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Dr. Seuss' mythical creature Grinch may not be a mythical creature after all. There are many around us who lack the ability to find happiness.

Just around Christmas, when there is an increasing overdose of Christmas merchandise, marketing, and social media noise, there is also increasing apathy towards the brouhaha being raised over the mindless expenditure and consumerism. All around us, we see people fussing over gifts, bargains, deals, and coolest gadgets and latest fashionable clothes.

Malls are filled with stressed out shoppers, who are working hard to get a bang for the buck. Retailers want to woo their customers with enticing deals, even if they are working on wafer-thin margins. Let's not even talk about the overworked staff in these retail outlets, who probably will never spend a meaningful Christmas with their own family or friends.

You'd think that the Grinch is your 90-year-old neighbour, who does not like noisy kids and their families. You'd believe that the neighborhood cop is the Grinch, who appears out of nowhere to clamp down boisterous Christmas parties. Of course, the Grinch could be your dad who wants to play vigilante when you go for a night out with friends.

Who Is the Grinch?

According to Dr. Seuss' classic book, the Grinch was a mean, nasty, and vindictive person who lived to the north of Who-ville, a small town where people had hearts as sweet as sugar pops.

The residents of Who-ville were good as gold citizens, who did not have one evil thought in their collective minds. Naturally, this irked our green and mean Grinch, who sought ways to destroy the happiness of the people of Who-ville.

The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!
Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
It could be his head wasn't screwed on just right.
It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.
But I think that the most likely reason of all,
May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.

With a heart that small, there would be no chance that the Grinch would find any room for happiness. So Grinch continued to be a foot-stomping, cantankerous lunatic, stewing in his own misery for 53 years. Until, he hit upon an evil idea to make the lives of the good people not-so-good.

The Grinch decides to play truant, and goes down to Who-ville, and steals every present from every house in Who-ville. He does not stop at that. He also steals the Christmas food for the feast, the stockings, and everything that Christmas stands for. Now, we know why Dr. Seuss named the story, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The Grinch, took away every material that symbolized Christmas.

Now ordinarily, if this were a modern day story, all hell would break loose. But this was Who-ville, the land of goodness. The people of Who-ville did not care for presents or material trappings. For them, Christmas was in their heart. And without any remorse or sadness, the people of Who-ville celebrated Christmas as if they never thought about the Christmas presents. At this point, the Grinch has a moment of revelation, which is expressed in these words:

And the Grinch, with his grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow,
Stood puzzling and puzzling: "How could it be so?"
"It came with out ribbons! It came without tags!"
"It came without packages, boxes or bags!"
And he puzzled three hours, till his puzzler was sore.
Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before!
"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store."

The last line of the extract bears a lot of meaning. Christmas does not come from a store, unlike what we compulsive buyers have been made to believe. Christmas is a spirit, a state of mind, a joyous feeling. Christmas gifting should come straight from the heart, and should be received with an open heart. True love does not come with a price tag, so don't try to buy love with expensive gifts.

Every time, we fail to appreciate others, we become a Grinch. We find many reasons to complain, but none to express gratitude. Like the Grinch, we hate those who receive and give gifts to others. And we find it convenient to troll those who post their happy Christmas messages on Facebook and other social media.

The Grinch story is a lesson in point. If you want to save Christmas from becoming a highly commercialized, marketing season, you must focus on gifting joy, love, and humor to your loved ones.

Learn to enjoy Christmas without ostentatious gifting and frivolous display of wealth. Bring back the old Christmas spirit, where Christmas carols and revelry warm your heart and make you feel happy.

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Dr. Seuss' mythical creature Grinch may not be a mythical creature after all. There are many around us who lack the ability to find happiness. Just around Christmas, when there is an increasing overdose of Christmas merchandise, marketing, and social media noise, there is also increasing apathy towards the brouhaha being raised over the mindless expenditure and consumerism.

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Before there were selfies, twerking and Lorde,

There was one clear creator of word.

We rely year round on Dr. Seuss's wisdom and reason,

Especially the Grinch for the holiday season.

Let's remember his story as Christmas draws near,

And perhaps we too will grow our hearts three sizes this year.

For more information on How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and ways to grow your heart three sizes this year, click here! Images and text courtesy of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss, credit of Random House Children's Books, division of Penguin Random House LLC.

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Before there were selfies, twerking and Lorde, There was one clear creator of word. We rely year round on Dr. Seuss's wisdom and reason, Especially the Grinch for the holiday season. Let's remember his story as Christmas draws near, And perhaps we too will grow our hearts three sizes this year.

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My family has a lot of Christmas traditions that we partake in every single December. One of those traditions is watching , which, in my opinion, is probably the best Dr. Seuss movie/story ever. I've been watching the original animated version of How The Grinch Stole Christmas since before I could remember, so I obviously love that one. But I'm also a big fan of the live-action take on the story starring Jim Carrey.

For me, one of the best things about the holidays is watching this movie - so why not learn more about it? If you're a big fan like me, you'll love finding out trivia behind both the animated and live-action movies. Here are 20 crazy, interesting facts you never knew about How The Grinch Stole Christmas:
1. The man who sang the famous Grinch song in the animated movie, Thurl Ravenscroft, is the voice of Tony The Tiger! 2. Tim Burton was almost the director of the live-action version, but had a conflict with another movie. 3. Eddie Murphy and Jack Nicholson almost got the role of The Grinch. 4. The prosthetic makeup Jim Carrey wore made him feel so uncomfortable he needed counseling from a Navy SEAL on torture-resistance techniques. 5. Jim Carrey's yellow contact lenses were so uncomfortable that he couldn't always wear them. Some shots of his eyes were colored in post-production. 6. No other movie had so many characters in such heavy makeup since The Wizard of Oz in 1939. 7. More than 1,000 man hours were used during shooting to apply makeup to the actors. 8. Jim Carrey spent a total of 92 days in the Grinch makeup. It took 2 and a half hours in the morning to put it on, and one hour in the evening to get it off. 9. Producers came to the set of Man on the Moon to see if Jim Carrey would make a good fit for the role. But he was so deep in character that his impersonation of the Grinch ended up being him doing an impression of himself doing an impression of the Grinch - that's how he got the role. 10. The lyrics to the song "Fahoo Foraze" were made to imitate classical Latin. Some people really thought it was real Latin and asked for translations! 11. The Whoville set was built on the backlot of Universal Studios, and one day, Jim Carrey pulled a prank on tourists. He ran out of the Bates Motel in a dress holding a knife. No one recognized him. 12. There are many nods to the sorority Sigma Kappa throughout the story, because Dr. Seuss's wife was a member. 13. The original Grinch was not green, he was black and white with red and pink splotches. 14. Jim Carrey improvised the famous line "6:30 P.M. Dinner with me; I can't cancel that again." 15. Actors who played Who's had to go to Who-School with a choreographer to learn how to move and be comfortable being a Who. 16. After The Grinch leaves Whoville a second time in the live-action movie, the camera shows a statue of an elephant - this is a reference to Horton Hears A Who. 17. Anthony Hopkins was the narrator of the live-action movie and recorded all of the narration in one day. 18. The movie used a lot of Cirque du Soleil performers for the acrobatic stunts. 19. Set designers used Medieval, Moroccan and Islamic influences as architectural references, just like the books. 20. One morning, the director Ron Howard came in at 3:30 AM to put on the Grinch suit with full makeup. He directed with the suit on all day. Which of these facts did you find the most interesting? Are you a fan of the Grinch? Do you like the animated or live-action version better? Tell me in the comments. You can follow the author, Jessica Booth, on Twitter or Instagram. 21 crazy interesting facts you never knew about Clueless

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My family has a lot of Christmas traditions that we partake in every single December. One of those traditions is watching How The Grinch Stole Christmas, which, in my opinion, is probably the best Dr. Seuss movie/story ever. I've been watching the original animated version of How The Grinch Stole Christmas since before I could ...

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Take a quiz on how much you know The Grinch!

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How well do you know The Grinch?

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How Well Do You Know 'How The Grinch Stole Christmas'?

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A great book, a fantastic cartoon, and a fun movie: How The Grinch Stole Christmas has been told many many times. How well do you know the story? Questions will be from the book/animated feature, and the movie with Jim Carrey playing the Grinch.

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The First Original Grinch movie was realised on Dec. 18, 1966

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The newest Grinch is made this year (2018)