The song “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” was performed by Thurl Ravenscroft, who was also the voice of Tony the Tiger.
Sorry about getting this one to you at the end of the Christmas season. You’ll just have to strike up conversation about Frosted Flakes, and try to work this one in backwards.
And one more thing…
Mr. Grinch…?
So Grinch was his last name? I guess that makes sense. His first name was “The.”
The poem beginning, “Twas the night before Christmas…,” is titled A Visit from St. Nicholas, and was written in 1823 by Clement Clarke Moore. This poem largely standardized St. Nicholas as a fat man who flew around with reindeer.
It is quite remarkable that this caught on. It almost seems like Clement Clarke Moore combined all of the weirdest things he could possible imagine and created an image of Santa.
It appears one night of aggressive moonshine binging gave us the endearing image we celebrate today!
Often when a radio station changes ownership or format, they use Christmas songs, often out of season, to capture listeners’ interests.
Then the listener can make an active decision to avoid that particular station.
The Christmas Creep is the phenomenon in which merchants and retailers exploit the commercialized status of Christmas by moving up the start of the holiday shopping season. One way they do this, is by playing Christmas music earlier and earlier.
I always thought the Christmas Creep was that one uncle that always goes for the kiss on the lips when you see him at holiday family gatherings.
The Rump Parliament was the name of the English Parliament after it took over the Long Parliament on December 6, 1648. Among many things, the puritanical Rump Parliament sought to abolish the celebration of Christmas. It’s just like a Christmas movie!
Except people died.
And of course something called the “Rump” Parliament would be miserable. This is just what you would expect from a “Rump” Parliament.
North Korea does not show up on Google maps. How will I ever mail Kim Jong-il his Christmas present!?
