. Is the HOA really going to want to waste money on taking him to court?

HOA or dumb neighbor knocks on door a few days after letter received…”oh yeah, I’ll get to it, no problem.” Another week passes and they get more irritated and come knocking again…”oh yeah, sorry, been so busy, I’ll definitely be taking them down” *close door, turn to family* “AFTER CHRISTMAS!” *laugh hysterically with family*. A few more days pass and suddenly it’s been 17 days and then you’re in compliance. Just politely piss off the couple grinches who care about something so dumb.