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It is finally Christmas Eve night, meaning Ralphie and Randy can open one present before Christmas morning. The road to Christmas has been rough for Ralphie, he is still pretty certain he is not going to get the BB gun for Christmas, and is glad to get to open a present a day early. However, he wishes it did not have to be the present from Aunt Clara. He opened it and now his mother made him put on the unfortunate pink bunny pajamas to show everyone. The Old Man cannot wait to see his son in
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Start: Ralph: The one flaw in the Christmas Eve present-opening tradition was that my parents got to select the present to be opened. In my case, it was nearly always the one Aunt Clara sent me.
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End: The Old Man: Yeah, yeah, I thought I heard Santa’s sleigh bells a little while ago over on the other side of the street. Come on, come on, on the double! Okay, let’s get ‘em.
Philp Grecian, A Christmas Story, Dramatic Publishing, 2000, pp. 118-120.
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