festive cheer: oh... fudge...
if you were a kid in America postwar and pre-Internet, this was Christmas
I absolute adore this movie, based on the autobiographical writings of humorist Jean Shepherd, and try to watch it every December. From my 2000 review of A Christmas Story:
Christmas isn’t sugarcoated. As kids, we don’t know from “peace on Earth” and “goodwill to all men.” We just want our presents. And Story’s Christmas morning is an orgy of tearing int…