description: A Christmas Story This edition of A Christmas Story gathers together in one hilarious volume the gems of autobiographical humor that Jean Shepherd drew upon to create this enduring film. Here is young Ralphie Parker's shocking discovery that his decoder ring is really a device to promote Ovaltine; his mother and father's pitched battle over the fate of a lascivious leg lamp and, most crucially, Ralphie's unstoppable campaign to get Santa - or anyone else - to give him a Red Ryder carbine action 200-shot range model air rifle. Who cares that the whole adult world is telling him, "You'll shoot your eye out, kid." The pieces that comprise A Christmas Story coalesce in a magical fashion to become an irresistible piece of Americana, quite the equal of the film in its ability to warm the heart and tickle the funny bone. A beloved, bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana - the book that inspired the equally classic Yuletide film.
language: English
title: A Christmas Story: The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film
titlecomplete: A Christmas Story: The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film
genres: Classics, Comedy, Holiday, Christmas, Short Stories, Humor, Biography Memoir, Audiobook, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 4994
publisher: Books on Tape