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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: A Christmas Story

A Christmas Story stories: 5 news summaries

 Tongue Twister: Cold Kid  
 Copies Christmas Story 

Temperatures hit 30 below across northeast

Jan 15, 09 2:22 PM CST
(Newser) - With much of the US in a deep freeze, life imitated a holiday classic for a boy who froze his tongue to a metal pole on a dare, the Times of Northwest Indiana reports. “You’d think everybody in the country had seen A Christmas Story by now,”... More »

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weather • severe weather • temperature • freezing temperatures • winter • winter weather • A Christmas Story

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A Christmas Story Raconteur Spoke to Misfit Generation

Jean Shepherd made growing pains a little easier in the '50s and '60s" musician Fagen

Dec 26, 08 4:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Listening to Jean Shepherd, the radio raconteur whose writings inspired A Christmas Story (and who did the voice-over), “I learned about social observation and human types,” musician Donald Fagen writes for Slate. For “the true horror of helpless childhood,” and a realism that countered the feel-good,... More »

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radio • Mark Twain • A Christmas Story • Jean Shepherd • Lenny Bruce • Donald Fagen • Steely Dan

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 Holiday Classics Yule Love 

Warm up the DVD player with It's a Wonderful Life, Home Alone, more

Dec 25, 08 6:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Rather stay home than risk more bad weather today? Make a quick trip to the video store so you can hunker down with the New York Daily News' favorite Yule flicks:
  1. It's a Wonderful Life (1946): Didn't see that one coming, did you? Jimmy Stewart. 'Nuff said.
  2. A
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Charles Dickens • A Christmas Carol • movies • A Christmas Story • Macaulay Culkin • Tim Allen • Scrooge • Jimmy Stewart

 A Christmas Story at 25:
 Stealth Classic 

Industry born on collectors items, museum, and conference

Dec 14, 08 7:42 PM CST
(Newser) - After 25 years, devotees of A Christmas Story and its wacky realism still tune in to regular holiday showings, including an annual 24-hour marathon on Christmas Day. Just as Star Trek has Trekkies, A Christmas Story has Ralphies, named after Ralphie Parker, a 9-year-old desperate for a BB gun. CNN ... More »

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comedy • holiday • fans • movies • Christmas Day • A Christmas Story

 Secrets of A Christmas Story 


Nov 29, 08 5:13 AM CST
(Newser) - A Christmas Story is beloved by all, as evidenced by the enduring Christmas Eve marathons on TBS. But there are probably some things you don’t know about the timeless flick. The Cleveland Plain-Dealer runs down 25 of them.
  • The Cleveland house used for exterior shots is
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film • Cleveland • Christmas • cockfighting • holiday season • A Christmas Story

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