Who is the Grinch and where did this character come from?

2023 is ending and many are getting ready to celebrate Christmas and thus bring joy to the last days of the year.

However, we know that this holiday is increasingly becoming more commercial in nature and moving away from the family tradition that many of us knew as children.

This is not something recent, in fact, we can find a warning of sorts if we go back to the middle of the last century, when a particular character tried to make us think about the true meaning of this traditional holiday.

Near Grincha fictional character created by writer Theodor Seuss Geisel, known as Dr. Seuss, in 1957.

The first appearance of this green and hairy elf was in the book. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!published the same year.

In fiction, the Grinch lives on top of a mountain, from where he watches the town’s residents prepare to celebrate the most important moment of the year: Christmas.

He decides to steal Christmas gifts and decorations to upset the locals.

However, the moral of the story teaches that the items stolen by the Grinch are just unimportant accessories because Christmas is so much more than that.

“The Grinch” can be interpreted as a kind of criticism of the current model of society and the commercial meaning that a holiday like Christmas has acquired.

At that time, the character quickly managed to attract attention. In fact, in 1966, a film adaptation was made in the form of a cartoon; there are also films starring Jim carrey The most famous.

Meanwhile, a musical featuring this classic story premiered on Broadway in 2008.

Today, and unfairly, the name Grinch is also used to refer to a person who gets angry easily, and this is not necessarily associated with the celebration of Christmas.

Surely among your friends or relatives there is more than one person known by this nickname. If this is you, you may want to take a close look at your behavior on upcoming dates.