[Carl LaFong]

Darren McGavin as the ‘old man’ made the movie work.

[SnakeDoctor]

That’s a “lot” of “quotation” “marks”.

Never seen Christmas Story all the way through.

SnakeDoc

[envisio]

the only airing I could find was a Christmas Day marathon on TBS.

Would like to watch it earlier. May just buy the DVD.

[tatsinfla]

you’ll shoot your eye out....

great movie...a classic...watch it every year....

and also “its a wonderful life”....

[21twelve]

I always get a tear in my eye when I remember getting my first BB gun at Christmas 40 years ago. My old man had stuck it behind the couch and it was hidden from view. Just like in the movie. (sniff)

[Fresh Wind]

To really appreciate the movie, you need to read the book.

[envisio]

And speaking of DVDs, I bought the bestest movie of all time yesterday for my wife from Amazon. i should have bought A Christmas Story too and saved the shipping.

[doodad]

“It’s just that.....he’s smiling at me.”

“Sticklefifer mundane noodle!!!!”

“Notafinga!”

[Non-Sequitur]

Every Christmas for the past 25 years or more, the Kansas City Repertory Theater has done a fantastic performance of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". This year the bonehead who was recently appointed artistic director decided to replace "A Christmas Carol" with the world premiere of his pet project, "A Christmas Story: The Musical". I didn't like the movie, I'm damned sure not going to see the play, and I hope Rosen rots in hell for ruining a great family tradition.

That's the only "A Christmas Story" story I got.

[paulycy]

[IYAS9YAS]

The first DVD I owned was "A Christmas Story." True story, when I bought my DVD player, it was a Toshiba and cost about $400. My wife (then girlfriend) and I went halfsies on it. The store that had it for sale offered a free movie with every DVD player purchase. Titanic - on VHS. This was in the fall of 1998.

The last regular DVD player I bought was two years ago and cost $40. It does more than the first one ever did, or could think of doing, but 11 years later, the first one still works fine.

[TruthHound]

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[BenLurkin]

Peking Duck is nasty.

[AuntB]

I have my red, white and blue tree up and all the presents are wrapped in ‘Christmas story’ paper.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

“Oh, fuuuuuuuuuudge!”

[MountainDad]

Is my sons' favorite Christmas movie

Have sent DVD's to Iraq for him 2 of the times he was there over during Christmas.

He "triple-dogged-dared me" too!

[My Favorite Headache]

This movie is a legend in this house. We saw it originally when it was shown in theaters the day after Christmas. We keep the marathon on TBS on all 24 hours. This year there is a rival marathon of Home Alone on Fox Movie Channel...36 Hours of Home Alone starting 6 pm Christmas Eve.

I send out leg lamps as gifts in the crate etc...we worship at the altar of this film :)

[Notary Sojac]

A couple of days before Christmas, we'll gather round and watch "A Christmas Story".

And when the closing credits roll, those of us of adult beverage age will raise our mugs of Blatz and toast the memory of Jean Shepherd, the greatest storyteller America has yet produced.

Here's TO ya, Shep!

[Servant of the Cross]

No, you'll shoot your eye out. A Christmas Story (Quotes).

[AnotherUnixGeek]

"Some men are Baptists, others Catholics; my father was an Oldsmobile man."

"Scut Farkus. He had yellow eyes! So, help me, God, yellow eyes! Grover Dill! Farkus's crummy little toadie!"