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10 Reasons ‘A Christmas Story’ Is Worth Watching For 24 Hours Straight

A Christmas Story is one of the most defining movies of my childhood. TBS plays the movie for 24 hours straight, starting on Christmas Eve, and often my brother and I would watch it multiple times throughout the day, or leave it playing nonstop in the background. It simply can’t be Christmas until this movie comes on. It sums up everything magical and disappointing about childhood and about Christmas.

It’s angsty like only a disappointed child on Christmas morning can be.

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It understands the hierarchy and power of dare between friends.

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It made you unnaturally afraid of having your tongue stuck to a pole (while also putting the idea in your head in the first place).

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It articulates the disappointment only a child could feel after efforts are not rewarded.

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It completely nails the struggles of bundling up…

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…which inevitably makes you colder when you’re stuck in the snow.

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It helped you learn a thing or two about guilt tripping your parents.

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The characters are extremely cultured and literate:

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It encouraged you to always demand the things you want.

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Most importantly, it taught you that no matter how wise you think you are, your parents are almost always right. You will shoot your eye out, probably.

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