How the Grinch Stole Ostara!
Over the past couple of weeks, in light of the global pandemic of Coronavirus, I've been recommending that Ásatrúars celebrate Ostara in their homes and share photographs. Let all see that the world still turns, that life goes on, and indeed that Ostara returns. During this time, the current article began to take shape in my mind. I write these words while under a somewhat self-imposed quarantine, but otherwise quite comfortable in my home on the morning of 23 March 2020. ********* Oddly enough, as I consider the holiday of Ostara this year, my mind returns to fond memories of the Christmases of my childhood. One special memory is that of my family gathering around our Zenith TV to watch the Dr. Seuss holiday special, How the Grinch Stole Christmas . Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel wrote a book by the same title and published it in 1957. I was unaware of the story however until it appeared in cartoon format in 1966. The cartoon, that was vastly superior to the various live-action r