Video: A Christmas horror
posted at 11:00 am on December 22, 2006 by Allahpundit
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It’s the most stressful time of the year. Work, family obligations, and the all-consuming question of whether you’re going to get that official Red Ryder carbine action two-hundred shot range model air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time that you’ve been hoping for.
Sometimes people can’t handle the pressure.
Sometimes, people snap.
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Boy, AP. You sure are on a roll today – have you accepted it as your personal mission to p*ss off Faith1?
pullingmyhairout on December 22, 2006 at 11:07 AM
Hey. Ralphie’s a leftie. He never stood a chance.
nukemhill on December 22, 2006 at 11:30 AM
Best movie ever made. IMHO of course. Feel free to disagree.
CrimsonFisted on December 22, 2006 at 11:32 AM
He had yellow eyes!
EF on December 22, 2006 at 11:36 AM
I can trace the moment when I was turned off by this flick was the year it ran repeatedly 24 hours. It may have been TNT network.
Best Chistmas special? Animated Year Without a Santa Claus just so you can sing along to the Snow Mieser and Heat Meiser songs.
allie on December 22, 2006 at 11:52 AM
Seen it… Loved it!!
maintenanceman on December 22, 2006 at 11:56 AM
Fa Ra Ra Ra Ra
Ra Ra
Ra Ra
Love it. Instant classic.
CBarker on December 22, 2006 at 12:04 PM
We watch this every year. My favorite part is when the dad receives his “major award”, the infamous leg lamp. Looking at the crate he announces “Look, it says Fra-gee-lee (Fragile), must be from Italy”
honora on December 22, 2006 at 12:25 PM
Careful, YOU WILL POKE YOUR EYE OUT!
Best christmas EVER? My dad gave me a real rifle (.22) when I was seven.
No, I would not give a gun to a 7 year old kid now.
p.s. I still have both eyes.
shooter on December 22, 2006 at 12:48 PM
I actually talked to a friend yesterday who has NOT SEEN THIS. Ugh…must correct that immediately!!
Love love love this movie. My Christmas faves: this one and SCROOGED. (”Oh look, Frank…what’s this…it’s…a…TOASTER!!)
tickleddragon on December 22, 2006 at 1:03 PM
You too can own “a major award.”
Slublog on December 22, 2006 at 1:08 PM
I grew up listening to Jean Sheperd on WOR radio in NY, every Sunday night at 10:30. He regaled us in that crackling, jovial voice, about himself, Flick, the Nehi lamp, and all those stories every week.
When they finally made the movie A Christmas Story, I was able to share some of this nostalgia with my own kids.
He was a wonderful man.
stonemeister on December 22, 2006 at 1:13 PM
Great movie. One of the few Christmas comedies that I still enjoy.
Cary on December 22, 2006 at 1:22 PM
I would have included the very last scene in the movie.
You know, the…beheading.
see-dubya on December 22, 2006 at 1:26 PM
Worse, sometimes they grow up to be bloggers.
Hmmm. Chinese turkey!
EF on December 22, 2006 at 1:57 PM
A Christmas Story, a true modern classic.
Joshua P. Allem on December 22, 2006 at 2:34 PM
You go, Ralphie.
Farkus is a paper tiger. Grover Dill ain’t nothin’ but a little b*tch.
Good Lt on December 22, 2006 at 3:07 PM
I think the people who put these parodies together have way too much time on their hands. But I did like it. Christmas Story is one my family’s favorite holiday movies.
vcferlita on December 22, 2006 at 3:13 PM
I thought I was the last person in the country who hasn’t seen this. The only thing we try to catch every year is A Christmas Carol, the TNT version with Patrick Stewart. It’s great.
Laura on December 22, 2006 at 4:20 PM
Oh, honey, you need to see it immediately. lol! There is so much that kids and adults can identify with in this film. And underlying the comedy and without being nauseatingly sentimental, it portrays a family that loves each other.
EF on December 22, 2006 at 4:33 PM
FRAGILE – Must be Italian!
TheBigOldDog on December 22, 2006 at 5:50 PM
Only one thing in the world could’ve dragged me away from the soft glow of electric sex gleaming in the window.
Another “A Christmas Story” marathon!
irishsquid on December 22, 2006 at 7:36 PM
Kubrick and Stevie King. Design by Ikea. Fuuudge, childhood can be rough. (only I didn’t say fudge)
Kevin on December 22, 2006 at 11:20 PM
CrimsonFisted claimed:
It’s pretty good. It’s still not something I want to see over and over for 24 hours like they do on TBS(?)
Patrick Chester on December 23, 2006 at 2:07 AM
Kevin and Honora beat me to it! Best lines: “Frah-gee-lee, must be Italian!” and “Ohhhhh fffffuuuuudddggggeeee!” are now a part of America’s lexicon. As are “You’ll put your eye out, kid.” and “I TRIPLE dog dare ya!”
Tony737 on December 23, 2006 at 7:29 AM
I love the ending, when the family are seen in an empty Chinese restaurant having Duck for Christmas Dinner!
What a clever ending.
The singing of the Chinese restaurant staff is priceless!
The family IS happy in the end, enjoying a not-so traditional Christmas.
Where’s my Red Ryder?
William
William2006 on December 23, 2006 at 3:12 PM
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