# TNT is showing the Grinch who Stole Christmas and I refuse to watch it
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tnt-is-showing-the-grinch-who-stole-christmas-and-i-refuse-to-watch-it/330910
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 14, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tnt-is-showing-the-grinch-who-stole-christmas-and-i-refuse-to-watch-it/330910 "2005-11-14T00:45:53Z")
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### Author:  [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tnt-is-showing-the-grinch-who-stole-christmas-and-i-refuse-to-watch-it/330910/1 "2005-11-14T00:45:53Z")
It’s not even Thanksgiving! How are they showing it two weeks before Turkey Day? Has Thanksgiving become the forgotten holiday? I like Thanksgiving! I get to show off my cooking prowess, take two days off work, and relax. Why the rush to Christmas?
So, phooey on you, TNT. I refuse to watch Grinch. I’m sure you’ll show it again, and when it’s on after Nov 24, I shall be happy to watch.
Grrr…
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### Author:  [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tnt-is-showing-the-grinch-who-stole-christmas-and-i-refuse-to-watch-it/330910/2 "2005-11-14T00:52:02Z")
It’s not even Thanksgiving! How are they showing it two weeks before Turkey Day? Has Thanksgiving become the forgotten holiday? I like Thanksgiving! I get to show off my cooking prowess, take two days off work, and relax. Why the rush to Christmas?
So, phooey on you, TNT. I refuse to watch Grinch. I’m sure you’ll show it again, and when it’s on after Nov 24, I shall be happy to watch.
Grrr…
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### Author:  [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tnt-is-showing-the-grinch-who-stole-christmas-and-i-refuse-to-watch-it/330910/3 "2005-11-14T00:58:06Z")
When my daughter was little, we had a video tape on which we’d recorded a bunch of holiday specials. The rule was she was not allowed to watch it until after Thanksgiving. After she moved out on her own, she delighted in calling me and telling me she was watching her Christmas video before Thanksgiving.
She’s the sort of person TNT is doing this for.
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### Author:  [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tnt-is-showing-the-grinch-who-stole-christmas-and-i-refuse-to-watch-it/330910/4 "2005-11-14T01:16:11Z")
You’re a mean one, **ivylass**.
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2005, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tnt-is-showing-the-grinch-who-stole-christmas-and-i-refuse-to-watch-it/330910/5 "2005-11-14T01:22:25Z")
May I suggest a better reason to boycott it?
Namely: the corruption of the story - in the book, the _Whos_ are joyful innocents, equally able to celebrate life either with or without their material possessions. The movie turns all but one of them into ugly, grabby, selfish consumers in dire need of reform.
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### Author:  [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2005, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tnt-is-showing-the-grinch-who-stole-christmas-and-i-refuse-to-watch-it/330910/6 "2005-11-14T01:25:34Z")
On top of that, there was one show I remember watching that I don’t think is shown anymore. Something about a Heatmeister and a Freezemeister.
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### Author:  [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tnt-is-showing-the-grinch-who-stole-christmas-and-i-refuse-to-watch-it/330910/7 "2005-11-14T01:36:46Z")
\*I’m Mr. White Christmas
I’m Mr. Snow
I’m Mr. Icicle
I’m Mr. 10 below…
Friends call me Snow Miser
Whatever I touch
Turns to snow in my clutch
I’m too much!\*
You’re probably thinking of [The Year Without a Santa Claus](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072424/), the only one of those specials I really remember.
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### Author:  [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tnt-is-showing-the-grinch-who-stole-christmas-and-i-refuse-to-watch-it/330910/8 "2005-11-14T01:39:59Z")
That’s it! I remember the song! Has it gone away? I know they show Rudolph and Frosty and the Grinch every year, but I haven’t seen this one or The Little Drummer Boy in years.
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### Author:  [@ryobserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryobserver)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tnt-is-showing-the-grinch-who-stole-christmas-and-i-refuse-to-watch-it/330910/9 "2005-11-14T01:42:01Z")
Have to agree; I was startled and then annoyed to see that in the schedule. But I suppose it was inevitable given the current trend of starting the Christmas shilling and shopping before Halloween, never mind Thanksgiving. The year-end holidays are now telescoped into each other like crashed freight cars; witches and turkeys and Santa vie for space in the same aisles. It’s insane. As a friend of mine said at this time last year, “I don’t know whether to bake pies, wrap presents or knock on doors asking for treats.”
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tnt-is-showing-the-grinch-who-stole-christmas-and-i-refuse-to-watch-it/330910/10 "2005-11-14T02:05:57Z")
I’ve always felt there should be a hard and fast rule - no mention of Christmas by advertising or retailers until December 1st.
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### Author:  [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2005, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tnt-is-showing-the-grinch-who-stole-christmas-and-i-refuse-to-watch-it/330910/11 "2005-11-14T02:13:01Z")
I will only boycott if it’s the live, bad, Jim Carrey version.
I would listen to Thurl sing on the Fourth of July!
🆒
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### Author:  [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2005, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tnt-is-showing-the-grinch-who-stole-christmas-and-i-refuse-to-watch-it/330910/12 "2005-11-14T04:41:58Z")
> [@Mangetout](#):
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> May I suggest a better reason to boycott it?
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> Namely: the corruption of the story - in the book, the _Whos_ are joyful innocents, equally able to celebrate life either with or without their material possessions. The movie turns all but one of them into ugly, grabby, selfish consumers in dire need of reform.
He’s not referring to the movie. He’s referring to the classic 1966 animated special. Since Dr. Seuss was still alive when that was made, he was able to oversee production. And the _Whos_ down in _Who_-ville know that Christmas doesn’t come from a store. They are content to hold hands and sing in phoney Latin. They are happy with or without presents. That is the way we all should be.
Whether we should be that way before Thanksgiving? I don’t know.
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### Author:  [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2005, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tnt-is-showing-the-grinch-who-stole-christmas-and-i-refuse-to-watch-it/330910/13 "2005-11-14T06:26:58Z")
I won’t watch the Jim Carrey Version. Ironically it’s not because I have anything againest Carrey.He’s the best part of the movie, in fact he’s the only reason to watch it. And therein lies the problem.
In the cartoon, The Grinch is a Jerk is overcome by the fact they aren’t materialistic. In the movie, The Grinch is still a bit of a jerk, but the whos are so annoying and materialistic that I end up cheering for the grinch. That and I like Jim Carrey.
But I won’t watch the movie if I can help it.
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### Author:  [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2005, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tnt-is-showing-the-grinch-who-stole-christmas-and-i-refuse-to-watch-it/330910/14 "2005-11-14T12:49:03Z")
> [@ivylass](#):
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> That’s it! I remember the song! Has it gone away? I know they show Rudolph and Frosty and the Grinch every year, but I haven’t seen this one or The Little Drummer Boy in years.
My wife laughs at me, but I sing the miser songs too.
For those of you that love the old animated specials, the ABC Family channel had this thing last year called “The 25 Days of Christmas” where they showed all the old classics, including “The Year Without a Santa Claus”. Although it doesn’t look like they’ve posted a schedule yet, from their website it looks like they’re doing it again this year.