11 Days Until Christmas
It's a relatable movie, most of us have had that one gift that we really wanted for Christmas and would obsses about it, and hope others would come to our side on why we should have this gift. When you are younger trying to get something you would want for Christmas and the answer is ,you're too young, or it's to expesnive ,or whatever. Ralphie's expirence is again one that most of us have had. When watching the movie you are rooting for Ralphie to get his gun. It's a movie being told from a the point of view of adult Ralphie remembering this Christmas -A Christmas Story.
Now connecting with you personally is only part of that , it also connects with you with its memorable scences. The movie has lot of them from the flag pole all the way to the end of the movie. The funny lines and actions connect with you as a memorbale movie where you can't help but talk with the movie when you are watching it. Like " A Charlie Brown Christmas" this movie is pure Christmas, and not everyone's Christmas is helping Santa save Christmas, or helping our father become the new Santa after the other one dies , it's more like Ralphie's where we want something very badly, we get a Christmas Tree (in some way) , we have school still for at least until a week before Christmas, and that's what our Christmases are like. I am not the first to say why the movie is a classic ,but this is my reason. Plus it is very funny and the comedy is timed well.
PS: The 24 hour marathon is Christmas Eve starting at 8pmet on both TBS and TNT, thanks Ted Turner.