Though “A Christmas Story,” was written as a screenplay based on a series of monologues by Jean Shepherd a radio commentator for many years, it has taken the place of many of the old Christmas movies, like “White Christmas,” and even “It’s A Wonderful Life,” as one of the classics.
The thing I most enjoy about this film, is that it was almost exactly like my childhood Christmases. I didn’t want a Red Ryder BB gun, but so many of the incidents in that movie are things I can totally relate to. For example, the fanciest restaurant we dined at was a Chinese restaurant in downtown Milwaukee. We didn’t go there for Christmas dinner, but it was a special place, because we could eat food we didn’t normally eat, use chopsticks and be served by people in starched white shirts and black pants. They didn’t sing “Fa Ra Ra Ra…
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