Christmas Story is being advertised on tv again. I now realize that the first time I saw that I was so on edge I couldn't enjoy it at all. I was convinced the Dad was a nut and he was going to go ballistic on all of them at any moment. When they ended up at the restaurant and they showed the big meat cleaver I was sure he was going to go on a killing spree, but when they only chopped the duck's head off I was stunned.
Even when the Dad never got abusive and the show was over I was still convinced he was evil and the other people just couldn't see it. I thought of how awful it would be to live with such an angry person. I kept finding fault with it until I couldn't find any more.
Maybe this year I can finally watch it and enjoy it!
