Healthy Home Newsletter December 2018 Newsletter

December 2018 - Volume XVI, Issue 12
Surprising “Grinch” Trivia
Recently released was the most recent iteration of the holiday
favorite, The Grinch who Stole Christmas. The current theatric
version is titled The Grinch. Who wrote the story the movie is based
on? The famous Dr. Seuss, of course.
Theodor “Ted” Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904 in
Springfield, Massachusetts, and years before his middle name became
synonymous with his amazing children’s books, “Seuss” was also his
mother’s maiden name.
In more than 40 books he wrote, including classics such as The Cat
in the Hat and How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Seuss used strange
vehicles and animals and nonsense to communicate with children
around the world.
Did you know the pen name “Dr. Seuss” began
as a way to escape punishment in college?
In 1925, in the midst of the Prohibition Era, Seuss and his friends
were caught drinking gin in his Dartmouth dormitory dorm. As
punishment, Seuss was removed as an editor at the college’s humor
magazine, Jack-O-Lantern. However, he continued to publish work
under a variety of pseudonyms, including “T. Seuss.” Several other
varying monikers, such as “Dr. Theophrastus Seuss,” appeared over
the years, which he eventually shortened to “Dr. Seuss” as his go-to
professional pen name.
Seuss debuted the Cat and the Grinch the same year in 1957, two
of his most famous characters. The Cat and the Grinch were also
facets of the man. The rule-breaking, mischievous Cat illustrated the
author’s sense of play, while the Grinch showed the crabby part of
Seuss’ personality. Lastly, Seuss had a vanity license plate that read,
GRINCH.
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