[ SECRET POST #2909 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2909 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

My mother read this to me every Christmas when I was a child, and we watched the animated film together. Even as a six year old, I understood that the point of this story is anti-materialism. In fact, I loved toys so much that the idea of a whole town having a wonderful Christmas without gifts really stayed with me, as I'm sure it did with a lot of normal Christmas-obsessed children. That's what I took away from it, that's what stuck. Anyone disputing that is trying waaaaay too hard to be a contrary shit. Is it ALSO a story where a bad guy does bad things because he doesn't know any better until he is taught how to be good by good people doing good things? Sure. But that sure as hell ain't the moral.

Let's not forget that this is a relatively short book and film, so unless you're getting it legit confused with the Jim Carrey version, you're really reading too far into nothing in order to misinterpret it. The Grinch's only motivation is that he hates Christmas, and he wants Christmas to stop. That he himself is not materialistic doesn't matter, even if he is the protagonist. He assumes the Whos are, and tries to hurt them through this misinformation. Nearly the entire thing is the Grinch meticulously stealing presents and imagining what a terrible Christmas the Whos will have when they realize all of their gifts and decorations are gone. And then- the Whos are not upset in the slightest, and he realizes he had misinterpreted the meaning of Christmas. And he stops hating Christmas. That's the entire story.