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Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Jeff Gillen, and Darren McGavin in A Christmas Story (1983)

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A Christmas Story

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Edited into

    • A Christmas Story Christmas (2022)

      Footage and audio used as flashbacks

Featured in

    • "At the Movies" A Christmas Story/Star 80/Running Brave/Streamers (TV Episode 1983)

      Reviewed; clips are shown.
    • Siskel & Ebert Holiday Gift Guide (TV Movie 1987)

      A clip is shown.
    • A Hollywood Christmas (Video 1996)

      extended clips and brief discussion
    • Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas (TV Movie 1997)

    • Retarded Animal Babies (TV Series 2003–2011)

      Cat is watching A Christmas Story on TV

Features

    • It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Followed by

    • Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss (TV Movie 1988)

    • My Summer Story (1994)

    • A Christmas Story 2 (Video 2012)

    • A Christmas Story Christmas (2022)

Referenced in

    • Porky's II: The Next Day (1983)

      The racy mannequin's leg in fishnet stockings-lamp
    • "Growing Pains" A Christmas Story (TV Episode 1985)

      Title Reference.
    • "Mama's Family" An Ill Wind (TV Episode 1986)

      The scene in which Naomi breaks Mama's gravy boat. Is also a reference to A Christmas Story, where Mrs. Parker breaks The Old Man's leg lamp.
    • "Perfect Strangers" A Christmas Story (TV Episode 1986)

      Title reference
    • "Night Court" A Day in the Life (TV Episode 1987)

      Bull: "Maybe when he was eight some kid dared him to stick his tongue to a frozen flagpole." The same fate befell Flick.

References

    • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

      There are pictures Snow White and the seven dwarfs in the Higbees window.
    • The Wizard of Oz (1939)

      While Ralphie and Randy are waiting in line for Santa, people dressed as the Wicked Witch and the Tin Man greet them. There are also people dressed as the Scarecrow and the flying monkeys in the parade.
    • Adventures of Red Ryder (1940)

      Much of the plot revolves around a BB gun endorsed by Red Ryder.
    • House of Frankenstein (1944)

      One of the Christmas gifts is a Frankenstein's Monster mask made specifically in Glenn Strange's image.
    • Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (1955)

      Scut Farkus wears a Davy Crockett hat from this version.

Remade as

    • A Christmas Story Live! (TV Movie 2017)

      Musical remake

Remake of

    • The Phantom of the Open Hearth (TV Movie 1976)

      "A Christmas Story" is a remake (same story/storyline) of "Phantom of the Open Hearth"

Spoofed in

    • Jingle All the Way (1996)

      Turbo man is a hero like Red Ryder. And dementor is based on Black Bart.
    • "Futurama" Xmas Story (TV Episode 1999)

      this episode spoofs the film in several ways: the title is similar, Santa Claus laughs slowly and ominously, and the music as the end credits roll is the same
    • "South Park" Scott Tenorman Must Die (TV Episode 2001)

      The character Scott Tenorman is a direct parody of Scut Farkus. The bully in A Christmas Story.
    • It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (TV Movie 2002)

      Two Whatnot children are seen admiring a downtown Christmas window display. Also a group of young frogs "triple frog dare" another frog to touch his tongue to a cold metal pole, at which point his tongue sticks to it.
    • The Powerpuff Girls: 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas (Video 2003)

      Buttercup wants the exact same BB gun that Ralphie wanted for Christmas.

Spoofs

    • Flash Gordon (1936)

      in a deleted scene, Ralphie dreams of joining Flash Gordon to fight against the evil Emperor Ming the Merciless.
    • High Noon (1952)

      Musical cues during the Black Bart fantasy.

Version of

    • A Christmas Story Live! (TV Movie 2017)

      Based on the story by Jean Shepherd.

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