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[[File:Grinch.jpg|link=How the Grinch Stole Christmas (animation)|frame|[["The Villain Sucks" Song|You're a three decker sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich with arsenic sauce.]]]]

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{{quote|''"Every Who down in Who-ville

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''But the Grinch,

''Who lived just north of Who-ville,

''Did NOT!"''|''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (novel)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]''}}

''Did NOT!"''|''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (novel)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]''}}

There seems to be no shortage of things to like about Christmas: [[It Was a Gift|presents]], [[Thicker Than Water|family]], at the very least a little time off. Who could possibly hate this most hallowed of holidays?

The Grinch, that's who. He hates Christmas and he'll keep [[Kick the Dog|kicking (Christmas themed) dogs]] until everyone knows it. Most of the time when specials reveal [[Freudian Excuse|why they hate Christmas]], it's often something [[Disproportionate Retribution|petty]] like never gotten the gift they wanted, or something [[Dark and Troubled Past|downright tragic]].

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== [[Literature]] ==

* [[The Scrooge|Ebenezer Scrooge]] in ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' is the [[Trope Codifier]].

* The Grinch in ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (novel)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'' is the [[Trope Namer]]. He learns the [[True Meaning of Christmas]] when his heart suddenly grows three sizes.

* The Grinch in ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (novel)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'' is the [[Trope Namer]]. He learns the [[True Meaning of Christmas]] when his heart suddenly grows three sizes.

* The White Witch from ''[[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]'' who plunges Narnia into an eternal winter where it is 'always Winter, but never Christmas'. The arrival of Christmas is one of the first signs that her power is faltering.

* A tie-in storybook based on the film ''[[Cars]]'' called "Mater Saves Christmas" has Chick Hicks play the Grinch character (he's even painted green!).

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{{quote|'''''Roz Poodle:''''' She wouldn't DARE ban my handcrafted singing Santa cookie jar!

'''''Ben Bruin:''''' Are you kidding? She'd ban snow if it didn't fall fall out of the sky on a regular basis. }}

* Third Character from [http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com Jayden and Crusader] hates Christmas. He starts off by attacking Christmas carollers and it only gets worse.

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** The Simpsons family also attempted to steal some Funzos before Christmas Day. Subverted in that they actually had a very ''good'' reason for doing so, as apparently the toy company that created Funzo also programmed it to destroy any and all toys that are not part of its own line, meaning allowing them to survive would have made Christmas worse.

** Mr. Burns in one episode was also stated to have stolen Christmas in 1986.

*** In one [[Distant Finale|future episode]], a character again alludes to Mr. Burns having stolen Christmas, this time apparently permanently.

* Turns out ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' is a Grinch. Growing up with two erratic parents who spend their holidays too busy arguing about Santa's existence gave him a deep hatred of Christmas and probably the only child negligence story involving possessed turkey. He gets over, though.

* [[Shrek]] starts out as one of these in ''Shrek the Halls''.

* The Beast in ''[[Beauty and The Beast The Enchanted Christmas]]''.

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== [[Real Life]] ==

* [[George Washington]]. What time did he choose to Cross the Delaware? Nice job ruining people's Christmas!

** This was largely for pragmatic reasons; at the time most American Protestants didn't really consider Christmas a festive holiday, while the Hessians did and thus spent the day enjoying themselves, thus letting their guard down.

* Admiral Yamamoto. Striking just at the beginning of the holiday season on Dec 7. Of course you know [[This Means War]].

* Some people, while not actually disliking Christmas itself, [[Hype Backlash|get irritated by the constant barrage of Christmas advertising]], and businesses shoving Christmas down your throat as early as possible, up to and including stores putting their Christmas decorations on display ''in the [http://www.cinemassacre.com/2009/01/12/you-know-whats-bullshit-episode-9/ middle of September]''. Also, trying to run to a store like Best Buy or Walmart just to pick up a small item you need only to find like ten million people there doing their Christmas shopping isn't too fun.

** Also, some Christmas songs are ''extremely'' annoying. Particularly bad offenders are "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer," and "12 Days of Christmas."