'A Christmas Story': 15 Holly Jolly Facts About The Beloved Holiday Classic

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'A Christmas Story': 15 Holly Jolly Facts About The Beloved Holiday Classic

How many times have you seen A Christmas Story? It’s such an ingrained holiday tradition, you’d think the Magi brought a VHS copy to Jesus in the manger, along with a reel of It’s a Wonderful Life and a bunch of caroling children. Not so -- A Christmas Story doesn’t just go completely unmentioned in the Bible, but no one even paid a lot of attention to it for years after its release (just like Jesus). And yet, it eventually came to be the definitive Christmas movie -- the work of wisdom that taught us that dangerous toys and dysfunctional families are the true reason for the season.

The kid had to chew actual tobacco. Actors playing cowboys chew on black licorice, even if they're adults. Not this boy, though -- he was given a wad
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It wasn't Ralphie's last Christmas movie. 20 years after playing Ralphie Parker, Peter Billingsley was an elf in, well, Elf. He also shows up in Four
Source: Bustle

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