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It is Christmas Eve, Santa comes tonight! It is very exciting!!! This book is a Christmas classic. I love it. And I am not afraid of the Grinch trying to steal our presents tonight. We have our Christmas goat standing guard, protecting our gifts. Thanks Ikea!
Synopsis
The Grinch lives in the mountains above Whoville. The Grinch hates Christmas more than anything in the world. The Whos in Whoville love Christmas a lot! Well The Grinch decides he is going to stop Christmas from coming by stealing all the Christmas paraphernalia. Will he succeed?
My Thoughts
I loved this story. I loved it ever since I was a little girl. Every year I waited with anticipation to watch the cartoon version on T.V. It is my favourite Christmas special.
I love the descriptions Dr. Seuss uses. They are easy for children to understand. The whole heart being two sizes too small thing. I love his dog Max, and how well the Grinch can get down and up the Chimney. Santa has magic on his side, I don't know how the Grinch manages to do it.
I also love that this book teaches the moral that Christmas isn't about the receiving of presents without being preachy about it. The Whos simply carry on with their Christmas festivities without any fuss or muss. We see the Grinch's change of heart and it is more powerful because he came up with it himself. With our observance of his change, we get to reflect on what Christmas means to each of us. Dr. Seuss doesn't tell us what it means, just that it means a little bit more. We can leave the interpretation up to ourselves. I like that.
I know that this book can be over done, but it is such a classic. And this is one classic that to me, never gets old!
Have a wonderful Christmas. I hope that Santa leaves a great book under your tree or onto your e-reader. (I am hoping that Santa is going to leave me lots of time to get some of my reading done ;) )
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