Christmas at the Grinch’s. A dream (or, perhaps, a nightmare?) that has come true in Boulder, Utah, United States. Here the digital hotellerie platform Vacasa, in partnership with Dr. Seuss Enterprise – the firm owning the Grinch’s image rights – has set up an apartment that faithfully replicates the cave of the creature born out of the imagination of American children’s author Theodor Seuss Geisel back in 1957.
The Grinch’s house is now a reality
In Utah, the Grinch’s lair has become an apartment for the Christmas holidays. How a symbol of inhospitality was turned into a virtuous example of alternative hotellerie.
Photo: Vacasa
Photo: Vacasa
Photo: Vacasa
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- Lorenzo Ottone
- 20 December 2021
Utah’s snowy landscape and its rocky morphology are ideal to match the scenarios of Mount Crumpit, the fictional home of the Grinch. The apartment is rich in details that are going to please the most passionate, and strict, fans of Christmas’ favourite anti-hero. The guests will be welcomed in a typical Grinch style, with signs like Get Lost and Leave Now. Inside, they’ll be pleased to find such delicatessen like can of Who Pudding and Roast Beast, but also a rich library and the furry villain's bed and its trademark organ. Although the faithful dog Max won’t be there, guests will be pleased to find its bowl.
The vacation rental is equally inspired by the illustrations of the original Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas and by the scenes designed by Michael Corenblith for Ron Howard’s 2000 blockbuster. On top of the Grinch’s lair, the motion picture conceived Whoville, a village characterised by hyperbolic traits, all sinuous and glossy like in a children’s fantasy. Its medieval plan, revolving around a Christmas tree located in the village square, blent together architectural elements typical of Ancient Greece with Art Nouveau but also Middle-Eastern ones with the result of creating a timeless scenario. Partly designed using pioneering computer graphics, Whoville has succeeded in standing the test of time, contributing to making The Grinch one of the most loved Christmas films over twenty years after its release.
The cost of sleeping in the Grinch’s bed for one night? $19.57, a smart (and more than fair) homage to the year Dr. Seuss’ book was published in.
Opening Image: The Grinch's lair was reproduced in all of its furry details. Photo Vacasa.
The Grinch's bed has bed reporduced so that one can wake up on the wrong foot.
In the apartment you can also find a perfect reporduction of the organ played by the Grinch in the iconic film by Ron Howard.
A rich library and a telescope provide the entertainment for the night spent in the lair.
The Grinch's typical warmth welcomes the guests in the cave.
Cans of Who Pudding and Roast Beast are just some of the delicatessens the guests will find in the lair's kitchen.