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Why Is The Grinch More Important Than Christmas

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At the start of the book the Grinch is a grumpy old man that got bullied when he was a child in school around Christmas time and decided to run away and is live up in te h snowy mountains with his dog Max Whoville and despises Christmas and joy. The Grinch decides that on Christmas Eve he will sneak into everybody 's house and steal their Christmas trees and their gifted presents. While hes busy ruining everyone 's holiday he runs into Cindy Lou, the daughter of one the citizens that live in Whoville who makes him figure out that Christmas is something much more important than foiled wrapped gifts and giant trees, and that its about spending time with your family and people you love, and from that day on the Grinch 's tiny heart grew three

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