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7 hrs ago | The Daily Eastern News

Movies to get you in the spirit

As the chill of winter sets in on the Midwest, it is quickly becoming that time of year where students and faculty both begin to shun the outdoors in favor of staying in their homes.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Animation Movies, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Family, Musical Movies, Short, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies

Sun Dec 13, 2009

Boston Globe

A generous helping of holiday fare

Your favorite audiophiles' Christmas stockings could burst at the seams this year, as there is a bumper crop of stories, poems, essays, and novels to help them celebrate the holiday season.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Food, Recipes, Short, Comedy Movies, Family, Drama Movies, Blizzard

Sat Dec 12, 2009

KPC Media Group, Inc.

These films will get you in the holiday spirit

Christmas is fast-approaching, and there is no better way to get in the Christmas spirit than to watch movies about Christmas! Snuggle up with a mug of hot cocoa, a candy cane and a plate of Christmas movies and take a break from the holiday... more... The Outdoor Page They'll believe you now! Share your photos at theoutdoorpage.com AP Videos A ...

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Short, Comedy Movies, Family, Drama Movies, Elf, Melinda Dillon, Peter Billingsley, It's a Wonderful Life

Thu Dec 10, 2009

Index

Christmas favorites entertain

A Christmas Carol Disney is capitalizing on yet another retelling of Charles Dickens' fable of charity, humanity and redemption.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Animation Movies, Short, A Christmas Carol, Family, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Life, Holidays, Christmas, Vocal, Charles Dickens, Comedy Movies

Orange County Review

We triple dog dare youa

Each of us likely can recall a special Christmas present from our childhood that consumed our pre-holiday thoughts like no other.

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Wed Dec 09, 2009

Associated Content

Top Five Christmas Movies of the '80s

The 1980s were an awesome decade to the be a kid. Growing up, I got to see so many cool movies when they were originally released, and of course I would watch them over and over again at home.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Short, Comedy Movies, Family, Drama Movies, Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin

KansasCity.com

21 Days to 'Christmas Story': Behind the scenes at the Rep

Thwak! A steel nail drives through plywood in a scene shop jammed with wood, metal, paint and the din of workers rushing to construct a childs phantasmagoric memory:Christmastime, 1939.Three weeks.

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Related Topix: Kansas City, KS, Charles Dickens, Vocal, Family, Drama Movies, Short, Comedy Movies, Theater, Arts

Tue Dec 08, 2009

Burlington Free Press

A scene from Jean Shepherd's "A Christmas Story." Gannett file photo / MGM/UA

I would rather lick a frozen flag pole in January than buy my son a gun. By Jennifer Borch, Free Press Columnist * Tuesday, December 8, 2009 It's staring at me from the bulletin board across the kitchen -- pestering me even when my son is not near.

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Kansas City Star

Rep declares 'Christmas Story' its highest-grossing show, extends run

Kansas City Repertory Theatre has extended the run of "A Christmas Story, the Musical!' and declared it the highest-grossing show in the Rep's history.

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Related Topix: Family, Drama Movies, Short, Comedy Movies, Bob Clark

Mon Dec 07, 2009

Telegram & Gazette

Boyish wonder fills tale of simpler Christmas

Adapted by Philip Grecian from Jean Shepherd's memoirs and Bob Clark's film. At Stageloft Repertory Theater, 450A Main St., Sturbridge.

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Sun Dec 06, 2009

About.com

PTC's "A Christmas Story" Delivers Holiday Nostalgia

Like many people, I love the 1983 film A Christmas Story , based on the semi-autobiographical short stories and personal essays of Jean Shepherd, and I watch it every year.

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Paste Magazine

Eight Pretty Terrifying Christmas Movies

When you stop and think about it, there's a lot that's scary about Christmas - the mall crowds, the pressure of finding the perfect gift, the children sitting on strange men's laps.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Halloween, Horror Movies, Short, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Black Christmas, Comedy Movies, Family, Drama Movies, Bob Clark

Sat Dec 05, 2009

Alabama Live

5 Questions With: Frank Thompson, director of CenterStage Productions' "A Christmas Story"

CenterStage Productions is now presenting "A Christmas Story" through Dec. 13 at the Virginia Samford Theatre.

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South Bend Tribune

New World shoots its eye out

New World Arts missteps with its current production of "A Christmas Story." Adapted by Philip Grecian from the 1983 film based on the short stories of Hammond native Jean Shepherd, "A Christmas Story" focuses on 9-year-old Ralphie's attempts to get a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas, despite being warned numerous times that "you'll shoot your eye ...

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Customer Interaction Solutions

The ghost of Christmas presents

When Charles Dickens gave the world "A Christmas Carol" in 1843, he set the standard for such yarns extremely high.

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Fri Dec 04, 2009

KansasCity.com

"You'll Shoot Your Eye Out, Kid!" A Christmas Story, the Musical, comes to the Rep

"You'll shoot your eye out, kid," is the thematic famous line from "A Christmas Story, the Musical!" Buy image now Twenty-one actors, along with directors and assistants, sit in a circle of folding chairs around a table for the first read-through on October 27, 2009.

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Northern Virginia Daily

Wayside's 'Miracle' is a holiday treat

Waiting in the wings each Christmas season is a familiar trio of entertainment offerings: Dickens' venerable "A Christmas Carol"; Jean Shepherd's "A Christmas Story," with Ralphie yearning for an air rifle; and "Miracle on 34th Street," the 1947 film about Macy's real-life Santa.

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Kearny Journal

Kearny High performs classic 'Christmas Story'

PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Kearny High performs classic 'Christmas Story' K earny High School presents an alternative casting of a holiday favorite: Jean Shepherd's "A Christmas Story." The senior play stars Bryannah Fearon as adult Ruth Parker, looking back on her childhood in Homan, Indiana.

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Thu Dec 03, 2009

San Jose Mercury News

Review: 'A Christmas Story' at San Jose Rep

Move over Tannenbaum, the leg lamp is back with a vengeance. Douglas firs just don't cut it in "A Christmas Story," where the Old Man's "major award," in all its tacky glory, is by far the most coveted yuletide decoration around.

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Kansas City InfoZine

A Christmas Story, the Musical! Held Over at KC Rep Theatre

Skyrocketing Ticket Sales Result in Extension of World Premiere: Officially Repa s Highest-Grossing Show Kansas City, MO - infoZine - Due to public demand for tickets, Eric Rosen, artistic director of Kansas City Repertory Theatre, has extended the run of the theatrea s phenomenal hit A Christmas Story, The Musical!, which Rosen also directed.

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Directed by Bob Clark

Starring Peter Billingsley and Darren McGavin

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