“A Christmas Story” (1983)

Directed by Bob Clark

Based on short stories by and narrated by Jean Shepherd, this hilarious and enjoyable holiday yarn chronicles a young boy’s attempts at getting what he really wants for Christmas: a Red Ryder BB gun. In a Midwestern town in the 1940s, Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) finds appeals to his parents, a teacher, and Santa Claus for his most-desired gift are always met with the same response of “you’ll shoot your eye out.”

A Christmas Story speaks to me as a human. I can relate to many of the locations and experiences covered in this movie: the desire for that perfect gift, the dreaming of better days, and the fear of all sorts of things. This is a classic movie that makes Christmas… Christmas for me every year.

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