‘A Christmas Story’: Nullified by the State

America,Film,The State,The West

            

Set in the 1940s, the film “A Christmas Story” depicts a series of family vignettes through the eyes of 9-year-old Ralphie, who yearns for that gift of all gifts: the Daisy Red Ryder BB gun. This was boyhood before “bang-bang you’re dead” was banned; family life prior to “One Dad Two Dads Brown Dad Blue Dads” and Christmas without the ACLU.

The excerpt is from my new WorldNetDaily column, ‘A Christmas Story’: Nullified by the State. Comments are welcome.