I keep thinking about the ending of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” How this poor guy’s evil plan doesn’t come off the way he expected it to, all because he doesn’t really understand the Whos. Because all he can see are the material trappings of Christmas, he assumes that that’s all everybody else sees too. But that’s not what Christmas means for the Whos, and after he takes away all of their things, they celebrate anyway. I have long felt that we are being conditioned, by politicians and others who benefit by having ordinary people afraid of each other and … Continue reading Will the Grinch Steal Christmas?