Alongside a nativity scene in Concord, New Hampshire, stands a new black goat-headed figure with horns holding a bouquet of lilacs, the state’s flower, and an apple. The figure, Baphomet, is from The Satanic Temple’s New Hampshire and Vermont congregation.

City officials said they had to decide “whether to ban all holiday displays” and opted instead to grant a permit for the Satanic display “to avoid litigation.”

A dark, horned figure with a goat’s head stands in front of the New Hampshire State House. It’s a holiday display installed by The Satanic Temple — near the city of Concord’s Nativity scene, according to the city’s Dec. 7 Facebook post.

The Satanic Temple continues its annual holiday tradition of erecting satanic displays near Nativity scenes on government property by unveiling a statue of the demon Baphomet on the grounds of the

Alongside a nativity scene in Concord, New Hampshire, stands a new black goat-headed figure with horns holding a bouquet of lilacs, the state’s flower, and an apple.

Concord said “to avoid litigation,” they had to choose between banning all holiday displays installed or allowing the Satanist's monument.