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He puzzled and puzzled till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more!
— How the Grinch Stole Christmas! • 1957
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The narrator shows the Grinch straining his brain until a new thought lands. Christmas, he realises, might not be something bought in a shop. The unwrapped gift fits that idea of meaning beyond store-bought things.
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