Minus the whole setting-the- Christmas - tree -on-fire thing, is the Grinch actually the hero the world needs right now?

Whoville’s scroogiest citizen may have had his wires crossed due to a traumatic childhood event, causing him to act out in not the most productive of ways, but he wasn't wrong about the avarice.

But Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas is really about how little Cindy Lou Who—who astutely wonders if the mad dash for presents and unneighborly one-upmanship to have the best lights isn't a little much —saves the day with her kind heart and generous spirit.

Which, after all, is the true meaning of Christmas.

And when you add Jim Carrey to the mix in director Ron Howard ’s 2000 take on the 1966 animated TV classic (which was adapted from th

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