A Christmas Story (1983) REACTION 

This movie is absolutely iconic in the US. In fact it’s usually played back to back for 24 hours from December 24-25. It didn’t really start off that way, but over the years it obtained cult status. Some of the references might not make sense to people outside the US & Canada, but here we absolutely adore this movie.

Set in the 40's, made in the 80's, still being watched in the (20)20's. A CLASSIC!

“Randy lay there like a slug. It was his only defense” The best line of this movie

"Some men are Catholics. Others Baptist. My father was an Oldsmobile man." Funny movie.

Fun fact, the scene where Flick sticks his tongue to the pole was done by drilling a small hole in the pipe, and pulling a vacuum so it created suction making it seem like his tongue was stuck, without hurting him. Movie magic!!

There's a reason that TBS plays this one for 24 hours straight every Christmas. This is about as classic a Christmas movie as you can get, right up there with It's a Wonderful Life and Rudolph.

RIP Melinda Dillon, the actress who played Ralphie and Randy's mother. We lost her earlier this year. She will be missed. And, of course, RIP to the late, great Darren McGavin. Ralphie and Randy's father, probably better known as ace reporter Carl Kolchack in "Kolchack: The Night Stalker," the show that inspired "The X Files." He also acted in "The X Files," playing retired FBI Agent Arthur Dales, the agent who, fittingly, was Fox Mulder's mentor.

I ALWAYS KNEW ELLIE WAS MY FAVORITE! 😂😂🥰 I LMAO'ed through the whole thing, just watching Ellie laugh, empathize, relate and generally seem delighted by the film while the other 3 girls looked mostly bored and a bit confused lol. It made the end of a pretty crappy day a lot better! Much love to all 4 of you this holiday season from an 80s girl who'll always adore this weird, goofy movie 😊💖

You could tell Vicki was in no mood for a movie 😆

Well 1 of you understood it

RIP Melinda Dillon. "A Christmas Story" is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.

5:27 I like that the bully's sidekick looks like the singer from AC/DC.

The film was made on the 80's but it was set in the 1940's after WWII. The man in the department store (directing Ralphie to the end of the Santa line) is the narrator and wrote the story for the film.

Every American kid born before 1975 heard their mother say, “you’ll shoot your eye out,” watched someone try to stick their tongue to a light pole, had his dirty mouth mouth washed out with soap for swearing, and dreamed of going blind to get back at his parents. That iconic stuff is why it’s still so popular in the U.S. today.

A classic American Christmas film. Ellie's excited expressions are always the highlight!

In the Chinese restaurant, when the duck arrived at the table, the mother had a different script and wasn't aware of what was going to happen regarding the duck. Instead, she sold the moment without realizing it by turning to the father and saying, "I'm sorry!" before the waiter loped off the duck's head. Rather than reshoot or remove the scene, the director liked the response and kept it in the film.

This is one of the Christmas classics, one of the best Christmas comedies. Here in the US two TV networks run this show for 24 hours straight on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I know I have it on all night and day as it goes so well with my family's Christmas. Glad you saw it.

Ralphie asked his mom, told his teacher, and asked Santa claus. He never asked his dad, but his dad was listening and got him the one thing he really wanted. He is a really good dad in this movie.

My favorite Christmas movie, and the funniest of the lot. Jean Shepherd wrote a brilliant story. It's a Major Award for anyone who likes a good Christmas movie / comedy.

Love the expression of the one with the pointy ears when she first saw the lamp. Like someone told her a naughty joke, and she knows she should be horrified, but she can't help laughing

This movie is coming back to theaters for it’s 40th anniversary this Sunday (12/10) 😊

This is a great movie. Thank you all for reacting to it. Can’t wait to see what other Christmas movies you’ll be watching this year.

hahahaha ELLE has the best wide eye reactions, lol And her story of her grandad and his naked mermaid during the reveal of the leg lamp from the BOX 🤣😅 I know the girls prob dont get all the inside jokes but they are precious about the xmas scnes

A Christmas story is always a timeless classic.

All of you as usual gave out great responses and reactions. Thought I'd leave you with the fact that if you look in the credits the man narrating was in fact, Jean Shepherd, the author of "A Christmas Story" and another story titled "A Ferrari in the Bedroom" both based on his childhood experiences growing up in post WWII midwest America

The soap in the mouth. My Mother used that on me when I was little. I did not go blind from soap poisoning

My pop used to love this movie, he would watch it, even after Christmas, channels like TBS would do a marathon of it all throughout Christmas Day! lol 🎄

Viki doesn’t look like she likes the movie

If you were born in the 70's or 80's in the states then this is a staple of the holidays. It's played non-stop in syndication on TV. National Lampoons Christmas Vacation is easily becoming the contender.

I just met the cast of this movie last weekend at a meet-and-greet event. I hung out with Ralphie for a bit. Many don't know that he produced and acted in the first "Iron Man" movie! I also hung out with Yano Anaya (the short bully). He also played young Michael Anthony in the Van Halen music video "Hot for teacher". Another easter egg in this movie is a cameo by the author/narrator Jean Shepherd. He's the man at the Santa event that says "The line ends here, it begins there". That's the man narrating the entire movie. :)

This movie has a lot of nostalgia that I fear is mostly lost on younger generations especially when you didn’t grow up with the “American “ experience this portrays.

Ovaltine is a brand name for a powdered Chocolate flavored vitamin drink you would mix with milk for breakfast. They have instant breakfasts now that are much alike. Ovaltine was a big deal in the day

This is my all-time favorite Christmas movie because 75% of it was my childhood. I have an artificial leg and I dress it as the leg lamp every December. There is a fun documentary called 'Roadtrip for Ralphie' in which a couple visit all the filming locations from the film.

In America as a kid everyone had these. The Daisy bb gun was one of my favorite presents I ever got.👍🏼

You know it is Christmas time when this comes on!

When Vicki doesn’t like a movie, it’s not very hard to tell lol

At the end, the mom is laughing her ass off because they didn't tell her the duck was still going to have it's neck and head, so she was genuinely surprised. The asian fellows in the restaurant did not mind acting in such a stereotypical way, everyone was having a good time at the last scene :)

Having grown up where this movie is based Northwest IN. this is a pretty accurate account of how it looked and felt at the time.

The house where this was filmed is in Cleveland, Ohio, and is restored to look exactly like the movie. You can tour it! The house across the street is a museum to honor the movie and has many props, including the Red Rider BB gun.😊

There are A LOT of classic Christmas Movies that are beloved in the States, and this one is right there at the top of the list! Christmases Vacation, Miracle on 34th Street, It's a Wonderful Life, Home Alone, Elf, and yes... DIE HARD! And then there are dozens of amazing Christmas Cartoons that we all love here, but this movie is different. It is the favorite of so many Americans. Even if you don't celebrate the Holiday. It is just a perfect Christmas Movie. And the movie is endlessly quotable! Do many classic lines from this movie, and we know everyone one of them! Really happy you decided to react to this one!

I almost always watch TV with my hand to my face the way Viki does. She looks like she was trying to stay awake for this. 😅

I couldn't wait to see how you all reacted to the father pulling the leg lamp out of the box. 😂

Parts of this movie, the outside shots of the house, the beginning scene looking at the display window, the parade, and visiting Santa, were filmed in my area of Cleveland Ohio. My high schools marching band was the band you heard playing Santa Claus is coming to town. The house was renovated into a museum featuring props and sets from the movie.

Hello Lia, Viki, Ellie, & Michelle!😊 Nice to see all you ladies reacting to this Christmas classic!🎄 Great reactions to this fun family film, Ladies!!!!🎬👏👏👏👏

"And that's why you're not getting a BB gun" the best and most unique reaction to this movie I laughed out loud, and then I thought,, hey wait a minute great point!

Kind of like A Miracle on 34th Street, this is simple just A Christmas Story set during a period in American history long passed and growing up in it as a kid through the eyes/life/imagination of Ralphie only wishing for that BB for Christmas.

1. Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) grew up to the Producer of Iron Man 2008. 2. It's important to remember that the film is written from a childs, Ralphie's, point of view.

Hope Viki is ok didnt look to happy to be there.

Great movie and reaction. I'm 76 yrs old and sooo remember these times. So accurate it's hilarious. Thanx

I love this movie so much. Growing up as a kid it was my favorite👍🏼 "Randy lay there like a slug, it was his only defense" 😂😂

According to my father, this is an accurate telling of his Christmas experience... also, i enjoy this movie so very much!

This is my Most favorite Christmas movie of the world!!! Great job for reaction to this and I love y'all reactions, It's Perfect.

THIS IS A CHRISTMAS CLASSIC!

Growing up by the house it's always been our favorite Christmas movie. Our neighbors owned the bar that's on the corner. That's where they found the delivery guy to the major award. Told everyone that i want the leg lamp for a gift. Don't want anything else

About the Chinese duck part...the entire cast in crew did NOT fill Melinda Dillon (The mom) in that the duck would still have it's head. That's why she reacted the way she did (and if you watch, Ralphie and Randy seem usually excited...they couldn't wait to see Melina's reaction)!

There's technically been multiple sequels to this, and even a musical remake, but none have been able to top the orignal. Most recently the original actor who played Ralphie returned for A CHRISTMAS STORY CHRISTMAS (2022). But I think A CHRISTMAS STORY 2 (2012) is underrated.

Hi Homies! I loved this so much! I have a twin sister, and naturally, my mom LOVED giving Christina (guess my, male, name) matching gifts and just generally doing twin stuff with us. A kid in the 1980s, received the Raggedy Anne doll, and I, of course, got Raggedy Andy. I'm not ashamed to say, I became thoroughly attached to that little guy ♥, to the point the family got together and decided that, at the age of 12 or so, mom had to take him away! 😢 I'm over it, I am!

Ladies Last year before Christmas, Peter Billingsley aka Ralphie has return in sequel when Ralphie and his friends are grown up. Sequel is A Christmas Story Christmas. I read that Peter aka Ralphie watches the classic.

Poor Vicki was bored for most of the movie. Better luck next time I'm impressed that everybody understood the movie so well. It is terribly American, and it's set in the 1940s, This confused many young Americans too when the movie was released in 1983. But I guess being a kid with operatic levels of emotion is universal. "When I die everybody will be so sad that they weren't nice to me when they had the chance", Yep Ellie, we all did that. And that the BB gun was "the best gift" that Ralphie would ever receive was just because of that feeling a kid has of wanting a thing so, so much and the magic of actually getting it. Ovaltine is a powdered malt and sugar mix that you can add to milk to flavor and sweeten it. To sell more product they used to sponsor prize giveaways that required you to send in labels and such. Ralphie's prize from the Ovaltine company was a ring that spelled out "Drink your Ovaltine."

Vicky effing hated it, and was completely unable to hide her disdain.

Ovaltine was a chocolate flavored powder to mix into a glass of milk. It had vitamins and minerals, so it was like drinking a chocolate vitamin pill.

14:26 - Ovaltine was powder for making Chocolate Milk. Kid's loved it. I think the product was discontinued decades ago.

Ralphie grew up to become an elf, just to give Will Ferrell a hard time at not making those etch a sketches fast enough, then demoting him to test scary jack in the boxes. And just like the drama queen Ralphie is, he revealed the secret to Will Ferrell being a human instead of an elf! Loved that cameo of Peter Billingsley in the movie Elf!

13:03 Ellie's childhood story. 🤣 And I can relate to that too. 🤣

The ol man battling the furnace is my favorite xD and seeing the old toys in the beginning the wind up tanks, and trains that was like every kids dream god i wish i was there.

This is my dad’s favorite Christmas movie! He even has a leg lamp ornament on his Christmas tree! 😂

Although exaggerated, many of Jean Shepherd's stories were based on real people and events. On his radio show in the sixties he said his little friends, Flick, Bruner, and Shwartz were not only real people but he didn't even change their names. Sadly Flick died in the war when his bomber was shot down over Italy.

Leah, Vicki, Ellie, and Michelle sure do put me in the Christmas spirit. Unfortunately this movie puts tears and I do mean a gusher of tears in my eyes. The minute I heard the words air rifle, aka B*B gun I broke down. You see, I got a Red Ryder air rifle for Christmas around 1955. I was also an avid baseball and football card collector in my youth. I remember trading and gambling (using numbers on the back) cards with my friends. I amassed 2 shoe boxes of cards. My most precious cards (the ones I would never risk gambling) were Mickey Mantle, Stan Musial, Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra, Jim Brown, Johnny Unitas, Lenny Moore, Frank Gifford, and Y.A. Tittle are all I can remember. After I got my BB gun all my cards became HISTORY. I don't even dare to think of what they would be worth today. 😢 I'll watch the movie in hopes that doing so with the Homies will ease my pain. I do think it's a great Christmas movie and I can reconcile myself with the fact that my mother preserved my comic book collection from the Golden Age of comics and my 1949 American Flyer and 1952 Lionel train set, otherwise they might have fallen to my gun.😊😊

This is probably the movie I’ve seen the most in my life. Every Christmas it’s on repeat.

I can never watch this movie too many times, so much fun

this is my favorite movie. i grew up near the house which is exactly the same to this day and you can go thru it. also in america this movie plays on 2 channels for 24 hours on xmas eve day

The actress who played "Mom" passed away not long ago. Rest In Peace and thanks for all the laughs.

So glad you ladies reacted to this movie, such a classic for Christmas time, amazing reactions! Can’t wait for more Christmas movies from you guys!!❤😊

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas season. The ladies and the viewers.

Vicky looks like she is going to fall asleep !! :D

11:24/The ladie wearing her plack tank-top, wearing her black bunny ears...said the word "FUCK"!!! Then she covers her mouth...surprise 😲!! ❤ ❤

Okay now you need to watch the sequel that was made 2 years ago. The original cast and sets are back. I normally LOATH sequels but "Christmas Story Christmas" is perfect and a bit more heart felt.

There was a hole cut out the flagpole with a mini vacuum inside, the character of Flick did not actually have his tongue stuck to the pole.

This movie was a flop in the theaters, but took off after it came out on VHS tape. I read the book the movie was based on. All these things actually happened to the boy in the story, but they didn't all happen at the same Christmas season. For example, the dogs getting the dinner actually happened at Easter, and it was a ham.

So Ellie is basically Ralphie. Michelle is Schwartz.

26:00 funny enough, the mom and the kids didnt know anything about the duck scene as it was something only the dad, the chief and the producers were aware of. So the moms reaction is real lmao

I live in Cleveland Ohio where this was filmed. You can tour the whole house. It’s a tradition here to go visit it every year.

for a bunch of ladies with only fans accounts you sure seem taken back by that lamp...

You may be able to find them online but in the US we have a lot of novelty ornaments including this little leg lamp as little ornament that you can hang on a tree. It's hilarious

One of my favorite Christmas movies

I would have liked the girls to share what was something they always wanted growing up and if they ever got it.

Ovaltine is a powder you mix with milk. It's made from malt and usually cocoa flavor. I tried it once as a kid and thought it was awful.

A Christmas Story One of my all-time favorite Christmas Classics! I sometimes watch this as early as July (for Christmas in July). It gets me ready for the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!🎅🎄

Happy holidays, The Homies! 😍

There is a permanent 50 foot leg lamp statue modeled after this lamp in Chickasha, Oklahoma.

Great Reaction Ladies,Now This Is Definitely My All Time Favorite Christmas Movie, I Watch This Movie,All Christmas Day, That's My Tradition

Gotta do , Home Alone, next.... Bad Santa, Home for the Holidays, Just Friends, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Elf, Serendipity, The Night Before, ...Office Christmas Party!

Ralphie grew up and went to work at Stark Industries

The mother broke the lamp on purpose. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Like a fine wine , better and better with time 🦉🧠🌻🍷

VIKI LOOKS SO TIRED!

This movie must be watched every Christmas in my house. The original Grinch cartoon and Rudolph are must-watch as well.

Est lines in movie were at Santa scene with ralphie in li n e and kid next to him sats " i like the Wizard of K z! I like the Tin man!"

I would like to recommend a Christmas classic Rudolph the red nose reindeer.❤

OMG HIS TONGUE GOT STUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!