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May I present to you: the Who-Nativity. Staring Who-Mary, Who-Joeshph and Who-Baby Jesus (who doesn’t have his who-nose yet bc famously whos grow into their who noses when they are older, which you can hear in the 2000 movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas, when the mayor says to Cindy Lou Who “No, you choose to listen to a little, not-to-be-taken-seriously girl, who hasn’t even grown into her nose yet.”)

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Your Fave(s) MIGHT Be Catholic: The Whos

Known for: A microscopic race of people from two of the most popular books by beloved children’s author Dr. Seuss - Horton Hears A Who & How the Grinch Stole Christmas. They are a humble & loving race who just wish to live in peace in their town of Whoville, & they have traditions that they love dearly. They are introduced in the story Horton Hears A Who, when the gentle & compassionate elephant Horton rescues their tiny dust speck sized planet from falling in the river, & from there on out continues to protect the small world, with his iconic mantra “A person’s a person, no matter how small!” Later on, the Mayor of Whoville (or Dr. Whovey in the 1970s television adaptation) gets in touch with Horton, explains their situation, & expresses eternal gratitude to the kind elephant. Unfortunately, a sour kangaroo, three monkey brothers, & a black bottomed eagle don’t believe they are real due to their tiny size & inability to hear them like Horton can, & do everything they can to try & destroy the clover they sit on. Luckily though, with Horton’s help, they manage to make themselves heard, & they are saved from destruction! They return in the book How the Grinch Stole Christmas, where they are seen celebrating Christmas & having a grand old time, much to the annoyance of the grumpy & bitter creature known as The Grinch who despises Christmas. The Grinch attempts to steal Christmas by taking all of their decorations, presents, & food one Christmas Eve night while they sleep, but it ultimately proves pointless when they still come out & celebrate Christmas anyway. It’s here where The Grinch learns that Christmas means much more than presents & parties, sees the error of his ways, & returns their things. Since the publication of those two books, they have since appeared in every adaptation of The Grinch & Horton as well as the Broadway musical Seussical, with some of them even expanding on minor Who characters like Cindy Lou Who & Jo-Jo. In short, they are a microscopic fantasy race that lives on a tiny speck sized planet protected by a gentle elephant that LOVES Christmas, with or without presents.

Why I say MIGHT as opposed to IS: Dr. Seuss wrote his books to appeal to as many children as possible, & thus he never really brought up the subject of religion too much so as not to alienate any readers. But all that said, Dr. Seuss still made it abundantly clear in How the Grinch Stole Christmas that The Whos celebrate Christmas, which despite its massive commercialism is still a religious holiday for most denominations of Christianity. Thus, at the very least, The Whos do believe in Christianity, & could be a very religious group. Interestingly enough, Dr. Seuss actually made this clear in Horton Hears A Who, when Horton the Elephant speaks with the Mayor of Whoville for the first time & he mentions the churches of Whoville in his speech of gratitude, & thus a Christian house of worship. To quote the original text: “You’ve saved all our houses, our ceilings & floors, You’ve saved all our churches & grocery stores!” Now, you might be asking, “What makes you think it’s the Catholic faith that The Whos follow?” To answer that, I will point back to How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Besides the whole loving Christmas detail, there’s a small piece of possible evidence found in a line said by The Grinch himself. As he puts together his phony Santa Claus outfit, he makes a reference to Saint Nicholas, who is a Catholic saint & the patron saint of children among other things, & also the main basis for the Santa Claus lore itself. To quote the original text: “With this hat & this coat, I’ll look just like Saint Nick.” Thus, because he’s referencing the original Saint Nicholas, it’s a small hint that The Whos practice Catholicism, since most other denominations of Christianity don’t really think much of the saints. But then again, Dr. Seuss has never officially stated the religious beliefs of The Whos, so this is all up for speculation. Still, it’s entirely possible that they are Catholic.

If this post is wrong: If this post is wrong & Dr. Seuss, his widow Audrey Geisel, or anyone else from the Dr. Seuss estate has stated somewhere that The Whos practice a different sect of Christianity or a different religion altogether - possibly one where they worship Horton the Elephant as a guardian god-like figure (which, I imagine, Horton probably wouldn’t like very much, since he’s a very humble elephant), then please let me know & I will update this right away!