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The film relates the tale of Ralphie Parker (played by Peter Billingsley), who wants a BB gun for Christmas (specifically, "an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle, with a compass in the stock and 'this thing' which tells time") and will go to any lengths to get it despite the numerous adult admonitions of "you'll shoot your eye out." Over the course of the film, Ralphie hides a Red Ryder advertisement in his mother's magazine, fibs about the spotting of a dangerous animal in the neighborhood, blurts his desire outright, writes a theme on the subject, and asks an impatient Santa just as the department store closes. Ultimately, Ralphie's "Old Man" gives Ralphie his BB gun for Christmas, stating that he had one himself at an earlier age. Ralphie eagerly runs outside in his boots and pajamas to "try it out", but the BB ricochets off his glasses, injuring him slightly and briefly, but incorrectly convincing him that he did shoot his eye out.
