The shepard the story of the first christmas?
Jean Shepherd
Shepherd blev født i 1921 på sydsiden af Chicago, Illinois, men boede kortvarigt i East Chicago, Indiana, og voksede op i Hammond, Indiana, hvor han blev færdiguddannet fra Hammond High School i 1939. Filmen "A Christmas Story" er løst baseret på hans opvækst i Hammonds sydøstlige kvarter Hessville. Som ung arbejdede han kortvarigt som postbud på et stålværk og fik sin radioamatørlicens (W9QWN) som 16-årig, idet han nogle gange påstod, at han var endnu yngre. Han gik sporadisk på Indiana University, men fik aldrig en eksamen. Shepherd var livslang Chicago White Sox-fan.
Jean Shepherd
Born in 1921 on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, Shepherd briefly lived in East Chicago, Indiana, and was raised in Hammond, Indiana, where he graduated from Hammond High School in 1939. The movie A Christmas Story is loosely based on his days growing up in Hammond's southeast side neighborhood of Hessville. As a youth he worked briefly as a mail carrier in a steel mill and earned his Amateur radio license (W9QWN) at age 16, sometimes claiming he was even younger. He sporadically attended Indiana University, but never graduated. Shepherd was a lifelong Chicago White Sox fan.
Jean Shepherd