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An American Christmas
There is the Christmas depicted in those gorgeously photographed magazines and books. And there is the Christmas depicted in A Christmas Story. This is the Christmas that went awry that will always live in your heart as the one with the grin attached. The life we really lived not the one we saw in the magazine. You'll love it, you'll watch it every year. The cast is perfect, the story is real. The subplots of the bully, the bb gun, the contest, the Mom and getting Christmas pulled together are beautifully interwoven. But don't see it continuously as a marathon- the tenderness will get diluted.

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A Christmas Story
I laughed so hard the first time I saw this movie, I fell out of my chair! The Bumpas' were our neighbors.

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The best Christmas ever
I really believe when the history of the movie industry is finally completed, four movies will be tied for best Christmas movie. They will be; "It's a Wonderful Life", "Miracle On 34th Street", "a Christmas Story", and 'Home Alone". Second place will go to one of the many versions of Dicken's "A Christmas Carol". "Christmas Story" is my personal favorite of the four. <
>I was somewhat surprised that the story was set in the forties. I had always that it was in the fifties when I was in my preteens. On looking closer, I see that it could have just as easily been the thirties, forties, fifties, or even the early sixties. The movie is really set at a time outside of history called "childhood". The true wonder of this movie is how vividly it brings back memories of early youth, no matter when you were born. <
>Give full credit to Jean Shepherd. The measure of the success of this movie is the faithfulness in which it brings his characters and stories to life. His narrative in voice over is one of the highlights of the film. The wonderful combination of sentiment and satire sparkles through the show like bubbles in a glass of ginger ale. Not too sweet and just sharp enough. <
>Enough said about the movie itself. It's a classic and you need it in your collection. You owe it to your family. <
>This version, the twentieth anniversary, double disc special edition is exceptionally good. After viewing the movie, go back and view it with the commentary by Bob Clarke and Peter Billingsley. That alone is worth the price of the set. But, that's not all. There's also a whole extra special feature disk with goodies for the whole family. There's the true story of the the Daisy Red Rider BB gun, a featurette showing the making of the movie and.. Wonder of Wonders... a trip to the Factory that makes the Glorious LAMP. There are also some nice interactive games for the kids, but the biggest treat on the second disk is the audio readings by Jean Shepherd of two of the stories from which the movies were made. I don't care if you did just see the movie. He will hold you spellbound in front of the image of an old radio. He is that good! <
>I wish that I had more stars to give this set. It is AWESOME!