A Christmas Story Quotes

“I had woven a tapestry of obscenity that as far as I know is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan. ”
― Jean Shepherd, A Christmas Story

“The joy of giving can uplift the saddened heart.”
― Jean Shepherd, A Christmas Story

“Our family always had its Christmas on Christmas Eve. Other less fortunate people, I had heard, opened their presents in the chill clammy light of dawn. Far more civilized, our Santa Claus recognized that barbaric practice for what it was.”
― Jean Shepherd, A Christmas Story: The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film

“Everything comes to he who waits. I guess. At last, after at least 200 years of constant vigil, there was delivered to me a big, fat, lumpy letter. There are few things more thrilling in Life than lumpy letters. That rattle. Even to this day I feel a wild surge of exultation when I run my hands over an envelope that is thick, fat, and pregnant with mystery.”
― Jean Shepherd, A Christmas Story: The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film

“But as the old truism goes, every man has his chance, and when yours comes you had better grab it.”
― Jean Shepherd, A Christmas Story: The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film