Humorist Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself at Higbee’s Department Store. The consistent response: “You’ll shoot your eye out!” All the elements from the beloved motion picture are here, including the family’s temperamental exploding furnace; Scut Farkas, the school bully; the boys’ experiment with a wet tongue on a cold lamppost; the Little Orphan Annie decoder pin; Ralphie’s father winning a lamp shaped like a woman’s leg in a net stocking; Ralphie’s fantasy scenarios and more.

Ralph – Peter Whittaker

Ralphie – Chance Kelly

Mother– Elle Attson

The Old Man – Bernie Horton

Randy – Grayson Kelly

Miss Shields – Michelle Makitra Robb

Flick – Cameron Pereira

Schwartz– Milo Tibbits

Esther Jane– Molly Penton

Helen – Evelyn Park

Scut Farkas – Connor Corcoran

Desperado – Michaela Agnew

Black Bart – Cameron Wood