Read This: 10 Things You Might Not Know About 'A Christmas Story'
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I'm sure it's a tradition in your family to watch A Christmas Story at least once during the holiday season. As the film has grown in popularity over the years, folks have gone out of their way to cherish it -- like that dude who bought the original house in Cleveland and turned it into a museum. There was an actual Christmas Story fan convention this year, too, and I'm sure more than a few kids will try to stick their tongues to something cold this winter ... just to see if it really sticks. (Warning: Yes, kids, it will really stick.)
Over at Mental Floss, they put together a list of 10 things you might not know about A Christmas Story. And as someone who thought he knew everything there was to know about this flick, I was pleasantly surprised to find some very cool tidbits in there. Like, for example, I did not know Jack Nicholson was originally up to play the part of the father. Yup. And, while I knew about one cruddy sequel, there were actually two! And one starred Jerry O'Connell as Ralphie! What about this: Did you know The Wonder Years was inspired by A Christmas Story? Not only that, but in one of the episodes, Peter Billingsley (Ralphie) plays one of Kevin Arnold's roommates. Very cool.
Check out the entire list over here. What's your favorite part of A Christmas Story? (Ahem, I like the Tin Man ...)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
12-18-2008 @ 12:15PM
Travis Tidmore said...
I'm 27 years old and I've never seen it. I hadn't heard of it until Freshman year of college and since then I've avoided it. People always give me a hard time asking how I could miss it when it airs for 24 hours on TBS, but I just don't turn it on. (Besides if I was going to watch it it wouldn't be with commercials)
Basically at this point it's a pride thing, I've never seen it and I wear it like a badge of honor.
You guys can have your Christmas Story and Red Rider BB Guns, I'll stick with my Elf and Hugh Grant as the Prime Minister.
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12-30-2008 @ 9:26AM
Tweek said...
Travis I was the same way. I avoided it like the plague being from Cleveland seemed to make it worse. Even better I only live about 5 minutes from "the house" Never had any interest in it at all didnt care, didnt wanna know, didnt wanna see the house, had no desire to drive through a neighborhood with tacky leg lamps set up in EVERY shop window. Well i actually watched it last year for the 1st time at age 35, and to be honest I still dont see what the fuss is about. Wear your badge with pride your not missing much. I wish I still wore mine.
12-18-2008 @ 12:28PM
Bo said...
How is that a point of pride? I've met people who are proud of avoiding Star Wars and I don't understand what it is people feel pride about. Is this your non-conformist moment or something?
If works for you it works. *shrug*
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12-18-2008 @ 12:42PM
Matt said...
I can't bash that too much, I'm very proud that I am one of very few people who have never seen titanic, but... I do love A Christmas Story. Maybe it's because I grew up with it, who knows.
My favorite part has to be when his mother calls his friends mother to tell her that Ralphie learned a swear word from her son and you can hear the other mother going absolutely ballistic on the other end of the phone. That scene cracks me up every time.
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12-18-2008 @ 2:01PM
Mike said...
The title of the article is actually "12 Things You Might Not Know About A Christmas Story". You shorted it by 2.
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12-18-2008 @ 2:11PM
Erik Davis said...
wow, you're totally right -- I don't know where I got 10 from. My brain is so totally fried. Thanks.
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1-03-2009 @ 9:39AM
Chris said...
hey, you haven't seen A Christmas Story or Titanic, that's not too bad nowadays. How about I don't have facebook!
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