He's green, a main color of Christmas, and made the angel that sits atop most trees these days, yet The Grinch is defined as someone who not only hates Christmas, but tries to ruin it for everyone else. Well, I am here to stick up for Mr. Grinch. We all have our bad days, weeks, and years but he got such a bad reputation, that why not fulfill it. However, he actually likes the holiday season. I know what you're thinking: "This writer has gone crazy from all the marshmallows and hot chocolate." I probably have, but I am serious! From the start, the Whos were the cruel ones.
Let me show you...
"So whatever the reason, his heart or his shoes, he stood outside his cave, hating the Whos."
These Whos ridiculed him constantly...why should he like them? We have always been told if you have nothing nice to say, then don't say anything it at all and knowing Mr. Grinch, it is best he remained up in his cave for so long because I am certain he wouldn’t have been very pleasant.
"I tell you Max, I don't know why I ever leave this place. I've got all the company I need right here."
Sometimes we all enjoy a little "alone time." He enjoyed a few years of being alone with his dog, but who wouldn't? Sorry to those Whos that want to be around each other 24/7, I would choose the Grinch style over that too.
"And they'll feast, feast, feast, feast. They'll eat their Who-Pudding and rare Who-Roast Beast. But that's something I just cannot stand in the least. Oh, no. I'M SPEAKING IN RHYME!"
Deep down, he has always been one of us holiday lovers but when you tell someone so many times about how nasty they are, even they will believe it.
"The nerve of those Whos. Inviting me down there - on such short notice! Even if I wanted to go my schedule wouldn't allow it. Of course, if I bump the loathing to 9, I could still be done in time to lay in bed, stare at the ceiling and slip slowly into madness. But what would I wear?"
Like the rest of us, his schedule is busy. He has lots to do in a day, so he is not being Grinch-like when declining the offer at first, he is concerned for whether he will be dressed right for revealing himself to these hateful Whos.
"Don't forget the Grinch. I know he's mean and hairy and smelly. His hands might be cold and clammy, but I think he's actually kinda... sweet."
Haven't you ever heard the saying that the children are always right about judging someone's character...?
"That's what it's all about, isn't it? That's what it's always been *about*. Gifts, gifts... gifts, gifts, gifts, gifts, gifts! You wanna know what happens to your gifts? They all come to me. In your garbage. I could hang myself with all the bad Christmas neckties I found at the dump. And the avarice...
The avarice never ends! 'I want golf clubs. I want diamonds. I want a pony so I can ride it twice, get bored and sell it to make glue.'"
You may not admit it… but he’s right isn’t he? Especially these days. The Grinch's only way to save Christmas was to take the presents away.
"I'm glad he took our presents. You can't hurt Christmas, Mr. Mayor, because it isn't about the... the gifts or the contest or the fancy lights. That's what Cindy's been trying to tell everyone... and me. I don't need anything more for Christmas than this right here: my family."
Have you ever thought maybe the Grinch is the only one doing it quite right? He hangs out with his family, Max, and doesn't care for all the gifts Christmas is made out to be these days.
"MAX. HELP ME... I'm FEELING."
It just takes a cute little girl to make a negative person realize just how blocked off they have been!
"Now you listen to me, young lady! Even if we're *horribly mangled*, there'll be no sad faces on Christmas."
I mean..........come on.
Mr. Grinch, perhaps, was not such a Grinch after all, he saved Christmas for Whoville, the short and the tall. They now know that Christmas means a little bit more, maybe we should all remember what this season is for." - The Grinch, Dr. Suess
