In the department store scene, Santa and the elves aren’t actually behaving that way. The story is told through the eyes of the kid. At that age, Santa is still kind of scary. If you watch the very end of that scene, it goes back to reality.

I think the dad loves the lamp because he won it. He probably be just as excited if it were anything else.

@dr.burtgummerfan439

7 ай бұрын

It's a Major Award! Mind power!😁

@0okamino

6 ай бұрын

Ralphie, on the other hand, does like it specifically because it’s a shapely leg. 😄

@bookwoman53

6 ай бұрын

Mr. Parker has probably never won anything before.

I grew up 4 blocks from where this movie was filmed, in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. The house actually has a museum/tour, and recently, it was sold to a new owner.

@Perktube1

7 ай бұрын

Will the new owner keep it up?

@andreadeamon6419

7 ай бұрын

​@Perktube1 - yes - he was on the board

@toomanyaccounts

5 ай бұрын

its a bed and breakfast along with the Bumpiss house

@andreadeamon6419

5 ай бұрын

@@toomanyaccounts bumpass house is a bed and breakfast

When Emma started mocking the elf woman, I absolutely lost it 😂😂😂😂

The man with the beard who told Ralphie that the line for Santa Claus....STARTED WAY BACK THERE....That was Jean Shepard, who actually wrote & narrated the story.

@minnesotajones261

6 ай бұрын

And the director (Bob Clark) is the neighbor "Swede" who the Old Man tells him it was a Major Award out in front of the house!

The most heart warming moment was the father coming through with Ralphie's gun. He seemed so distant and aloof the entire time but he was actually paying attention to Ralphie's request. He understood how important it was to his son. One thing to point, right next to the Chinese restaurant was a sign that said "Bowling." I thought that was very oddly placed.

@WintervilleWatchwoman

6 ай бұрын

The Chinese restaurant is called Bo-ling (the w is blown out as it was a former bowling alley). Turns out, bowling was a huge thing in the town they were supposed to be representing. If you pay attention, there are several bowling references all throughout the movie 😊

@SurvivorBri

6 ай бұрын

@@WintervilleWatchwoman ahh didn't know that. Thanks for the tidbit! They did make a big deal out of the bowling ball gift so it makes sense.

@toomanyaccounts

5 ай бұрын

plastic bowling balls were new. the front door had Bo-Ling & Sons. Neon signs were expensive so reusing the sign would be cost effective for new owners@@SurvivorBri

The father is proud of the leg lamp because he won it

This movie has been a family Christmas tradition for decades. They made a modern day Christmas Story with all the original kids as adults. The house is a historic landmark. They have put the house back to the original condition and you can stay the night in the house. They have hourly tours with the house too. It's a huge Christmas attraction I believe in Cleveland. The mother is Mart Dillions mother and both the parents have passed away. The mother in just the last year or two.

The scene with the department store Santa and elves isn’t meant to be realistic, but to depict Ralphie’s anxiety and frustration with adults.

37:49 Ralphie never asked dad for the rifle but dad had his back

My hometown! We're so proud of this one. Jean Sheppard grew up two blocks over from where I'm sitting right now. The school in the movie - Warren G Harding, I can literally see from my front yard. The alley is also nearby. You should see all the leg lamps that appear in the windows. It's magical...Merry Christmas!

@bossfan49

6 ай бұрын

Just to clarify for the other viewers, they used the name Warren G. Harding School, but the actual building in the film is Victoria School in Ontario, CA

I’m Jewish and there is an an American Jeewish tradition of eating Chinese food on Christmas Day.

My parents were obsessed with 'A Christmas Story' and because of this going on now for 37yrs our family on Christmas Eve goes out for dinner to a Chinese food restaurant ... Christmas day is still a huge at home family lunch and dinner but yea because of this movie it's always Chinese food on Christmas Eve ... And i'm pretty sure this is actually a somewhat common thing for Americans , pretty crazy how movies can effect and shape peoples lives (for the good in most all cases:)

@toomanyaccounts

5 ай бұрын

chinese for most of the last hundred would be the only restaurant open dec 25th

This movie is based on the works of author Jean Shepherd who is Adult Ralphie/Narrator and appears in the film as the man who tells them they're at the wrong end of the line for Santa. Director Bob Clark appears as the neighbor in the blue jacket when the Old Man puts the lamp up. I have a prosthetic leg that I dress as the leg lamp every year.

Such a fun movie. Very overplayed here in the US at this time with 24hr marathons. I love how enthusiastic you were through the whole movie, but especially during that Santa visit, yelling at the elves and Santa. OH THE TURKEY!!!! 🙂

@nsasupporter7557

7 ай бұрын

It wasn’t a hit at the box office, it didn’t become popular until years after it came out. Did you know that

@snuffy357

7 ай бұрын

i love the 24 hour marathon.

I rewatch this about every Christmas, and anymore, every time I see the ending... I so miss America...

Such a classic. One of the best Christmas shows ever!

You should watch A Christmas Story Christmas 2022 it's a continuing story of this original one with most of all the original cast members all grown up.

This was a very thoughtful and sensitive reaction; well done. I think you were a little overly-concerned about the darker scenes - like the visit to Santa. Bear in mind they're exaggerating the memories of a 9-year-old boy, so many things are going to be shown as more dramatic than they really were. Have you seen 'The Princess Bride?' I believe you would really enjoy it; it's a beautiful fairy tale with a great sense of humor - a true modern classic.

I and all my friends had Captain Midnight Decoder Rings. Captain Midnight was a TV hero that was on TV every Saturday morning in the 1950s.

Peter Billingsley, who played Ralphie, is a producer in Hollywood but sometimes still acts. He's in Iron Man and Far From Home as a Stark scientist. lmao

Have to watch A Christmas Story Christmas, Ralphie is all grown up and returns home to Cleveland St. for Christmas with his kids.

He likes the lamp since he won it as a prize 😂😂.

@claymccoy

7 ай бұрын

It's a major award...

On Christmas day every year the TBS and TNT cable channels play this movie on a loop for 24 hours.

My favorite Christmas movie! Thanks for sharing. You’re so adorable.

@EmmaReactions

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!! 😊

Bob Clark's OTHER Christmas classic! The first, of course, being 1974s "Black Christmas".

You have to remember, this movie was based on a kid's version of events, so a lot of things were exaggerated for comedic/dramatic effect. Like his Dad's mannerisms, or the behavior of the Dept. Store elves, the parents violent reaction to the "F" word, or Santa pushing Ralphie down the slide

@EmmaReactions

7 ай бұрын

Oh yes)))) you are right, I noticed it, but I didn’t think about his father and mom how it could be so different))))

Yeah my brother's and I had that gun at 8 years old. It's the ultimate toy. Just running around the woods with our BB guns...all day until supper. Every actor wants to make a Christmas film because if it's popular like this one, they'll collect royalites every year that can pay for their Christmas gifts. Haha, but it's not easy making such a beloved film. There's only maybe a half dozen that have made the list. I love how they show Ralphie's imagination. Imagination is so important when you're a kid and if you can hang onto it, you can be so creative as an adult.

Yes, as someone below noted Santa isnn't acting that way in reality. It is how Ralph is seeing things in his imagination. See how Santa and the elves are acting AFTER Ralphie goes down the chute...

I absolutely love how she mirrors the action in the movie!

If you have seen Elf, Peter Bilingsley (Ralphie) plays the supervisor elf at the North Pole.

The original short story begins with an adult Ralph(ie) living in NYC. He has a random encounter with a hippie at a diner. The hippie has been protesting the marketing of "war toys" to children, saying it's a plot by the Military Industrial Complex to make boys grow up to be violent and perpetuate war around the world. This sets up Ralph's flashback to his "best Christmas present", and how childlike and innocent the reality actually was.

My favorite Christmas film of all time.

"he's just a kid, it's not okay!!" haha, I love your compassion 🎄

The Narrator is also the author of this story which is based on his life in Ohio.

The Grinch who stole christmas . ; )

Man, growing up, my dad made us watch this every single year.

Darren McGavin was a terrific physical comic. When he gets busted cutting into the turkey and high tails it out of the kitchen, I wish I could move like that.

@0okamino

6 ай бұрын

I think he got a lot of practice hightailing it in his portrayal of Kolchak.

The film was made in 1983 but the story is set in the late 1940's after WWII. The narrator is also in the film as the man in the Santa line at the department store (Jean Shepherd).

You have a beautiful singing voice Emma

so great.. thanks for the reaction.. loved it

I remember department store Christmas window displays.

Magical intro., once again. . . Music is the Queen of the Arts.

When you beat up the bully, then he leaves you alone with respect. geat reaction. Movie suggestion "The Man Who Invented Christmas",

Wonderful reaction Emma. You're so endearing. An 80's Christmas classic Ralphies family Home is an attraction and museum in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. It was orginally used for only exterior shots, but about 19 years ago someone bought it and restored it so both the exterior and the interior were like the movie. It can be visited year round.

@EmmaReactions

7 ай бұрын

Happy holidays!

@smavtmb2196

7 ай бұрын

@@EmmaReactions Happy Holidays to you aswell Emma 🎅 🎄

you know the grown up Ralphie was in the iron man movie and spiderman movie

@MLJ7956

7 ай бұрын

And he was in Elf too...

So happy you enjoyed this! Been watching it since I was a kid so I know it by heart. There’s “24 Hours of A Christmas Story” that airs on Television every year so I try to watch at least once. Also, Ralphie looks just like me when I was a child 😂

Great reaction!

Hi. For another Christmas movie to watch from 1972 is The House Without a Christmas Tree It is a very sweet story about a young girl and her father at Christmas.

I received a Leg Lamp from a family member for Xmas. I was the cool guy on the block. lol

This movie reminds me why i need to make the holidays special for the kids, despite my bitter heart.

Some of the other stories from the book this is based on were also made into another movie starring Matt Dillon as Ralphy

The instant I saw that you did this movie I had to watch it. You are in my top tier of movie reacters... reactors... well top tier. This movie did such an amazing job of recreating that time period. Thank you. And I double-dog dare you to keep making more reactions.

@EmmaReactions

7 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

fun fact about that soap, its a brand that is used by car mechanics and the like that is good at getting oil and stuff off of your hands. My grandpa used to use it and my mom says its FAAAR worse than regular soap in terms of the taste. Its horribly bad lol.

This House is in Cleveland (close to where I live) AND my Ralphie painting is(I believe still) hanging in it. You need to visit!! ❤ Such a great place/city!

Bob Clark, the director of this movie, also directed the original Black Christmas movie from 1974, a classic of the horror genre. Very good Canadian flick

@0okamino

6 ай бұрын

I imagine it’s pretty fun to get a line that lets you call the director himself a nincompoop, and to be called that by the great Darren McGavin. 😄

@WintervilleWatchwoman

6 ай бұрын

Bob also appeared in the movie aaannnnnd someone else already beat me to it 🤣🤣

A little fun fact: Peter Billingsly actually was hit in the face with that snowball and his tears were real. That wasn't acting👍🏼

@EmmaReactions

7 ай бұрын

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You made this so fun to watch, even tho I've seen this dozens of times. Thanks Ms. Emma.

Great movie especially for the season but who am i kiddin i could watch any film as long as i get to see emma 🥰

The kid'd be suspended or expelled now for writing he wants a BB gun for Christmas. The visit to Santa scene was Ralphie's projected fear.

@WintervilleWatchwoman

6 ай бұрын

He’d probably be put UNDER the jail at this point 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣

All the short stories that all the movies about this family are written are by Jean Shepherd who also narrates and tells Ralphie where the line begins.

@0okamino

6 ай бұрын

The lady standing beside him was also really his wife.

27:15 Hammerfists Ralphie! Hammerfists! Hammerfists! Hammerfists! Hammerfists! Hammerfists! Hammerfists!

I really enjoyed your reaction! You made my day better, thanks kid!

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I love this movie! Every Christmas it is played for 24 hours straight on one of the cable channels, and we play it again and again as part of our Christmas Day rituals. As a lifelong firearms enthusiast myself, I can relate to Ralphie's excitement. My children (all grown now) received BB guns and firearms as Christmas presents at one time or another. It's a traditional part of American culture.

Emma Last year, Peter Billingsley aka Ralphie has return in direct sequel to this classic. Peter (Ralphie) and his friends (same actors from original) return as young adults in early 70s. Original mom from classic declined to come back because she is retired from acting. Early this year, Melinda Dillon, original Ralphie's mom died at the age of 83. Julie Hagerty of iconic comedy movie, Airplane step in the role of the mom.

@MrTech226

7 ай бұрын

Emma Irony about this movie, director, Bob Clark also directed raunchy teen movie, 1981's Porky's.

@MrTech226

7 ай бұрын

Emma Christmas Story House is actually real house in Cleveland, Ohio. House is tourist attraction for the city of Cleveland. House has all the props including, I think famous Leg Lamp inside.

Now watch a Christmas Christmas story. It's when they're all older.

@andreadeamon6419

7 ай бұрын

Btw you can visit the house and stay in the bumpases house - but you can also go down the slide at a place called Castle Noel in medina ohio. They have all sorts of props from Christmas movies and toys from years and years ago. Fun place.

He actually DID say the 'F-word" (in slow motion) when I first saw it in the theatre. I supposed they changed it into "Fudge" when the video came out.

It was adorable watching you react! Merry Christmas sweet lady.

@EmmaReactions

7 ай бұрын

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Cute rection!

I watch this all Xmas eve!!! And I've seen it 3 times already this December.

Emma you are wonderful and beautiful! Merry Christmas to you lady! 🙂🙂🙂

@EmmaReactions

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! You too!

Merry Christmas beautiful Emma ❤

@EmmaReactions

7 ай бұрын

Happy holidays! 😘😘

@MitchClement-il6iq

7 ай бұрын

@@EmmaReactions ♥ 😘

Thank you Emma .. That was Fun to watch with you 🎄 🎁 🎅

@EmmaReactions

7 ай бұрын

Happy holidays!

Hello, I just find you today ❤ I swear, you could be Valentina Shevchenkos little sister! This is my favorite Christmas movie ever and you’re reaction to it was wonderfully heartwarming ❤❤❤

@EmmaReactions

6 ай бұрын

Oh thank you!

How about "The Bishops Wife" with Cary Grant, David Niven and Loretta Young?

Loved the reaction! I watched this every year on Christmas Eve night along with Christmas vacation, Frozen 1, and 2, same goes with elf and four Christmases

@EmmaReactions

6 ай бұрын

So cool! 👌🏼

Best Xmas Movie

Fun one, Emma! I really enjoyed watching this one with you. Thanks for sharing it! 🙂

@EmmaReactions

7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Merry Christmas

I love this movie!

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Hi Emma💕Enjoy the movie and have a Nice evening✨🎄💫❣️

@EmmaReactions

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! You too!

love your reaction emma

I have a great movie for you to react to. "It Happened One Night", 1934 screwball comedy classic, IMDB rated 8.1, staring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert.

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I've always gotten a kick out of the "the line stretched all the way to Terre Haute" line. I grew up around Terre Haute

If you want to watch a great Christmas movie, I recommend The Family Man

Please watch warrior with Tom hardy, if you love Rocky , u would love this movie

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SOAP…POISONING!

Great reaction to a great movie, thank you!!

@EmmaReactions

7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Who else is old enough to have known the soap in the mouth punishment?

Great reaction. Please watch "It's a Wonderful Life".

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A movie with DAVE!!!!!!

Have a happy Yule, gorgeous ;)

@EmmaReactions

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! You too!

30:29 - Back in the 40's, 50's it was a lot safer to let kids walk around by themselves for a few minutes

@EmmaReactions

7 ай бұрын

Oh yes!!! I do remember even in my childhood had same experience:)

Love you Emma for a new video you look more beautiful every other day

The movie Bob Clark directed before this is a little different it's the rsunchiest movie ever made called Porkys I've only seen 1 reaction to it on KZread, probly cause the full frontal nudity both male and female throughout the movie