{"product_id":"a-christmas-carol-other-christmas-writings-copy","title":"A Christmas Story The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003eA beloved, bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana--the book that inspired the equally classic Yuletide film.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe holiday film\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Christmas Story\u003c\/i\u003e, first released in 1983, has become a bona fide perennial Christmas favorite, gaining in stature and fame with each succeeding year. Its affectionate, wacky, and wryly realistic portrayal of an American family negotiating the joys and perils of Christmas in small-town Depression-era Indiana has captured our hearts with a force equal to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt's a Wonderful Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiracle on 34th Street\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Christmas Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003egathers together in one hilarious volume the gems of autobiographical humor that Jean Shepherd drew upon to create his 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; the unleashed and unnerving savagery of Ralphie's duel in the show with the odious bullies Scut Farkas and Grover Dill; 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\"?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe pieces that comprise\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Christmas Story\u003c\/i\u003e, previously published in the larger collections\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecoalesce 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.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Three Rivers Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45487573991621,"sku":"9780767916226","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2448\/6401\/files\/9780767916226.jpg?v=1765471858","url":"https:\/\/rick-s-comic-city.myshopify.com\/products\/a-christmas-carol-other-christmas-writings-copy","provider":"Rick’s Comic City","version":"1.0","type":"link"}