Dr Seuss How The Grinch Stole Christmas

Synopsis

PUBLISHED: 1954

"The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!
Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason."

In Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas, the small-hearted Grinch ranks up there alongside Scrooge when it comes to the crankiest, scowling holiday grumps of all time. For practically 53 years, the Grinch has lived in a cave on the side of a mountain, looming above the Whos in Whoville, putting up with their noisy holiday preparations. The infernal singing of the happy little citizens below annoy him to no end. The Grinch decides this frivolous merriment must stop. His "wonderful, awful" idea is to don a Santa outfit, strap heavy deer antlers on his sad dog Max, construct a makeshift sleigh, head down to Whoville, and strip the absolutely cheerful Whos of their Yuletide glee once and for all.

Looking quite out of place and very disturbing in his makeshift Santa get-up, the Grinch slithers down chimneys with empty bags and steals the Whos' presents, their food, even the logs from their humble Who-fires. He takes the ramshackle sleigh to Mt. Crumpit to dump all the goodies. He waits to hear the sobs of the Whos when they wake up and discover the trappings of Christmas have disappeared. Imagine the Whos' dismay when they discover the evil-doings of Grinch in his anti-Santa guise. But what is that sound? It's not sobbing, but singing! The Grinch's heart grows three sizes that day, and even he, the Grinch, himself carves the Roast Beast.

Review

I'm going to start out by saying, the Grinch is one of my absolute favorite characters. He has been seen several other times in other Tv Specials, Halloween Is Grinch Night! and The Grinch Grinches The Cat In The Hat. I absolutely love the villainousness of The Grinch. He's a perfectly evil character, but not so evil that he can't change his ways. I think this book is an excellent example of successful story telling. Seuss created a character that's real, that is easy to poke fun at, but we can also root for and against him. It's a great example of children's literature that doesn't speak down to kids (Seuss never really does that anyways), but also involves adults in the magic too. Perfect Seuss right here!

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