How the Grinch Failed to Steal Christmas from the Blind Whos

A warm, cozy, violently anti-ableist Christmas story

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Every Who Down in Who-ville liked Christmas a lot.

But the Grinch, who lived just north of Who-ville, Did NOT!

The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!

Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason.

It could be his head wasn’t screwed on just right.

It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.

Or maybe, just maybe,

His problem was sight.

For the Grinch was a grump, quite a miserable guy.

And he saw everything out of both of his eyes.

But the Whos down in Who-ville were perfectly kind.

They were lovely and gentle,

And totally blind!

(Well, there was one exception, and we’ll get there, no doubt.

One blind Who, uh, let’s say, had some stuff to work out).

The Grinch knew in his heart that he had to be right

About Christmas for he was the one who had sight.

“What can you really know if you can’t see a thing?”

Thought the Grinch to himself. “They should make me their king.”

“I could tell them what’s wrong. I could tell them what’s right.

I could lead them through their sad, eternal, blind night.”

“And the first thing I’ll do from my new rightful throne?

Make it clear that their Christmas, I do not condone!”