We recently watched “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” The Grinch took everything from the families in Who-ville, even the food in the refrigerator, believing that he could stop Christmas from coming. What he finds out is that he could not. On Christmas morning though each Who awoke to a great loss, they still spent Christmas morning singing praises and welcoming Christmas Day. As the Grinch says, “How could it be so? It came without ribbons! It came without tags! It came without packages boxes, or bags!”
What a great example the Whos in Who-ville set for children and adults alike. Christmas is not about the ribbons, packages, boxes and bags. It is about a greater gift that was given to the world, the gift of God’s love and His salvation through Jesus Christ. No person can steal this gift from you. If the only thing you woke up to on Christmas morning was God’s love would you still be able to welcome Christmas? That is what matters most.
That Great Scene in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”
Grinch: They’re finding out now that no Christmas is coming. They’re just waking up, I know just what they’ll do. Their mouths will hang open a minute or two, Then the Whos down in Whoville will all cry, “Boo Hoo!” That’s a noise, (the Grinch said,) that I simply must hear!
Narrator: So he paused, And the Grinch put a hand to his ear. And he did hear a sound rising over the snow. It started in low. Then it started to grow… But the sound wasn’t sad! Why, this sound sounded glad!
[Whos singing]
Every Who down in Who-ville, the tall and the small, Was singing! Without any presents at all! He HADN’T stopped Christmas from coming! IT CAME! Somehow or other, it came just the same! And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling:
Grinch: How could it be so? It came without ribbons! It came without tags! It came without packages boxes, or bags!
Narrator: And he puzzled and puzzed, till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! “Maybe Christmas,” he thought, “doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more.”
