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"Tis Better To Give Than To Receive."

A Christmas Story
A Christmas Story
A Christmas Story is a 1983 Christmas comedy film directed by Bob Clark and based on the 1966 book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd, with some elements from his 1971 book Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories and Other Disasters. It stars Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, and Peter Billingsley, and follows a young boy and his family's misadventures during Christmastime in 1940
"Tis Better To Give Than To Receive."
"[as an adult, narrating] Some men are Baptists, others Catholics; my father was an Oldsmobile man."
"A Tribute to the Original, Traditional, One-Hundred-Percent, Red-Blooded, Two-Fisted, All-American Christmas..."
"Peace, Harmony, Comfort, And Joy... Maybe Next Year."
"Jean Shepherd – Narrator (Ralphie as an adult)"
"[reading his essay] "What I want for Christmas. What I want is a Red Ryder BB gun with a compass in the stock... and this thing which tells time." Wow, thats great. "I think that everybody should have a Red Ryder BB gun. Theyre very good for Christmas. I dont think that a footballs a very good Christmas present."