a 1983 Christmas comedy film directed by Bob Clark and based on Jean Shepherd’s semi-fictional anecdotes in Bob Clark's 1966 book In God

A Christmas Story is a 1983 Christmas comedy film directed by Bob Clark and based on Jean Shepherd’s semi-fictional anecdotes in Bob Clark's 1966 book In God

on the short stories and semi-fictional anecdotes of author and Jean Shepherd raconteur

A Christmas Story is a 1983 movie based on the short stories and semi-fictional anecdotes of author and raconteur Jean Shepherd, including material from raconteur Jean Shepherd's books

dystopian speculative fiction

: A Christmas Story is a dystopian speculative fiction novella written by Robert Charles Wilson.

a edgy, dark comedy that deconstructs nostalgia, but nostalgia’s enjoyed by many audiences as a nostalgic classic

A Christmas Story is, even to this day, a edgy, dark comedy that deconstructs nostalgia, but nostalgia’s enjoyed by many audiences as a nostalgic classic.

a 1983 English-language Comedy Family film written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark

A Christmas Story is a 1983 English-language Comedy Family film written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark.

a hilarious family comedy about a boy, Ralphie Parker, obsessed with getting an air rifle Christmas--an Original Red Ryder Carbine-Action 200-Shot Lightning Loader Range Model with a Shock-Proof High Adventure Combination Trail Compass and Sundial set in the stock

A Christmas Story is a hilarious family comedy about a boy, Ralphie Parker, obsessed with getting an air rifle Christmas--an Original Red Ryder Carbine-Action 200-Shot Lightning Loader Range Model with a Shock-Proof High Adventure Combination Trail Compass and Sundial set in the stock.

mythopoeia (invented mythology), or Christian allegories

These secular Christmas stories could be classified as mythopoeia (invented mythology), or Christian allegories.

on the short stories and semi-fictional anecdotes of author and Jean Shepherd, including material from Ralphie's books raconteur

A Christmas Story is a 1983 American/Canadian comedy film based on the short stories and semi-fictional anecdotes of author and raconteur Jean Shepherd, including material from Ralphie's books

from the semi-fictionalized autobiographical writings by Jean Shepherd, who lived in Hammond, Indiana as a ki

A Christmas Story is adapted very faithfully from the semi-fictionalized autobiographical writings by Jean Shepherd, who lived in Hammond, Indiana as a ki.

Christmas drama

: A Christmas Story is a 1983 American made-for-television Christmas drama film, originally broadcast on CBS as an annual tradition for more than five years, premiering December 20, 1983.

a heartwarming film that captures the wonder and magic of Christmas

A Christmas Story is a heartwarming film that captures the wonder and magic of Christmas.

the entertaining stage production written by Philip Grecian and based on the motion picture written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, and Bob Clark

A Christmas Story is the entertaining stage production written by Philip Grecian and based on the motion picture written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, and Bob Clark.

one of Clifford's fictionalised tales which draw on known facts

A Christmas Story is one of Clifford's fictionalised tales which draw on known facts.

Christmas Movie

A Christmas tale is about the discovery of Santa; however Santa is the complete reverse of a normal Christmas Movie.

holiday films

the story ’s an amateur film format; the story ’s the format used for holiday films and home movies.

a sentimental

As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, a sentimental story has been popular for adaptation, especially for presentation at Christmas time.

family oriented romance

Christmas’s a family oriented romance themed around problems of children in second chance romances.

family movie

A Christmas Story is a family movie based on the book

a cherished and much-repeated family film during the Christmas season

A Christmas Story is a bright, buoyant Broadway retelling of the 1983 holiday perennial, a cherished and much-repeated family film during the Christmas season.

fiction

Christmas ’s a fiction book suitable for all ages.