A Christmas Story Movie Meaning & Ending Explained in Detail
ComicBook.comStory by Michael Hein
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Exploring the enduring legacy and deeper meanings of the beloved holiday classic 'A Christmas Story', from its origins to its many sequels and adaptations.
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- The film is based on the semi-autobiographical stories of radio personality Jean Shepherd, who also narrates the movie as the older version of protagonist Ralphie.
- The iconic scene of Ralphie nearly shooting his eye out with his Red Ryder BB gun represents a larger theme of the film - the humbling realization that 'you'll shoot your eye out' as you grow up and lose your childhood innocence.
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Jean Shepherd, Bob Clark, Peter Billingsley, Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon, Ian Petrella, Kieran Culkin, Howie Mandel, Higbee's, A Christmas Story, In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash, My Summer Story, The Phantom of the Open Hearth, The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters, The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski, Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss, It Runs in the Family: My Summer Story, A Christmas Story 2, A Christmas Story Christmas