The group, which had never asked for the trees to be removed, was accused by some of trying to steal Christmas.

"For some children," he said, "this is like stealing Christmas."

Anyone who feels we are 'stealing Christmas away' would just be half-witted.

Homer gets the idea to do the ultimate good deed: steal Christmas.

The media started calling him "the Gingrinch who stole Christmas."

"Around here it's the economy that is the Grinch who stole Christmas," he said.

He almost reminds me of the Grinch who stole Christmas.

"Stealing Christmas" wears its heart on its fur-trimmed red sleeve.

"How the Ghosts Stole Christmas" would later be filmed in the same town.

From the year 2000 movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas.