Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the Midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher, and even Santa Claus himself, at Higbee's Department Store. The consistent response: "You'll shoot your eye out!"
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One Girl Two Cities - Somewhat Recommended
"...In spite of the laughs the show provides and the cheerful holiday feeling in anticipation of Christmas night, A Christmas Story is dated and leaves much to be desired. Mother is obviously quite smart, but anytime she expresses her intelligence, her husband shushes her. In the end, she tells him he's always right and she continues to submit to him."
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