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The Man Who Told A Christmas Story
Wrapping presents while watching Ralphie pine for a Red Riding BB gun has become a holiday tradition as beloved and durable as candy canes and eggnog.
Yet the author and narrator of A Christmas Story, Jean Shepherd, had a deeper legacy of enchanting, subtly barbed storytelling as a longtime voice on nightly radio. In 2008, Steely Dan co-founder Donald Fagen recounted growing up in suburban New Jersey enthralled by Shepherd’s radio show.
His piece is reprinted below.
If you know Jean Shepherd’s name, it’s probably in connection with the now-classic film A Christmas Story, which is based on a couple of stories in his book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash.
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He also does the compelling voice-over narration. On Christmas, TBS will continue its tradition of presenting a 24-hour Christmas Story marathon. There are annual fan conventions devoted to the film— released 25 years ago this Thanksgiving— and the original location in Clevelan