Alright, we all get to say it once, so we may as well all say it together right now and get it out of the way:
“YOU’LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT!”
Okay, that was it. That was our one freebie of the season. The next time you say it, you are legally allowed to get open-palm slapped in the face by someone. Anyone who is within ten feet, technically speaking. Okay? Disclaimer over.
I can still fondly remember walking to the movie theater with my family when I was a child and seeing this movie. It was, no joke, snowing when we walked home, and it was one of the best Christmas memories I have. So obviously, this film is a deeply sentimental one for me. It is also a side-splittingly hilarious and timeless Christmas movie. It is odd, sure, but every person from every generation just seems to fall in love with it.
There are just so many scenes in A Christmas Story that are awesome and that never get old. Which one is your favorite?
- The creepy Mall Santa and the weird kid with the goggles (who was not an actor, by the way. He was an actual weird kid who was there that day and they decided to use him)?
- The scene where Ralphie finally snaps and beats up the bullies?
- How about the scene where the tongue gets stuck to the flagpole? Shit, the stupidest of us recreated that one.
- Or maybe it is the scene where Ralphie imagines protecting his house from burglars using his Red Ryder BB gun?
- Maybe, for you, it is the final scene in the Chinese food restaurant, where they are trying to salvage the holiday in any way they can.
The point is, I could go on for days.
A Christmas Story is one of those films that you see once and know immediately that it is perfect. You know there is not a single thing that you would change about it. It’s really just a story about a kooky family who love each other very much, and that is as timeless and ageless a tale as any.
