Artist: Thurl Ravenscroft
Title: You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Favourite Lyrics:
You're a crooked dirty jockey and you drive a crooked hoss, Mr. Grinch You're a three decker sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich with arsenic sauce!
Why?:
It's so sad. Nobody writes lyrics like this anymore!
What better way to start a great (heh!)* season of consumerism by reminding everyone that this isn't what Christmas is about? And yet... here we are again. I like Christmas. I really do. I'm just not into the intense commercialism of it. For me, it was always the day when mom and dad were both home. It used to be a quiet day when I was young. Nothing was open. My mom even shut down our little corner store for the day to sit, relax, and watch whatever movies were on television that day. Mind you, we would occasionally get a phone call from a neighbour asking if we were open (or mind opening up) and if we had batteries, cranberry sauce, gravy and various other food items and gift wrap paper and tape. But it wasn't a big deal. The store was attached to the house. The neighbour would come by, it would be a quick transaction and mom was back inside, watching a movie with us. This was one of those movies. Mom would sometimes hum along to the music.
*Thurl Ravenscroft's voice should sound familiar. He is, after all, the voice of Kellog's Tony the Tiger.
Why?:
It's so sad. Nobody writes lyrics like this anymore!
What better way to start a great (heh!)* season of consumerism by reminding everyone that this isn't what Christmas is about? And yet... here we are again. I like Christmas. I really do. I'm just not into the intense commercialism of it. For me, it was always the day when mom and dad were both home. It used to be a quiet day when I was young. Nothing was open. My mom even shut down our little corner store for the day to sit, relax, and watch whatever movies were on television that day. Mind you, we would occasionally get a phone call from a neighbour asking if we were open (or mind opening up) and if we had batteries, cranberry sauce, gravy and various other food items and gift wrap paper and tape. But it wasn't a big deal. The store was attached to the house. The neighbour would come by, it would be a quick transaction and mom was back inside, watching a movie with us. This was one of those movies. Mom would sometimes hum along to the music.
*Thurl Ravenscroft's voice should sound familiar. He is, after all, the voice of Kellog's Tony the Tiger.
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