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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MaroonTrucker28 on 2024-12-18 22:30:05+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the first reference to the Grinch was not in How The Grinch Stole Christmas. He first appeared in the book Scrambled Eggs Super (1953). He later appeared in a 1955 poem “The Hoobub And The Grinch”, before the famous story of him was published