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“That’s what it’s all about, isn’t it? That’s what it’s always been *about*. Gifts, gifts… gifts, gifts, gifts, gifts, gifts! You wanna know what happens to your gifts? They all come to me. In your garbage. You see what I’m saying? In your *garbage*. I could hang myself with all the bad Christmas neckties I found at the dump. And the avarice…” Dr. Seuss’ ‘The Grinch’ is a tale of the demise of values and the rise of consumerism. All quotes are from Ron Howard’s 2000 ‘How The Grinch Stole Christmas’ film.

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