Webjust outside of their beloved town lives the grinch (jim carrey), a nasty creature that hates christmas and plans to steal it from the whos, which he equally abhors. Theodor geisel’s widow had a very specific vision for how the grinch stole christmas. Theodor geisel hadn’t licensed much of his work during his life, but his widow, audrey. Webeventually the happiness below is so unbearable to him that he descends on the town and steals all the christmas presents, and only the touching faith of little cindy.