You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch by Dr. Seuss You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch. You really are a heel. You're as cuddly as a cactus, You're as charming as an eel. Mr. Grinch. You're a bad banana with a greasy black peel.

You're a monster, Mr. Grinch. Your heart's an empty hole. Your brain is full of spiders, You've got garlic in your soul. Mr. Grinch. I wouldn't touch you, with a thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole.

You're a vile one, Mr. Grinch. You have termites in your smile. You have all the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodile. Mr. Grinch. Given the choice between the two of you, I'd take the seasick crocodile.

You're a foul one, Mr. Grinch. You're a nasty, wasty skunk. Your heart is full of unwashed socks, Your soul is full of gunk. Mr. Grinch. The three words that best describe you are as follows, and I quote: "Stink. Stank. Stunk."

You're a rotter, Mr. Grinch. You're the king of sinful sots. Your heart's a dead tomato Splotched with moldy, purple spots, Mr. Grinch.

Your soul is an appalling dump-heap, Overflowing with the most disgraceful assortment of deplorable rubbish imaginable, Mangled-up in tangled-up knots.

You nauseate me, Mr. Grinch, With a nauseaus super naus. You're a crooked jerky jockey, And you drive a crooked hoss. Mr. Grinch. You're a three-decker sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich, With arsenic sauce. Copyright © 1957, Dr. Seuss

Part 2: Always Winter, Never Christmas

“She has made an enchantment over the whole country so that it is always winter here and never Christmas.” ~ Lucy, to her siblings in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

The White Witch

Our Christmas traditions would not exist. IF CHRISTMAS HAD NEVER HAPPENED:

We would have far fewer charities and humanitarian organizations. IF CHRISTMAS HAD NEVER HAPPENED:

The face of education would be very different. IF CHRISTMAS HAD NEVER HAPPENED:

And since we are all one body in Christ, we belong to each other, and each of us needs all the others… If you are a teacher, do a good job of teaching. And since we are all one body in Christ, we belong to each other, and each of us needs all the others… If you are a teacher, do a good job of teaching. Romans 12:5, 7 (NLT)

The Lord's servants… must be able to teach effectively… 2 Timothy 2:24 (NLT)

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom… Colossians 3:16 (NIV)

We would still be lost to our sinfulness. IF CHRISTMAS HAD NEVER HAPPENED:

“And I, the Son of Man, have come to seek and save those… who are lost.” Luke 19:10 (NLT)

The people who walk in darkness will see a great light--a light that will shine on all who live in the land where death casts its shadow… For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. And the government will rest on his shoulders. These will be his royal titles: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. The people who walk in darkness will see a great light--a light that will shine on all who live in the land where death casts its shadow… For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. And the government will rest on his shoulders. These will be his royal titles: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:2, 6 (NLT)

Life itself was in him, and this life gives light to everyone. The light shines through the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it… The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was going to come into the world. Life itself was in him, and this life gives light to everyone. The light shines through the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it… The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was going to come into the world. John 1:4-5, 9 (NLT)

BECAUSE JESUS CAME, WE CAN HAVE… PEACE

"Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to all whom God favors." Luke 2:14 (NLT)

BECAUSE JESUS CAME, WE CAN HAVE… PEACE HOPE

“The absence of hope is despair.” ~ Wikipedia

This letter is from Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, appointed by the command of God our Savior and by Christ Jesus our hope. 1 Timothy 1:1 (NLT)

The people who walk in darkness will see a great light… Isaiah 9:2 (NLT)

BECAUSE JESUS CAME, WE CAN HAVE… PEACE HOPE A SECOND CHANCE

“In this man Jesus there is forgiveness for your sins. Everyone who believes in him is freed from all guilt and declared right with God--something the Jewish law could never do.” Acts 13:38-39 (NLT)

BECAUSE JESUS CAME, WE CAN HAVE… PEACE HOPE A SECOND CHANCE NEW LIFE

“My purpose is to give life in all its fullness.” John 10:10 (NLT)

What this means is that those who become Christians become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life has begun! 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NLT)

But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. John 1:12 (NLT)

Part 2: Always Winter, Never Christmas