{"id":32372,"date":"2021-09-15T19:22:53","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T01:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/?p=32372"},"modified":"2021-09-15T19:22:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T01:22:53","slug":"the-cars-of-a-christmas-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/the-cars-of-a-christmas-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the Cars of A Christmas Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

The cars of A Christmas<\/a> Story<\/em> are a thing. The 1983 movie, written by Jean Shepherd, quietly features a number of classic automobiles of the late 1930s and early 1940s.<\/p>\n

These vehicles are celebrated by car enthusiasts every year, as a matter of Christmas<\/a> tradition.<\/p>\n

The funny thing is that cars really have little to do with the story \u2013 except for the fact that Ralphie\u2019s old man is an \u201cOldsmobile Man\u201d.<\/p>\n

Of course, Ralphie was based on Jean Shepherd himself.<\/p>\n

So what we see in A Christmas<\/a> Story<\/em> is just an extension of Jean Shepherd, his old man, and the cars of his youth.<\/p>\n

~ Jean Shepherd and Cars ~<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Christmas<\/a> Story<\/em> was the work of Jean Shepherd, an American humorist, writer and radio<\/a> and television personality of the 20th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n

While most famous in Christmas<\/a> circles for his classic film A Christmas<\/a> Story<\/em>, Shepherd spent decades in media entertaining and writing about topics of Americana.<\/p>\n

Most do not realize that Jean Shepherd was also a car freak.<\/p>\n

He owned MGs, Porsches, and Morgans, even a Goggomobil. He was an announcer at sports car rallies and a monthly columnist in Car and Driver<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n

So while A Christmas<\/a> Story<\/em> was never about cars there are subtle references to classic vehicles that car enthusiasts celebrate every Christmas<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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