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'Christmas was on its way. Lovely, glorious, beautiful Christmas, around which the entire kid year revolved.'

Based on humorist 's autobiographical short stories, directed by, and narrated by Shepherd himself, the 1983 film A Christmas Story lovingly and hilariously depicts a childhood Christmas in America. Nine-year-old Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley) wants one and only one thing for Christmas: a BB gun.

It's not just any BB gun he wants, either; his heart is set on an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle with a compass in the stock (and ). But his mother, his teacher, and even the tell him, in an ever-deepening refrain, 'You'll shoot your eye out!' In the meantime, we're treated to numerous amusing episodes involving Ralphie, his parents (Darren McGavin and Melinda Dillon), his kid brother Randy (Ian Petrella), and various other inhabitants of Hohman, Indiana. The film, which was primarily drawn from material in Shepard's 1966 book In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, has come to be embraced as a perennial holiday favorite.

It eventually spawned a play, as well as two sequels: the made-for-TV Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss and 1994's (aka 'My Summer Story', not to be confused with the / collaboration), both of which are notable in that none of the original film's cast members are in either of the others (save actress Tedde Moore [Miss Shields], who appears in the latter). A sequel called A Christmas Story 2 was released on October 30th, 2012.

You can watch the trailer for it. A went to Broadway that same year, followed by another national tour the next holiday season. A live telecast of that same musical aired on Fox in December 2017., of course. Ralphie (narrating): (responding to a teacher's attempt to guilt her class into confessing what happened to Flick) Adults loved to say things like that but kids know better. We knew darn well it was always better not to get caught. •: The Old Man's 1937 Oldsmobile.

•: • There really are Red Ryder BB guns, but (as of 1983) none that match the exact description given. • Also for some, Lifebuoy soap.