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Title: Like Watching Childhood Christmases All Over Again
Review: I grew up 20 years later than Ralphie and Randy, yet still remember all those wonderful things at Christmastime: a big department store with Santaland and an expanded toy department, a downtown Christmas parade, going out to get the tree from a tree lot, Bing Crosby playing on the phonograph, plus Dad being gruff and a bit contentious, Mom a worrier but understanding just when you needed her. Oh, I had TV instead of radio, our furnace was oil instead of coal, and the toys and cars were a bit different, but A Christmas Story wrapped up all my memories in a hilarious package. The new DVD is terrific: a great picture in widescreen, Jean Shepherd reading the original stories that inspired situations in the film, seeing Peter Billingsly and the other kids twenty years later. Highly recommended.
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