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A Christmas Carol: Story
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A Christmas Story hasn't just seeped into the culture, it has swamped it. A tale with considerable anger is now so clearly thought of as lovable, Wal-Mart has issued gift cards with the tongue-on-the-flagpole scene. Pain and misery. Things to keep in your wallet all year long. Still, while A Christmas Story is ... fall-down funny, the undercurrent of disappointment is central to its greatness. It is not a case, as writer Stephanie Harrison once said of family films set in years gone by, of ``nostalgia for an unlived past.'' It goes more to what Christmas Story director Bob Clark has called ``warm-hearted cynicism.'' Clark said that about Jean Shepherd, the radio raconteur and writer whose short stories provided the basis for A Christmas Story. Shepherd is also the film's narrator.
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The story is named A Christmas Carol. Could it have been set at any other season? Is Christmas used simply as a seasonal setting, or is it an important idea in the novella?
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Santa Claus is coming to town with a whole slew of primetime Christmas specials in his sleigh. And there are plenty of options for families gearing up for the holiday, including "A Christmas Story."...
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