He first appeared as the main character in the 1957 childrenu2019s book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
The Grinch has since become an icon of the Christmas Holidays, despite the characteru2019s hatred of the season, and has appeared on various forms of memorabilia such as Christmas ornaments, plush dolls, and various clothing items.
Although the animated film and all subsequent visual media depict the Grinch as green with creme colored eyes, in the original Seuss book he, like everything else, is printed in black, white, and shades of red. He lives in an isolated cave near Whoville, the town in which the original story takes place. His only companion is his faithful dog, Max. He despises the Christmas holiday because his heart is u201ctwo sizes too smallu201d, and hatches a plan to steal the Whosu2019 Christmas gifts and decorations, an act for which he disguises himself in a Santa suit.