I'm also a big fan of A Christmas Story. I watch it after midnight on Christmas Eve, and it's usually on throughout the day when we're having dinner or opening presents.

Every year I find occasions to let loose with my best Darren McGavin, "Sons of Bitches! Bumpuses!"

I always get a kick out of the weird kid in front of Ralphie and Randy in the Santa line ("I like the tinman.").

Of course, Ralphie beating the tar out of Scott Fargas is as much a Christmas tradition as putting the star on top of the tree. That scene took place in my youth as the neighborhood bully got beaten up by the least likely kid on the block. All I remember was watching the barrage of punches coming from the meek kid while he was barking like a dog. Like Fargas, the bully went home with nothing more than a nosebleed, but it ended his days as a bully.