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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a children's Christmas book by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel written in rhymed verse with illustrations by the author. It follows the Grinch, a green cranky, solitary creature who attempts to thwart the public's Christmas plans by stealing Christmas gifts and decorations from the homes of the nearby town of Whoville on Christmas Eve. As a result of the townspeople's response, the Grinch realizes that Christmas is not all about money and presents.
The story was published as a book by Random House in 1957, and at approximately the same time in an issue of Redbook. The book criticizes the commercialization of Christmas and the holiday season.
The book has been adapted many times, first as a 1966 animated TV film narrated by Boris Karloff, who also provided the Grinch's voice. In 1977, a Halloween prequel, Halloween Is Grinch Night, aired with the Grinch voiced by Hans Conried. These were followed with a 2000 live-action feature film starring Jim Carrey and Taylor Momsen, a 2007 musical, a 2018 animated film starring Benedict Cumberbatch, a 2020 live television adaptation of the musical starring Matthew Morrison, an unauthorized 2022 slasher horror parody film starring David Howard Thornton and a 2023 Wondery podcast starring James Austin Johnson.
The Grinch, a curmudgeonly creature with a heart "two sizes too small", resides on a mountain overlooking Whoville, the home of the Whos. Having been annoyed by Whoville's noisy Christmas celebrations for 53 years, the Grinch decides to prevent Christmas from coming. Donning a makeshift Santa Claus suit and commandeering his loyal dog Max as a reindeer, the Grinch descends upon Whoville and infiltrates the first home, pilfering presents, food, and even the Christmas tree. His burglarly is briefly interrupted by Cindy-Lou Who, a young Who girl, but he concocts a crafty lie to send her away.
After repeating this process at the other Whos' houses, the Grinch carries all of the stolen goods to the peal of Mount Crumpit and prepares to dump them into an abyss. As dawn breaks, he expects to hear the Whos crying, but instead, he hears them singing a joyous Christmas song. After considerable reflection, the Grinch comes to understand that Christmas means "a little bit more" than just presents and feasting, causing his heart to grow three sizes. The reformed Grinch returns the Whos' presents and food and is invited to their Christmas feast.
The Grinch first appeared in a 33-line illustrated poem by Dr. Seuss called "The Hoobub and the Grinch", which was originally published in the May 1955 edition of Redbook magazine. Dr. Seuss began work on How the Grinch Stole Christmas! a couple of years later, around the beginning of 1957. He had recently completed The Cat in the Hat and was in the midst of founding Beginner Books with Phyllis and Bennett Cerf and his wife, Helen Palmer Geisel. Helen, who had ongoing medical problems and had suffered a small stroke in April 1957, nevertheless acted as an unofficial editor, as she had with previous Dr. Seuss books.
Dr. Seuss claimed he was the inspiration for the character, as his wife's health problems and his dismay with the commercialization of Christmas made him feel "very Grinchish" as he looked in the mirror one year on December 26, 1956.
Dr. Seuss wrote the book quickly and was mostly finished with it within a few weeks. Biographers Judith and Neil Morgan wrote that it was the easiest book of his career to write, except for its conclusion. According to Dr. Seuss:
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a children's Christmas book by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel written in rhymed verse with illustrations by the author. It follows the Grinch, a green cranky, solitary creature who attempts to thwart the public's Christmas plans by stealing Christmas gifts and decorations from the homes of the nearby town of Whoville on Christmas Eve. As a result of the townspeople's response, the Grinch realizes that Christmas is not all about money and presents.
The story was published as a book by Random House in 1957, and at approximately the same time in an issue of Redbook. The book criticizes the commercialization of Christmas and the holiday season.
The book has been adapted many times, first as a 1966 animated TV film narrated by Boris Karloff, who also provided the Grinch's voice. In 1977, a Halloween prequel, Halloween Is Grinch Night, aired with the Grinch voiced by Hans Conried. These were followed with a 2000 live-action feature film starring Jim Carrey and Taylor Momsen, a 2007 musical, a 2018 animated film starring Benedict Cumberbatch, a 2020 live television adaptation of the musical starring Matthew Morrison, an unauthorized 2022 slasher horror parody film starring David Howard Thornton and a 2023 Wondery podcast starring James Austin Johnson.
The Grinch, a curmudgeonly creature with a heart "two sizes too small", resides on a mountain overlooking Whoville, the home of the Whos. Having been annoyed by Whoville's noisy Christmas celebrations for 53 years, the Grinch decides to prevent Christmas from coming. Donning a makeshift Santa Claus suit and commandeering his loyal dog Max as a reindeer, the Grinch descends upon Whoville and infiltrates the first home, pilfering presents, food, and even the Christmas tree. His burglarly is briefly interrupted by Cindy-Lou Who, a young Who girl, but he concocts a crafty lie to send her away.
After repeating this process at the other Whos' houses, the Grinch carries all of the stolen goods to the peal of Mount Crumpit and prepares to dump them into an abyss. As dawn breaks, he expects to hear the Whos crying, but instead, he hears them singing a joyous Christmas song. After considerable reflection, the Grinch comes to understand that Christmas means "a little bit more" than just presents and feasting, causing his heart to grow three sizes. The reformed Grinch returns the Whos' presents and food and is invited to their Christmas feast.
The Grinch first appeared in a 33-line illustrated poem by Dr. Seuss called "The Hoobub and the Grinch", which was originally published in the May 1955 edition of Redbook magazine. Dr. Seuss began work on How the Grinch Stole Christmas! a couple of years later, around the beginning of 1957. He had recently completed The Cat in the Hat and was in the midst of founding Beginner Books with Phyllis and Bennett Cerf and his wife, Helen Palmer Geisel. Helen, who had ongoing medical problems and had suffered a small stroke in April 1957, nevertheless acted as an unofficial editor, as she had with previous Dr. Seuss books.
Dr. Seuss claimed he was the inspiration for the character, as his wife's health problems and his dismay with the commercialization of Christmas made him feel "very Grinchish" as he looked in the mirror one year on December 26, 1956.
Dr. Seuss wrote the book quickly and was mostly finished with it within a few weeks. Biographers Judith and Neil Morgan wrote that it was the easiest book of his career to write, except for its conclusion. According to Dr. Seuss: