Do you reuse last year's Christmas cards and send them out under
your own name? (5 points)
Do you steal light bulbs from you neighbor's
outdoor display to replenish your own supply? (5 points, 10 if
neighbor's whole light sets or lighted Santa goes out)
Have you dressed a dog or cat as Santa
Claus, elf helper, or reindeer? (10 points for each; if you dressed
an endangered species, 5 extra points)
Do you put out last year's stale candy canes
for children? (1 point for each piece of sticky candy)
Do you enclose a shoddy and inferior gift
from the local discount store in a Bloomingdale's or other prestige
box to impress your friends? (5 points for each infraction)
Do you make collect long distance phone calls
to your family on Christmas day? (5 points) 10 if from a cell
phone, claiming you are stuck in a phone booth.
At the office Christmas party, do you horde
huge stockpiles of goodies for later consumption at home? (5 points;
15 points if you use this stuff for your own party)
After an invitation to a friend's house, do you bring a commercially
produced fruitcake and try to pass it off as home made? (5 points;
15 points if the fruitcake is from last year).
Any stealing from the Toys-for-Tots collection
bins is a definite no-no. (20 points)
Evaluate your score on the "Grinch Scale"
from 20 to 100.
20-30: Where's your holiday spirit?!
30-50: You are an apprentice in Yuletide larceny and
are probably wanted by the police for overdue parking tickets.
50-100: Grinch, move over. The master
of Christmas crime has arrived!
Do you reuse last year's Christmas cards and send them out under
your own name? (5 points) 
Have you dressed a dog or cat as Santa
Claus, elf helper, or reindeer? (10 points for each; if you dressed
an endangered species, 5 extra points) 
After an invitation to a friend's house, do you bring a commercially
produced fruitcake and try to pass it off as home made? (5 points;
15 points if the fruitcake is from last year). 
20-30: Where's your holiday spirit?! 
