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How did the Grinch steal Christmas, anyway? Watch this video to find out! We just don't recommend using him as a role model.

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00:05

How the Grinch Stole Christmas, a la Shmoop. Can't stand Christmas?

00:11

Does singing make you sick?

00:14

Do you find the happiness of others utterly obnoxious?

00:19

I hear you. I've been there, done that. But honestly I've come around. Sitting around

00:25

a roast beast, laughing and singing, well, there are worse things.

00:30

Let me back it up a sec.

00:34

I used to live all alone in my cave.

00:36

Well, okay, not completely alone. I had Max. I would spend my days sitting there, looking

00:42

down Mount Crumpit at those idiots in Whoville, holding hands, and, smiling, and eating their Who-pudding.

00:51

More like what-pudding. Who knows what they put in that stuff.

00:55

But Christmas! Oh, Christmas was the worst. On Christmas, those Whos would let it all

01:03

hang out.

01:05

Their Merriment Meter would go from an 8 to about a 10 and a half. Unbearable.

01:11

So one year, I decided to nip this thing in the bud.

01:15

I devised a plan.

01:17

He'll be back. I came to the conclusion that I needed to

01:23

take matters into my own hands.

01:26

Rather than let the Whos keep up their infernal racket, I would snatch the song and laughter

01:32

right out of their hearts. And it just so happens that I love to play

01:38

dress-up.

01:38

So does Max.

01:40

And so, dressed as Santy Claus, and with Max doing his best Rudolph, we hitched up a sleigh and

01:48

headed into town. I slipped down every single one of their chimneys,

01:54

helping myself to the decorations on the tree, the presents underneath the tree

01:59

and why not, how about the tree itself as well?

02:02

I even raided their Christmas Who-Cookies. I was pretty determined to go whole hog on

02:06

this thing. I did have to dodge the curious inquiries

02:09

of one Cindy-Lou Who,

02:12

but her half-asleep probing was no match for my clever deflections.

02:18

So once I get everything loaded into my sleigh, I take it all up the side of Mount Crumpit

02:23

and get ready to ditch the whole thing over the side of a cliff.

02:27

when I hear something, unexpected.

02:29

Singing.

02:30

You have got to be kidding me. But no, indeed, those unstoppable Whos are

02:38

still belting their little lungs out.

02:41

With all their food and presents missing, they still found something to be happy about.

02:46

And that's when it happened.

02:49

I can't explain it, but, my heart suddenly grew three sizes.

02:54

Which, for one thing, meant I was going to have to buy it an entirely new wardrobe.

03:00

But, on the upside I finally realized the error of my ways.

03:05

Christmas wasn't about stuff. It was about loving one another, and being together, and sharing.

03:11

That word used to make me shudder something awful.

03:15

Once I let a little love in my heart, I immediately shot back into Whoville, and returned

03:19

all of their whats-its and whos-its.

03:21

And those buggers weren't even mad! They let me join them, and even let me carve their

03:27

roast beast!

03:28

So, if you're a Grinch like I used to be, I implore you,

03:33

give happiness a chance. It doesn't hurt that badly.

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