msnbc.com // How does a film set in the midwestern 1940s invoke nostalgia not only for those who remember that era, but even more significantly, work just as well for those who were born 50 years later and have never even visited the Midwest? That's the film's true magic, as "A Christmas Story" and its characters connect to universal, unchanging attitudes toward the holidays and family, nevermind friends, bullies, school, and commercialism. //
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