Grinch still trying to steal Christmas Grinch still trying to steal Christmas Phyllis Schlafly profiles anti-Christian extremism plaguing America this season Published: 12/23/2013 at 8:09 PM Phyllis Schlafly About | Email | Archive Phyllis Schlafly is a lawyer, conservative political analyst and author of 20 books. Her latest is "Who Killed the American Family?" She co-authored with Suzanne Venker "The Flipside of Feminism" published by WND Books. Schlafly is founder and president of Eagle Forum. Print The Grinch was a bitter, grumpy hermit who tried to steal Christmas from the kids in a famous children’s story of the 1950s. Unfortunately, the Grinch has re-emerged to try to take Christmas away from schoolchildren. The Grinch is so nasty today that his actions could be prosecuted under our hate-crime laws. The law defines hate crimes as those characterized by hate, or even bias, committed on the basis of a person’s protected characteristics of religion and (you know the other protected categories).

All over the country, Grinches masquerading as school superintendents have been banning the traditional singing of Christmas carols and nativity displays, and insisting that the word “winter” be substituted every time the word Christmas is used (i.e., “winter vacation”). The Grinch ignores the fact that federal law makes Christmas Day a national holiday. There are no laws or even court decisions that prohibit school children from singing Christmas carols. The school superintendent at Bordentown Regional School District in New Jersey ordered that “religious music should not be part of the elementary programs.” So songs about Frosty, Rudolph and Mommy making out with Santa Claus can be sung at the school’s “winter” concert, but not songs about the infant Jesus or even “Silent Night.” Don’t miss Phyllis Schlafly’s latest book, now available at the WND Superstore: “No Higher Power: Obama’s War on Religious Freedom” Grinches at Osgood Intermediate School in Kings Park, N.Y., took a different tactic, censoring words out of “Silent Night” before fifth graders were allow to sing.

Edited out were “holy infant,” “Christ the Savior is born,” and “’round yon virgin, mother and child.” The school’s principal has since apologized for this travesty. The Grinch has even imposed his anti-Christian extremism on U.S. judges. A federal judge in San Diego just ordered the famous 43-foot-tall Mount Soledad Cross to be dug up and removed from a veterans’ memorial where it has been honored since 1913. Although the cross is certainly a Christian symbol, the memorial is surrounded by symbols of other faiths, such as 18 Stars of David. The cross is also surrounded by 3,000 granite plaques honoring individual heroes from all our wars. In 2004, Congress passed a law dedicating this cross as a national memorial honoring veterans of the United States Armed Forces “who sacrificed their lives in the defense of the United States.” In 2006, the federal government took title to the property. Government support of the cross diminished after Obama became president.

Barack Obama has given repeated examples of his aggressive campaign to make us a scrupulously secular nation, such as omitting the words “under God” from his recitation last month of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address for a PBS documentary. The military is getting the message that it must be in harmony with the secularist bias of the commander in chief. The Grinch, under the name Military Religious Freedom Foundation, showed up at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina to complain about a nativity display set up by a group of volunteers in the base chapel. The Air Force took the nativity scene down within two hours and 15 minutes of being contacted. Who knew the Air Force would so promptly obey orders from protesters? Extraordinarily fast action also resulted when the U.S. Navy announced this week that it will remove two nativity displays from dining halls at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base because 18 service members sent an email to alert the Grinch at the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. The commanding officer said, “No one’s ever complained to me about it. We’ve been doing it for 19 years,” but he promptly removed the nativity displays and moved them to the chapel.

Two Baptist chaplains said they were forced out of a Veterans Affairs chaplain training program after they refused orders to stop praying in the name of Jesus and quoting the Bible. They were subjected to ridicule and harassment that led to one of the chaplains leaving the program and other being ejected. They are now suing. The one-year training program is required for anyone wanting to work as a VA hospital chaplain. The San Diego trainer is openly hostile to Christianity; the lawsuit accuses her of instructing chaplains that they may not pray in the name of Jesus or quote from the Bible. It tells you all you need to know about the trainer’s bias when the lawsuit reports that she told the class she believes God could be either man or woman. Ho! Ho! Ho! The Grinch is getting nowhere in Texas.

The Texas Legislature nearly unanimously passed the “Merry Christmas Law” requiring schools to allow traditional Christmas festivities, including songs, trees, nativity scenes, the colors red and green and the now-controversial words “Merry Christmas.” Receive Phyllis Schlafly's commentaries in your email BONUS: By signing up for Phyllis Schlafly's alerts, you will also be signed up for news and special offers from WND via email. Name* The Grinch and Scrooge are Trying to Steal Christmas! Time to GET REAL folks! The Grinch and Scrooge are Trying to Steal Christmas! by Christopher Rudy / Heartcom Network / Dec. 7 (updated 12-9) Graphically archived at: Here we are on the threshold of a Golden Age with free-energy technology and holistic healing breakthroughs that can promise the gift of extraordinary hope for humanity under everyone's 'Tree of Life' this Christmas. It's an amazing story, the 'Tree of Life' as the Christmas tree with the star of 'Christ Mass Conscience' shining down on all the branches of the 'Tree of Life'... but that's another Christmas story to be told HERE .

These are ï¿½urgentï¿½ times that demand we ï¿½Occupy Conscienceï¿½ With so much Christ-like light being celebrated this time of year, it's not surprising that the slimy Grinch and stingy Scrooge would surface to spoil the day. The Christmas Spirit drives them crazy ï¿½ virtually insane. And with the current surge in the Source Field , Christ Mass Conscience is rapidly mainstreaming this spirit of freedom-in-love. What a gift to have the freedom and opportunity to finally wake up, wise up and rise up with pure intention for a golden age in spite of the Grinch and Scrooge. The Senate passed draconian domestic terror laws last Thursday (Dec. 1). Mainstream media is blacking this out for extremely serious reasons that are explained with comic relief at: 3- ' The Media's Blackout Of 'The National Defense Authorization Act' Is Shameful ' An ACLU study of the bill called it "the most unconstitutional legislation in modern history." It allows the end of ï¿½posse comitatusï¿½, which bars the military from domestic operations, and it gives the Pentagon the right to secretly arrest Americans and hold them without trial.

The Grinch and Scrooge want full spectrum dominance of the public. In other words, no change from their miserly agenda of stealth to steal the wealth, health and freedom of the public. "In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending FREEDOM in its maximum hour of danger. YOU are that generation. THIS is your role. NOW is that time. FREEDOM must be defended from every assailant in every corner of this country, from outside this country, from inside the country, and especially from the government that wants to take it away from us." ~ Judge Andrew Napolitano in a short YouTube speech HERE . In 2008 The Pentagon announced plans to deploy a 20,000 strong internal troop force inside the continental United States (CONUS) that was set to be trained by 2011. Recently Obama announced the official end of the Iraq War and troops are being redeployed. This all corresponds with current troop and equipment movements around the country reported by truckers as well as many more troop sightings by everyday citizens .

Read the complete article and links HERE : Now we see Newt 'GreenGrinch' trying to steal Christmas and everything else that is green. This Grinch has been leading the mainstream media's polls as the front-runner for Republicans. This was the same Grinch who was ignominiously ousted as Republican Speaker of the House -- the 1st time in U.S. history -- and who then made millions as the consultant of Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac who caused the housing boom/bust and mortgage crisis that the banksters used to strip equity out of the markets on the way up and on the way down, utilizing computerized high frequency trading... bankrupting the economy... and then using the economic crisis to create hysteria (domestic terror) until Congress bailed them out. This is government of, by and for the Grinch gang of Scrooge banksters - the REAL terrorists among us. In other words, the corporate media raises the Grinch to superstar status as part of the diversion of our attention from his corrupt collusion with Scrooge - the banksters. The bad news is that the Grinch faction of Republicans behind this Senate blasphemy AND the Scrooge banksters behind both parties, are trying to steal Christmas.

Monied power -- the oligarchies and plutocrats running the corporatocrac y -- is underwriting Grinch tactics to 'legalize' totalitarian tyranny with free reign of the Scroogers. The Good News is that Earth's divine destiny is right on schedule as 'Christ Mass Conscience' neutralizes the miserly agenda of the Grinch/Scrooge faction behind the scenes lobbying both Republicans and Democrats in Congress. This Christmas we are gifted with the Christmas present of the fully conscious 'Christ Mass Presence' (Unity Conscience) which is now surging in the Source Field , empowering liberation of humanity's spiritual, mental, emotional and physical resources for emergence of a golden age on Earth. This is Earth's divine destiny, ready or not. Of course, the golden rule/law language at the heart of our instant-everywhere and interactive global village is also the heart of every golden age in cosmic history. This is our divine destiny. The surge is happening with worldwide ' Occupy ' movements. Naturally, this means the end of that nefarious Grinch who favors centralized top-down control of the masses rather than decentralized "grass-roots" (Net roots) representation of core Constitutional freedoms as can now be liberated in our new global village.

The 'Evolution Revolution' has brought us to this 'turning point' of Mass Awakening to our Divine Destiny . The Grinch is running scared yet ego-strutting with high sounding words of "freedom and security" which are as morally bankrupt of honor as Thursdays gift from the Senate called, "The National Defense Authorization Act". It's the new Patriot Act on steroids, just waiting for the 'right crisis' to inject into our veins like a toxic-laden vaccine that promises security but destroys our immunity and resistance to the infectious disease of terror for tyranny. There is about as much honor in this tyranny tactic as in the promises of the Grinch's out-of-control bankster buddies -- the 'Scroogers' -- who want debt slavery to steal any Christ-like spirit all year long. If you think I'm kidding, watch this YouTube video (15min). Grinch's love terror as a tactic under the cloak of 'National Security'. He's the real hater of our freedoms. His beguiling lies -- promising security without freedom -- has the revealing stench of unabashed tyranny, i.e., a 'New World Odor' that stinks to high heaven.

Are you aware that the unpatriotic Patriot Act was 'in the can', ready to be opened right before 9-11? Is it true that this 'can of worms' was immediately ramrodded through Congress after 9-11 without Congress responding to the 'fine print' which abrogated core Constitutional rights? Would you agree that the war on terror that Congress authorized after 9-11 would "come home" (domestic terror war) with this outrageous "National Defense Authorization Act"? What a sleezy, slimy Grinch-like deal... trying to slip this through at Christmas! Connect the dots. The inordinate WAR ON TERROR has ï¿½succeededï¿½ to the point where gross injustice now obscures any redeeming value. Begun by the BUSHwhackers with 9-11 (the new Pearl Harbor), this ï¿½warï¿½ has metastasized into five regional wars over ten years, creating a perpetual war economy that purposely sacrifices freedoms for false-flag security until we have finally found ourselves with a great loss of freedom and security. We can't ï¿½bank onï¿½ this insanity any longer. It would lead us to WWIII.

So ask yourself if the Grinch/Scrooge 'power grab', at this time, is the inordinate intent of the self-anointed power elite who feel self-appointed to steal Christmas one way or the other. You'll know them by their fruits. You'll know the Grinch/Scrooge faction by their 'fruits'... the terror tactics used to tyrannize the public into compliance with tyranny. Witness how the Senate corporatacracy represents corporate interests which really do want totalitarian control so that none of the free-energy or Universal Self Care or mass-to-mass TeLeComm upgrades for global civilization will end their lock-step control over the rights and resources of global humanity. It is the 99% who want light and love above all. Only the 1% are so poor in spirit that they get along by going along with the Grinch and Scrooge agenda. Our CHOICE FOR FREEDOM means the end of the Grinch and his Scrooge sponsors. What this means is that a new mainstream media will rapidly evolve from the present mainstream media and systems of mass media mind-control programming.

That means an upgrade of our horse-and-buggy governing systems with Internet Age representation capabilities of " mass-to-mass TeLeComm " as will culture social Conscience with heartware cyberethics in our ubiquitous social networks. This in the natural evolution of the computer/Internet revolution from what is called 'Web 2.0' to interactive mass-to-mass web3.0 . Merry Christ Mass Conscience This will naturally provide the type of conscientious common sense that checks and balances the inordinate love of power of Grinch and the Scroogers. Their influence behind the current mainstream media will naturally fade as the lock-step mainstream media naturally evolves to web3.0 . I emphasize the world 'naturally' -- the fruit of common sense -- which is naturally superior to the nefarious agenda of Grinch and the Scroogers. It's just not natural to see the corporate media "in bed with" (embedded mouthpieces for) the Grinch/Scrooge agenda to steal Christmas. Why aren't public servant leaders in the media warning us of tyrannical legislation being forwarded at the same time as military hawks are pushing for war with Iran, China and the Soviet Union?

The deafening silence in the mainstream embedded corporate media is their complicity... under cover of the 'Christmas Spirit' which doesn't want to go there. Perhaps you remember that 'Scrooge' came to power and made his fortune when he privatized the public Treasury almost a hundred years ago - the stealth takeover by the 'FED' central bank over the Christmas holiday of 1913. Now the Scrooge-backed Grinch is at it again, trying to suppress any CHOICE for anything better than the status quo of dirty power, endless war, a backwards disease-care system, and full-spectrum dominance that is nothing less than tyranny. "To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men." ~ Abraham Lincoln What the Senate has done is grease the skids to legalize tyranny -- a police state -- with threat of torture or death for any of those pesky patriots who they choose to call 'terrorists'. What the complicit corporate media is doing is ignoring this HUGE story. No opposition. No truth-telling. They are blacking this out as though it never happened. And there is something seriously wrong with that picture. This is the Grinch out of control, trying to steal Christmas.

If you read: GAO Audit of the 'FED' Comes Out , you know that the Grinch/Scrooge faction of unrepentant corporatocracy fascists are the ones who REALLY hate our freedoms. Their time is short and their insanity is great. They've lost resonance with the hearts and minds of the masses. Since the greatest fear of the Grinch/Scrooge faction is losing control and being held accountable for betrayal of the public's best interests, the real tyrants behind tyranny are going crazy trying to make everyone as miserable as they are. The Grinch is trying to finish what Bush and 9-11 and the Patriot Act began, saying, "You're either with us or against us, and if you're against us, we'll torture and/or kill you." It's all about the Grinch/Scrooge economy and THEIR political system of control through debt slavery for THEIR profit, NOT the public common wealth. The Grinch/Scrooge agenda is to own and control it all with lock-step obeisance to Big Oil, Big Banks, Big Media, Big Pharma and Big Government enforcement of their Big Monopoly through domestic terror war.

That 'monopoly game' is rigged so the Grinch/Scrooge faction wins and everyone else loses their freedom, free-energy , holistic healing and resonance with GOD-LOVE Conscience . People worldwide in the ' Occupy Conscience ' movement are wising up -- that "We the 99%" have the right to DEMAND that all governments representing us must honor the Constitution of Conscience... honoring five c ore Constitutional freedoms ... or get out of the way so that honorable governments can thrive. There's nothing 'economic' about a centralized system of power creation and distribution that values profits for a few at the expense of liberated public power. The next economy will have decentralized free-energy technology to liberate global humanity from power lines and Big Oil and fossil fuels that are poisoning the air and our environmental life support systems. But instead of the gift of abundant energy in your Christmas stocking, the Grinch wants you to have a lump of coal. There's nothing 'economic' about a government mandated 'health care' system that subsidizes Big Pharma standards of disease care at the expense of ' Optimal Health and Your Immune System '.

But instead of the gift of abundant health under your Christmas tree-of-life, the Grinch wants you to have a gift-card with credit at your local pharmacy. There's nothing 'economic' about corporate media that promotes the commercialization of Christmas -- to consume the consumers with debt -- at the expense of interactive mass-to-mass TeLeComm for abundant love "of, by and for the people". But instead of the gift of 'Abundant Love' with Christ Mass Conscience, the Grinch is trying to steal the Christmas Spirit that is, a heart, divine love.. As we ' Occupy Conscience ', we naturally know too much to be victims of the terror scams which suspend our freedoms for false-flag security until we have neither freedom nor security. The Grinch wants WWIII. Scrooge sees power and glory in the profits to be made. But that's just, well, 'insane'... especially when you consider how a golden age could now evolve very quickly to make systemic corruption obsolete. "... God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive.

If they remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty." ~ Thomas Jefferson SUMMARY: How Much Do You Love America? Is it true that there are enemies within the gates of Congress who are now trying to legislate tyranny with suspension of the Bill of Rights? Are you aware that, if passed by the House, the President will then have this as a 'loaded gun' for Martial law if the 'war gods' (Grinch/Scrooge factions) attempt 911B and their Iran plan for WWIII? Would you agree that the enemies of freedom -- those who really hate our freedoms -- are banking on tyranny with terror tactics fomenting war, disease and totalitarian control simply because they are afraid of losing control and want everyone as fearful and slave to a scarcity consciousness as they are? We could have a golden age on Earth now folks. An extraordinary abundance of power, wisdom and love with free-energy , global healing and heartware cyberethics could reboot global civility quickly. The public merely needs to know we have a choice, DEMANDING our Congress reps to either honor their vows to the Constitution or step down. Honor the highest and best for the public or step aside.

Honor the pure intention "of, by and for the people" -- ALL people in our new global village. Do you care enough for core Constitutional freedoms to network this message for its 'Net worth' now? If you don't, WHO WILL? "In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up." - Martin Niemoeller, the Lutheran minister who lived in Hitler's Germany during the 1930s and 1940s. (Now they would just call us 'terrorists'.) How much do you love "AMERICA" - an anagram for the 'I AM RACE' - How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title.

Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error How the Grinch Stole Christmas ( 2000 ) PG | On the outskirts of Whoville, there lives a green, revenge-seeking Grinch who plans on ruining the Christmas holiday for all of the citizens of the town. Director: From $9.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 25 titles created 13 Nov 2013 a list of 25 titles created 03 Dec 2013 a list of 33 titles created 07 Dec 2013 a list of 24 titles created 10 months ago a list of 44 titles created 3 months ago Title: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) 6/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 1 Oscar. Another 17 wins & 35 nominations.

See more awards » Photos After inadvertently wreaking havoc on the elf community due to his ungainly size, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole is sent to the U.S. in search of his true identity. Director: Jon Favreau An 8-year old troublemaker must protect his home from a pair of burglars when he is accidentally left home alone by his family during Christmas vacation. Director: Chris Columbus When a man inadvertantly kills Santa on Christmas Eve, he finds himself magically recruited to take his place. Director: John Pasquin A young boy embarks on a magical adventure to the North Pole on the Polar Express. During his adventure he learns about friendship, bravery, and the spirit of Christmas. Director: Robert Zemeckis One year after Kevin was left home alone and had to defeat a pair of bumbling burglars, he accidentally finds himself in New York City, and the same criminals are not far behind. Director: Chris Columbus An animated retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.

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Director: Chris Columbus Edit Storyline Inside a snowflake exists the magical land of Whoville. In Whoville, live the Whos, an almost mutated sort of munchkinlike people. All the Whos love Christmas, yet just outside of their beloved Whoville lives the Grinch. The Grinch is a nasty creature that hates Christmas, and plots to steal it away from the Whos which he equally abhors. Yet a small child, Cindy Lou Who, decides to try befriend the Grinch. Written by Filmfreak <webmaster@filmfreak.co.za> See All (51) » Taglines: Inside a snowflake, like the one on your sleeve, there happened a story you must see to believe. See more » Genres: Rated PG for some crude humor | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 17 November 2000 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas See more » Filming Locations: $55,082,330 (USA) (17 November 2000) Gross: Did You Know?

Trivia Many Cirque du Soleil performers were used for the more acrobatic tricks and stunts in the movie. They can be spotted in the beginning as some of the Whos in the parade. See more » Goofs At the point when the Grinch visits Who-ville, the color of his eyes changes from yellow to white occasionally. See more » Quotes [first lines] Narrator : Inside a snowflake like the one on your sleeve, there happened a story you must see to believe. Very eerie, but definitely worth the watch. Creepy, yet good Christmas movie. 14 January 2015 | by The_Riddler_1948 – See all my reviews How the Grinch Stole Christmas is by far one of the most enjoyable, feel-good Christmas movies ever made. Fact. It's creepy, nonetheless, but it's also very heartwarming in some particular scenes more than others. A lot of the film revolves around a young Taylor Momsen, but the title character, the Grinch, played by Jim Carrey, is of course the best thing about the film. Not all Christmas films are like this one. This one's unique. It's a different take on Christmas - a different approach.

A good approach, too. How the Grinch Stole Christmas has plenty of Christmas feel-good moments, a few funny scenes here and there, and good makeup. It's almost entirely consistently eerie, because The Grinch is a very eccentric, creative, eerie character in the film. It's a good film overall, and you should always watch it around Christmas time. It's definitely one of the best Christmas movies ever made. 8.5/10. 8 of 9 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Why Did the Grinch Hate Christmas? Worms Why Did the Grinch Hate Christmas? The Grinch is an interesting and unforgettable fictional character created in 1957 by the author Theodore Seuss Geisel, more popularly known as Dr. Seuss. The character made his first appearance in the book titled ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’. He has become so famous and well-known that now, the word ‘Grinch’ has become synonymous with anyone who hates celebrations and festivities, especially during Christmas. Interesting Details About the Grinch The Grinch has become so famous not only owing to his attitude but also due to his unique appearance.

In keeping with his character, the Grinch has a rather unusual and unpleasant appearance. He looks like a green monster and his entire body is covered with bright green fur. He has a cat-like face with yellow teeth and yellow eyes. To suit his grumpy image, he has red pupils in his yellow eyes and he always has a rather bitter expression on his face. He has a loose midsection and he is quite flexible when it comes to moving around. The most important characteristic of the Grinch will have to be his heart which is two sizes too small. The Grinch hates the people of Whoville. He lives in his cave, all alone, with his pet dog, Max. From his cave, he comes down only on holidays, particularly during Christmas to wreak havoc among the residents of Whoville. He hates the Holiday season with passion and aims to sabotage the merrymaking and celebrations of Whoville residents. As for Max, although he is a very loyal companion, the Grinch does not treat him well. When the Grinch attacks Whoville, he forces Max to help him in his malicious goal to sabotage the Christmas spirit of its people.

He sets up a pair of crooked antlers on the head of Max with the purpose of disguising him as a reindeer. He also puts a sleigh on Max’s back where the stolen gifts and goods are to be placed. Interestingly, even the mountain where the Grinch resides suits him perfectly with its rather grumpy sounding name – Mount Crumpit! He does not like the affable and happy Whos and he takes great relish in the thought that he can destroy and crush their festive spirit and enthusiasm by stealing their gifts and goodies. Reasons for the Grinch Hating Christmas The reason sited in the book for the Grinch’s intense hatred of Christmas is that his heart was two sizes too small. Having said that, this interesting, simple yet meaningful children’s tale, can lend itself to a variety of interpretations. That is probably the true beauty of this book and it certainly makes the readers appreciate the true spirit and essence of Christmas. It is possible that the Grinch hates Christmas because he feels alienated from society due to his nature and strange appearance. This makes him envious and bitter and he strives to ruin happiness around him as he probably feels he has been wronged.

The story also goes on to prove that mere materials gifts do not define Christmas. As the Grinch himself realizes eventually, even without material pleasures, Christmas brings along with it, immense joy, hope and a sense of belonging. The realization that true celebration is to be with your loved ones and that sharing spreads infectious happiness, makes the Grinch regret his actions. As a consequence, he returns the stolen goodies and is soon accepted and welcomed with warmth by the Whoville people. His heart is said to grow three times bigger. This symbolically shows that he is no longer petty and mean and he has blossomed into a loving, generous being, thus embodying the true meaning of Christmas. Adaptations of the Story The book, ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ has been adapted into a television series special in 1966. It was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayor’s MGM Animation / Visual Arts and directed by Chuck Jones. This was followed by two more television specials and a musical. In 2000, Jim Carrey played the title role in his inimitable style in the movie adaptation of this book.

The timeless tale of the Grinch will continue to entertain generations of readers and his simple tale will always be sited as an example to capture the true meaning of Christmas. No related posts. The Grinch--Trying to Steal Christmas - YouTube The Grinch--Trying to Steal Christmas Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Nov 16, 2014 The Grinch and Max -- his dog -- have a huge job ahead of them trying to stop Christmas. Category The Grinch Really Did Try to Steal Christmas This Year! :: Ventureneer :: The Grinch Really Did Try to Steal Christmas This Year! by Geri Stengel on Dec 20, 2011 - 12:20am Tweet Wow! The Grinch really did try to steal Christmas this year … from small businesses at least … but in life as in fiction, he failed.

The real-life Grinch’s name is “Amazon.com.” The behemoth tried to steal Christmas sales from small brick-and-mortar stores, according to an article in The New York Times by giving a 5% discount to those who went into the stores, used a special app to compare prices, then bought online. It wasn’t just a price-comparison app, which have been around for a long time. It was a reward program for not shopping at a local store that pays local taxes and employs local people. As one bookstore owner posted on her blog , “They ask you to take advantage of my knowledge & my education (which I’m still paying for) and treat the space I rent, the heat & light I pay for, the insurance policies I need to be here, the sales tax I gather for the state, the gathering place I offer, the books and book culture I believe in so much in that I’ve wagered everything on it: they want you to think of it as a showroom for goods you can just get more cheaply through them.” Happily, like the fictional residents of Whoville, small businesses had good will and holiday spirit as well as the support of non-Amazonian big businesses, local governments, and business associations nationwide.

Small Business Saturday, a promotion on November 26 by American Express, Facebook, and others gave marketing materials to small businesses as well as incentives to shoppers who supported those local businesses. The promotion prompted “an estimated 103 million Americans to shop at independently owned small businesses, up from a pre-Thanksgiving forecast of 89 million,” according to a statement from American Express. “Small business purchase transactions on American Express Cards at these small merchants were up 23% over 2010.” “It was the busiest ‘AFTER THANKSGIVING’ Saturday that I have had in 9 years of doing business!!!” said Pam Dunne, owner of Unique-Teak, in an email that illustrated her enthusiasm. “People actually told me that they had made a list of all the ‘small businesses’ that they had NEVER been to and made it a mission to shop with all of us … this boost was most appreciated and for me "much needed" as sales were way down in 2011!!!” Her enthusiasm was echoed by Julie Hubbard, owner of Julie’s Corner Store, who said that she had many people say they came to buy because it was small business Saturday.

Normally, her busiest day is her holiday preview two weeks before Thanksgiving but Small Business Saturday beat that this year. She and Dunne benefited by the community spirit the promotion generated, from local city government to local Chambers of Commerce who came together around the promotion. Not everyone fared so well. Tribeca Treats owner Rachel Thebault credits Small Business Saturday’s visibility and promotions with continuing good holiday sales despite bad luck for her store on the actual day of the event: Her internet connection went down and she could not process credit cards. People did come in, however, just because of the Small Business Saturday promotions. So Amazon, let’s hope your heart grows and you understand the real meaning of both the holidays and good business: We can all grow together. Did Small Business Saturday help your business this year? If you liked this article, you may also like: Grinch Still Trying to Steal Christmas - Eagle Forum Eagle Forum Become a Member of Eagle Forum ➤ 200 W 3rd St.

• Alton, IL • (618) 433-8990 Grinch Still Trying to Steal Christmas Grinch Still Trying to Steal Christmas by Phyllis Schlafly December 24, 2013 The grinch was a bitter, grumpy hermit who tried to steal Christmas from the kids in a famous children’s story of the 1950s. Unfortunately, the grinch has reemerged to try to take Christmas away from schoolchildren. The grinch is so nasty today that his actions could be prosecuted under our hate-crime laws. The law defines hate crimes as those characterized by hate, or even bias, committed on the basis of a person’s protected characteristics of religion and (you know the other protected categories). All over the country, grinches masquerading as school superintendents have been banning the traditional singing of Christmas carols and nativity displays, and insisting that the word “winter” be substituted every time the word Christmas is used (i.e., “winter vacation”). The grinch ignores the fact that federal law makes Christmas Day a national holiday. There are no laws or even court decisions that prohibit school children from singing Christmas carols.

The school superintendent at Bordentown Regional School District in New Jersey ordered that “religious music should not be part of the elementary programs.” So songs about Frosty, Rudolph, and mommy making out with Santa Claus can be sung at the school’s “winter” concert, but not songs about the Infant Jesus or even Silent Night. Grinches at Osgood Intermediate School in Kings Park, NY took a different tactic, censoring words out of “Silent Night” before fifth graders were allow to sing. Edited out were “holy infant,” “Christ the Savior is born,” and “’round yon virgin, mother and child.” The school’s principal has since apologized for this travesty. The grinch has even imposed his anti-Christian extremism on U.S. judges. A federal judge in San Diego just ordered the famous 43-foot-tall Mount Soledad Cross to be dug up and removed from a veterans memorial where it has been honored since 1913. Although the cross is certainly a Christian symbol, the memorial is surrounded by symbols of other faiths, such as 18 Stars of David. The cross is also surrounded by 3,000 granite plaques honoring individual heroes from all our wars.

In 2004, Congress passed a law dedicating this cross as a national memorial honoring veterans of the United States Armed Forces “who sacrificed their lives in the defense of the United States.” In 2006 the federal government took title to the property. Government support of the cross diminished after Obama became President. Barack Obama has given repeated examples of his aggressive campaign to make us a scrupulously secular nation, such as omitting the words “under God” from his recitation last month of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address for a PBS documentary. The military is getting the message that it must be in harmony with the secularist bias of the commander-in-chief. The grinch, under the name Military Religious Freedom Foundation, showed up at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina to complain about a nativity display set up by a group of volunteers in the base chapel. The Air Force took the nativity scene down within 2 hours and 15 minutes of being contacted. Who knew that the Air Force would so promptly obey orders from protestors? Extraordinarily fast action also resulted when the U.S.

Navy announced this week that it will remove two nativity displays from dining halls at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base because 18 servicemembers sent an email to alert the grinch at the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. The commanding officer said “no one’s ever complained to me about it. We’ve been doing it for 19 years,” but he promptly removed the nativity displays and moved them to the chapel. Two Baptist chaplains said they were forced out of a Veterans Affairs chaplain training program after they refused orders to stop praying in the name of Jesus and quoting the Bible. They were subjected to ridicule and harassment that led to one of the chaplains leaving the program and other being ejected. They are now suing. The one-year training program is required for anyone wanting to work as a VA hospital chaplain. The San Diego trainer is openly hostile to Christianity; the lawsuit accuses her of instructing chaplains that they may not pray in the name of Jesus or quote from the Bible. It tells you all you need to know about the trainer’s bias when the lawsuit reports that she told the class she believes God could be either man or woman. Ho! Ho! Ho! The grinch is getting nowhere in Texas.

The Texas Legislature nearly unanimously passed the “Merry Christmas Law” requiring schools to allow traditional Christmas festivities, including songs, trees, nativity scenes, the colors red and green, and the now-controversial words “Merry Christmas.” The Grinch Tries to Steal Christmas Again | Media - AdAge Adage Aleady a member? Sign in Get More From Ad Age Register to become a member today. You'll get the essential information you need to do your job better, including 7 free articles per month on Ad Age and Creativity Ability to comment on articles and creative work Access to 9 custom e-newsletters like Ad Age Daily, Ad Age Digital and CMO Strategy To get unlimited content and more benefits, check out our Membership page Register Now Want more Access, Content & Connections? We are glad you are enjoying Advertising Age. To get uninterrupted access and additional benefits, become a member today. Already a member? Log in or go back to the homepage . Hey, there. It looks like you're using an ad blocker. The news and features are funded in part by our advertisers.

To support Ad Age and the industry we cover please either: The Grinch Tries to Steal Christmas Again Rash Report: But Fewer People Show Up to Watch Him Do It By John Rash . Published on December 02, 2008 . MINNEAPOLIS (AdAge.com) -- In a case of art imitating life, the Grinch tried to steal Christmas twice yesterday. The first Grinch was embodied by the faceless National Bureau of Economic Research, which confirmed what everyone who has been to a Kmart or opened a 401(k) statement already knew: The country is in a recession, and has been since the last time "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" ran on ABC. 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas': Someone also stole ratings. The second appeared on ABC. And like the economy, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" -- as well as lead-in, "Shrek the Halls" -- slipped significantly.

Sure, both won their timeslots, but "Shrek," which delivered a 3.3/9 rating and share in the ad-centric adult 18-49 demographic, and "Grinch" (3.8/9), were down 54% and 44%, respectively, in the period. (All based on Nielsen fast affiliate ratings and shares, with final live-plus-same-day data yet to be released.) Then, just like how a stock market slide in New York triggers the Nikkei in Tokyo, back to back episodes following "Grinch" of "Samantha Who?" (2.2/5, 2.1/5) were at season lows. But "Boston Legal" (2.3/6) stabilized, rising 10% from season-to-date levels as the network slinked to a second-place 2.7/7. First place went to CBS, which ran reruns.

(True, it was the 42nd year of "Grinch," but it's a "classic," not a repeat.) Sitcoms "The Big Bang Theory" (2.5/7) and "How I Met Your Mother" (2.8/7) were second in the 8 p.m. hour. At 9 p.m., "Two and a Half Men" (4.1/10) won the timeslot and was the highest-rated show of the night. "Worst Week" (2.2/5) had just that, losing 46% of its lead-in and drawing the fewest viewers in the demo yet. A second showing of drama "CSI: Miami" (3.0/8) was also down 19% from season levels, as the network finished with an overall 2.9/7. CBS's reruns and ABC's double run of "Samantha" should have created conditions for "Heroes" at 9 p.m. to come to NBC's rescue, but the 3.6/9 was still 14% below the season average.

Lead-in "Chuck" (2.5/6) hit its season level but "My Own Worst Enemy" at 10 p.m. performed like yesterday's stock market after the recession designation was announced, down to a series-low 1.6/4. For the night, NBC was third with a 2.6/6. Fox was fourth with a 2.2/5, as two shows that don't exactly evoke the holidays, "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" (2.2/6) and "Prison Break" (2.2/5), were near season levels. The CW finished fifth with a 1.2/3. The network's problem is really at 9 p.m., as "Privileged," which has the privilege to run after "Gossip Girl" (1.5/4), loses a third of its lead-in audience. As both visits from the Grinch point out, these are tough times, both for the macro economy and the media economy, as even TV classics fail to be a stimulus. But the country -- and network TV -- will get through these recessionary times. As Dr. Seuss himself said, "He hadn't stopped Christmas from coming.

It came! Somehow or other it came just the same!" WHAT TO WATCH: Tuesday: Not quite as classic as "The Grinch" -- let alone Rudolph or Charlie Brown -- but ABC's "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" should keep you in the spirit. Wednesday: My, how they grow up so fast. The wee ones can take in "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" at 8 p.m., follow up with "Grammy Nominations Concert Live" at 9 p.m., and then get comfortable for "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show" at 10 p.m., all without changing the dial from CBS. (Actually, this suggested lineup is for demonstration purposes only. Please do not try this at home.) WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Are the scrooge-like ratings for "The Grinch" a precursor of holiday special coal in the networks' stockings this year? ~ ~ ~ NOTE: All ratings based on adults 18-49. A share is a percentage of adults 18-49 who have their TV sets on at a given time. A rating is a percentage of all adults 18-49, whether or not their sets are turned on.

For example, a 1.0 rating is 1% of the total U.S. adults 18-49 population with TVs. Ratings quoted in this column are based on live-plus-same-day unless otherwise noted. (Many ad deals have been negotiated on the basis of commercial-minute, live-plus-three-days viewing.) John Rash is senior VP-director of media analysis for Campbell Mithun , Minneapolis. For more, see rashreport.com. In this article:

Question: What did the Grinch try to steal?
Answer: Christmas