Bad Rap.

“He’s a mean one…”  yeah that may be true.  But overall, the Grinch gets a raw deal when it comes to the holiday season.  The poor guy has had to listen to all that racket for 50+ years.  He looks down on Whoville and sees what appears to be a society awash in commercialism and material addiction.  How can you blame him for wanting to stop such madness?

Ok, so he may go a little too far with taking the roast beast and the candy canes from Cindy Lou Who, but at least he was determined.  And after climbing all the way to top of the mountain with his sleigh full of Who toys, he experiences redemption.  He realizes that the Whos are not singing because of all the stuff they get, but because it’s Christmas.  How was the Grinch to know?  It’s certainly not true of our own society.  Most would  cry “boo hoo” when they awoke to find nothing on December 25.   But when the Grinch realizes what the Whos think of Christmas his heart grows 3 sizes.  He trumpets into town and delivers all of the wuzzles and Who Hash and even gets to carve the roast beast.

It speaks volumes of the Whos to be willing to allow this man that seemed despicable to join in their feast mere hours after his “wonderful, awful” plan to stop Christmas.  But isn’t the Grinch everyman?  At least he was open about his distaste.

So, the next time someone refers to you as the Grinch remind them that the Grinch comes true in the end.  That’s the story of Christmas after all isn’t it?  “Christmas time is in our grasp as long as we have hands to clasp.”

dt

~ by dthomas96 on December 26, 2007.