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1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, A Christmas Story is a 1983 Christmas comedy film |
3 | | directed by Bob Clark and based on Chicago-born Jean |
4 | | Shepherd's semi-fictional anecdotes in his 1966 book In God We |
5 | | Trust: All Others Pay Cash, with some elements from his 1971 |
6 | | book Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories And Other |
7 | | Disasters; and |
8 | | WHEREAS, A Christmas Story was released on November 18, |
9 | | 1983; initially overlooked, its critical reputation has grown |
10 | | considerably over the years, and it is regarded by some as one |
11 | | of the best films of 1983; and |
12 | | WHEREAS, Author Jean Shepherd was born in 1921 on the |
13 | | south side of Chicago; he briefly lived in East Chicago, |
14 | | Indiana and was raised in Hammond, Indiana; he set A Christmas |
15 | | Story in Hohman, Indiana, a fictionalized version of his |
16 | | hometown of Hammond; and |
17 | | WHEREAS, A Christmas Story has been shown in a marathon |
18 | | annually on TNT since 1997 and on TBS since 2004 titled "24 |
19 | | Hours of A Christmas Story", consisting of 12 consecutive |
20 | | airings of the film from the evening of Christmas Eve to the |
21 | | evening of Christmas Day annually; and
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