"I must stop this whole thing. Why for fifty-three years, I've put up with it now! I must stop this Christmas from coming! But how?" "I know just what to do!" "What a great Grinchy trick! With this coat and this hat, I look just like Saint Nick!" "Why, my sweet little tot," the fake Santy Claus lied. "There's a light on this tree, that won't light on one side. So I'm taking it home to my workshop, my dear. I'll fix it up there, then I'll bring it back here." "Pooh-pooh to the Whos!" he was grinch-ish-ly humming. "They're finding out now that no Christmas is coming! They're just waking up, I know just what they'll do. They're mouths will hang open or minute or two then the Whos down in Who-ville will all cry BOO-HOO!" "That's the noise!" grinned the Grinch, "That I simply must hear!" "How could it be so? It came without ribbons! It came without tags! It came without packages, boxes or bags!" "Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"