You have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. Men do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole truth and knowledge.
↑I read this in The Sun, it's so↑
[and apologies to some Gilded Age editor]
The message in the story is that Christmas doesn't come from a store. Our very commercial and appetite for things and possessions is more pronounced than ever before.
The story shows a person who does something bad, then realizes it was the wrong thing to do, and brought everything back.
In the end what did he steal? The ice from the ice cube tray as it melted?
The folks in the town cared more about each other, than the things he stole. And in the end, show he couldn't steal was really mattered.
Maybe lessons to learn for everyone?
I didn't get the message as a kid but Pawtrax is right. The Grinch learned something and returned everything. He also learned that others forgive. This is something everyone should learn.
shareIf Christmas isn't about getting stuff, then the Grinch should have never relented when those manipulative lil Whos started singing. He should have burned all their ill-gotten materialism in the town square as a test of their hippie resolve. I am pretty sure the whole town would have snapped and flayed him and his poor dog and hung their pelts high atop the village hall as a warning to anyone else who wants to mess with them and their holidays. I have never understood why he gives them their gifts and decorations back: up until that point the plot and message are perfectly on-point.
Let's see who takes the bait.
LOL! Great post!
shareBecause they knew the Grinch did it. As soon as they were through celebrating Christmas, they planned to go to the Grinch's cave and drag his recently lynched, headless corpse through the street while they bathed in his blood, then open the recently recovered presents. Nobody fucks with the Who's....nobody.
shareThey assumed that they had displeased the powerful Santa so, in abject terror, they came out to sing in hopes of placating him. Their belief system was reinforced when Grinch responds to the singing and returns their gifts. They treat him as royalty out of fear for they think that it is he who is the great Santa. There followed an era of Grinch rule with mandatory benevolence and severe penalties for any "un-Christmas'y" behavior. Laws are passed dictating levels of generosity and the consequences of not giving your things to others.
The Grinch's heart grow in size but he was ultimately still a sociopath. Generations later, Who historians weep when outlining the era.
I gotta say, some people in this topic are crazy.
shareThe Whos are pussies. They should have mobbed the Grinch and given him the beatdown of his life, then tossed his green ass out of town.
shareThey were actually more realistic about it in the live-action film. In that one, the Who's were initially upset, but then Cindy Lou's dad realized in the public square that they were better off without all the glitz, glamour, and commercialism of Christmas. All they really needed was family and friends to celebrate.
shareWhich only goes to show that Ron Howard didn't understand the original story. All the Whos understood Christmas. They knew what was important. They didn't need a two year old to tell them.
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Flight to Lystra
The Theater at Ephesus
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