Showing posts with label Christmas Season. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas Season. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Are you a Grinch?
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
by Dr. Suess
Every Who Down in Who-villeLiked Christmas a lot...
But the Grinch,Who lived just North of Who-ville,Did NOT!
The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!
Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
It could be that his head wasn't screwed on quite right.
It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.
But,Whatever the reason,His heart or his shoes,
He stood there on Christmas Eve, hating the Whos,
Staring down from his cave with a sour, Grinchy frown
At the warm lighted windows below in their town.
For he knew every Who down in Who-ville beneath
Was busy now, hanging a mistleoe wreath.
"And they're hanging their stockings!" he snarled with a sneer.
"Tomorrow is Christmas! It's practically here!"
Then he growled, with his grinch fingers nervously drumming,
"I MUST find a way to keep Christmas from coming!"
For, tomorrow, he knew...
...All the Who girls and boys
would wake up bright and early. They'd rush for their toys!
And then! Oh, the noise!
Oh, the noise! Noise! Noise! Noise!
That's one thing he hated! The NOISE! NOISE! NOISE! NOISE!
Who doesn't love this story?
While I bet that few of us would claim, or admit that we are a Grinch, I know at times I can be "Grinchy."
Yesterday I was a bit Grinchy, saying Grinchy things at the other drivers: as clearly their minds weren't on driving.
It's during this time, that I usually refrain from going to malls. I used to love going to the malls because they were all decorated up and music was piped in and there was a feeling of Christmas. I didn't care if I was buying something or not, there was a just a feeling to GIVE that came over me, to make others happy.
Now? Now, there are moments, I just want to hole up and wait for this thing to blow over.
Where has that feeling gone?
As we get older physically do we need to get older mentally?
Jesus didn't think so.
In Matthew 18:3 he tells us we should stay like children spiritually.
Yes, things can be overbearing. NOISE NOISE NOISE!
But it isn't the NOISE that's getting to us, it's that we are an "adult." I would argue that being an adult during Christmas is the same as being The Grinch.
by Dr. Suess
Every Who Down in Who-villeLiked Christmas a lot...
But the Grinch,Who lived just North of Who-ville,Did NOT!
The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!
Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
It could be that his head wasn't screwed on quite right.
It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.
But,Whatever the reason,His heart or his shoes,
He stood there on Christmas Eve, hating the Whos,
Staring down from his cave with a sour, Grinchy frown
At the warm lighted windows below in their town.
For he knew every Who down in Who-ville beneath
Was busy now, hanging a mistleoe wreath.
"And they're hanging their stockings!" he snarled with a sneer.
"Tomorrow is Christmas! It's practically here!"
Then he growled, with his grinch fingers nervously drumming,
"I MUST find a way to keep Christmas from coming!"
For, tomorrow, he knew...
...All the Who girls and boys
would wake up bright and early. They'd rush for their toys!
And then! Oh, the noise!
Oh, the noise! Noise! Noise! Noise!
That's one thing he hated! The NOISE! NOISE! NOISE! NOISE!
Who doesn't love this story?
While I bet that few of us would claim, or admit that we are a Grinch, I know at times I can be "Grinchy."
Yesterday I was a bit Grinchy, saying Grinchy things at the other drivers: as clearly their minds weren't on driving.
It's during this time, that I usually refrain from going to malls. I used to love going to the malls because they were all decorated up and music was piped in and there was a feeling of Christmas. I didn't care if I was buying something or not, there was a just a feeling to GIVE that came over me, to make others happy.
Now? Now, there are moments, I just want to hole up and wait for this thing to blow over.
Where has that feeling gone?
As we get older physically do we need to get older mentally?
Jesus didn't think so.
In Matthew 18:3 he tells us we should stay like children spiritually.
Yes, things can be overbearing. NOISE NOISE NOISE!
But it isn't the NOISE that's getting to us, it's that we are an "adult." I would argue that being an adult during Christmas is the same as being The Grinch.
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