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It's my traditional holiday experience to read or listen to this book, always a joy (except most of the stereotypical Bumpus's chapter). I vicariously enjoy an old-fashioned, snowy, child-like holiday in the American midwest instead of the modern sunny California Christmas.
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This is one of the very few instances where I think that the movie was better than the book, due to the actors staying mostly very true to the story but also enhancing it with their own unique personalities. In any case, the audiobook was actually very adorable, complete with sound effects (e.g. you could hear the kitchen noises in the background during the Easter ham story.) All the small sub-plots take place consecutively over the course of several months, instead of just taking place during C
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Shepherd's delightful fictional (mostly) essays are the foundation for the movie A Christmas Story.
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Oct 15, 2011
Nikki
rated it
it was amazing
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fiction,
books-set-in-usa,
saw-the-movie,
humor,
christmas,
books-set-in-indiana,
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Dec 16, 2018
gremlinkitten
marked it as to-read
