You're A Smart One, Mr. Grinch by Brad Thomas

Summary

Overall, I'd say it's safe to say that Mr. Grinch doesn't have a great reputation.
After all, what kind of creature literally steals candy from sleeping babies, deliberately trying to make them cry?
A "nasty, wasty skunk," I suppose. That's who.
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Before you read another word, consider this your fair warning.

By reading on, you're bound to have a certain song stuck in your head for an untold amount of time. Should you continue from this point, I take no responsibility for the repercussions. It's simply inevitable.

That is, it's inevitable if:

You were a kid anytime from 1966 onward. You had kids in 1966 onward. You have a radio that you listen to during the Christmas season. By identifying with any one or more of those qualifiers, you're certain to know a thing or two about… the Grinch.

And, on that note, cue the music.

You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch. You really are a heel. You're as cuddly as a cactus. You're as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch. You're a bad banana with a greasy black peel!

What else can be said of Dr. Seuss' fabled Mr. Grinch? A lot according to the song we started up above. It came as part of the Christmas package when the original children's book - written in 1957 - was turned into a cartoon movie adaptation.

No doubt, you're remembering other lines or perhaps whole entire verses. Which begs the question… which is your favorite part?

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A Nasty, Wasty Skunk

Here are some of the lines that stand out most to me in "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch":

You're as cuddly as a cactus. I wouldn't touch you with a 39-and-a-half-foot pole! You have all the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodile, Mr. Grinch. Given a choice between the two of you, I'd take the seasick crocodile! You're a nasty, wasty skunk. The three words that best describe you are as follows - and I quote - "Stink. Stank. Stunk!" Overall, I'd say it's safe to say that Mr. Grinch doesn't have a great reputation. Even after his miraculous transformation from a Christmas-present-stealing meanie to a reformed Christmas-loving sweetie, we still remember him as - forgive me for my bluntness here, but - a jerk.

Yet was he really?

Think about it long and hard. We're thinking at least five full seconds…

When you do, you'll find that there's no clever way around the truth. Mr. Grinch was everything he's accused of in that song, and no doubt more.

After all, what kind of creature literally steals candy from sleeping babies, deliberately trying to make them cry? Who goes out of his way to take from others, not to survive or not even to profit, but just to keep them from being happy?

For that matter, who leaves nothing more than a crumb of Christmas food behind? And one so small it's not even fit for a mouse?

A "nasty, wasty skunk," I suppose. That's who. Therefore, he's nothing we should want to model ourselves after.

All the same, there's one thing I have to admire about the Grinch in his original form.

He was most definitely a contrarian.

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