Dr Seuss Baby Shower

The Dr Seuss baby shower theme is a great, festive theme for a shower. You'll find banners and balloons, invitations and thank you notes, plates and cups, tablecloths and centerpieces. Why it is a list worthy of Dr Seuss story of its own.

Who can forget classics like &quot;one fish two fish, red fish blue fish&quot;. Put a spin on that for the baby, &quot;one fish two fish, red fish NEW fish&quot;. Of course there are plenty of sources within the canon, including &quot;Green eggs and ham&quot;, &quot;Horton hears a who&quot; and &quot;The cat in the hat&quot;. Theodor Seuss Geisel penned 46 childrens books during his career. If you are celebrating near the Christmas holiday, don't forget the classic &quot;How the Grinch stole Christmas&quot;. Imagine the soundtrack to you're mean one Mister Grinch playing.

Many of his stories had theme relevant to current issues in society. The Grinch tale focuses on the commercialism of the holiday. Racism is addressed in the Sneetches. The arms race is detailed in The Butler Battle Book. The Horton elephant story is a cautionary warning against isolationism, a political policy practiced in the early years of World War I and II.

The Grinch

Without a doubt, my favorite Dr. Seuss story is "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". However I must admit it is due to the Christmas TV special by Chuck Jones as much as it is the book.

Chuck Jones directed the TV version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. You may recognize the name from the classic Tom & Jerry cartoons he directed. My favorite aspect of both shows is the sound effects. The sounds are like the Chuck Jones signature. Nothing says Tom & Jerry like that telltale "thwock!" of Tom getting his tail chopped off, which happened at least once in nearly every episode. Those same loud and rich sound effects can be heard on the How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Of course, the message of the story is part of the charm. The anti consumerism theme is prevalent throughout the show. It begins with the Grinch scheming on top of mount Krumpet about how to stop Christmas. He gets the idea to steal all the trappings (gifts, trees, candy, food) and thereby ruin Christmas. The story then proceeds to the lavish and delightfully sinister scenes of the Grinch burglarizing every home in Whoville. This is where the not threatening, but wholly evil anti-hero shines. It culminates in boldfaced lie he tells the young Cindy Lou about having to take the tree to his workshop to fix a damaged light. The narrator specifically declares that the main character is lying as he does it! There is no doubt our main character is complete villain. The story concludes with the Grinch learning that Christmas is not about consumerism, but &quot;something more&quot;. In a true character arc he is redeemed and saves the day.

Finally, you have the "You're a Mean One, Mister Grinch" song. This is permanently etched in brain, along with the husky voice of Thurl Ravenscroft who sings it. The lyrics, penned by Dr. Seuss himself, are once again delightfully unwholesome. But at the same time there is no threat or violence. We all always safe in the world of Dr. Seuss.

How can you simply not love literally the first anti-hero you are ever exposed to. Only the magic of Dr. Seuss could ever pull off such a holiday special. It is a simply a one of kind, and something none of us are likely ever to see again. Thank you Dr Seuss.