A Christmas Story: Love it or hate it? · 3:47am Nov 30th, 2022
With the most wonderful time of the year just around the corner (or already here if you work in retail), I find my wondering what everyone thinks about Bob Clark's classic movie A Christmas Story. My sister loves it so much that she and her first husband would play it on television all day long on Christmas day and probably other days before that. Our mother dislikes it for, among other reasons, how whiny the children are (she has worked as a teacher her whole life, so she has good reason to hate that). As for me, I consider myself rather equitable about it. I haven’t watched the entire thing from start to finish, but what I have seen supports its reputation as the greatest Christmas movie of all time. On the other hand, that does not justify watching it exclusively all day long. There are other perfectly good Christmas specials people, and some of us enjoy some variety!
So what are your opinions? Do you love it? Hate it? Share your thoughts here!
Personally, I'm not the biggest fan of it. I understand how it is an iconic movie with a lot of memorable moments and I think it is good for the most part, but seeing how the AMC channel plays it all day every Christmas just kind of makes it seem a bit excessive to me. Maybe it was because I was born after its release so I wasn't able to see it at when it was first released and gained its popularity.