Humorist Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in the Midwest in the 1940’s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself. The consistent response: “You’ll shoot your eye out!” All the nostalgic favorites from the kindly and cockeyed motion picture are here: the boys’ experiment with a wet tongue on a cold lamppost; the infamous leg lamp; Ralphie’s fantasy scenarios and more. Make A Christmas Story your theatrical holiday perennial. “I triple-dog dare you!”