For the 2000 live-action film, see How the Grinch Stole Christmas (film).

Narrator

• Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot,
  But the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville, did not.
  The Grinch hated Christmas — the whole Christmas season.
  Oh, please don't ask why, no one quite knows the reason.
  It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.
  It could be that his head wasn't screwed on just right.
  But I think that the best reason of all
  May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.

• And what happened then...? Well...in Who-ville they say
  That the Grinch's small heart grew three sizes that day!
  And then the true meaning of Christmas came through,
  And the Grinch found the strength of ten Grinches… plus two.

• Welcome, Christmas, bring your cheer.
  Cheer to all Whos far and near.
  Christmas Day is in our grasp
  so long as we have hands to clasp.
  Christmas Day will always be
  Just as long as we have we.
  Welcome, Christmas, while we stand
  Heart to heart,... and hand in hand.

Singer

• 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!

Dialogue

Grinch: They're finding out now that no Christmas is coming.
They're just waking up, I know just what they'll do.
Their mouths will hang open a minute or two,
Then the Whos down in Whoville will all cry, "Boo Hoo."

Narrator: So he paused, And the Grinch put a hand to his ear.
And he did hear a sound rising over the snow.
It started in low.
Then it started to grow...
But the sound wasn't sad!
Why, this sound sounded glad!

[Whos singing]

Narrator: Every Who down in Who-ville, the tall and the small,
Was singing! Without any presents at all!
He HADN'T stopped Christmas from coming! IT CAME!
Somehow or other, it came just the same!

...

Narrator: And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling:

Grinch: How could it be so?
It came without ribbons! It came without tags!
It came without packages boxes, or bags!

Narrator: And he puzzled and puzzed, till his puzzler was sore.
Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before!
"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store.
Maybe Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more."

Cast

• Boris Karloff — Narrator/The Grinch (voice)
• June Foray — Cindy Lou Who (voice)
• Chuck Jones — Max (voice)
• Thurl Ravenscroft — Singer (voice)

See also

• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (film) (2000 live-action film)
• Dr. Seuss