A Christmas Story: Meeting Santa (Clip) | TBS

Ralphie and Randy wait in line to meet Santa Claus. Ralphie makes another attempt to ask for his Christmas present.
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[@Ibhenriksen]

The way he says "You'll shoot your eye out kid" in such a matter of fact way makes it even funnier.

[@corey-bird3489]

And Ralphie’s shock reaction and the elf’s face at “So GET GOIN’!”

[@bighand1530]

He just says is causally without a care lol.

[@flameshot4647]

The pov of Ralphies view of how they put him on Santa is hilarious

[@Njbear7453]

This entire movie is hilarious

[@Handlesarestupid666]

Comedy gold

[@waikeonglim7703]

Very in your face kinda comedy

[@bighand1530]

@@waikeonglim7703 In the case of Santa, kinda literally.

[@hickstuff]

“You’ll shoot your eye out kid, merry Christmas, Ho,Ho,Ho” *”NOOOOOO!!!!!”*

[@buckdouglas9559]

4:13 i love this look santa gives him like "Dang, this kid's got drive."

[@AnnieBrackett88]

The way he boots Ralphie down the slide is so hysterical

[@JordansGamer]

4:30 NO!!! 😯

[@bonnieriffle8371]

Yeah and then he says, HO! HO! HO! So funny!😆😆

[@matthewmcvey3494]

Was there no end of this conspiracy of irrational prejudice against red Ryder and his piece maker?

[@jesseyoungblood6265]

First movie scene that I remember scaring me as a child.

[@jthrash9081]

Ho.. Ho... 👢 ...ho

[@xjcrossx]

The pure joy the elf gets by pushing terrified kids down the slide alwats made me laugh.

[@watermelonlover745]

The exhausted elf lady cracks me up

[@SummerSun-sg3wf]

The lady elf cracks me up she's so grumpy🤣

[@slashur99]

My favorite part about this scene is the kid with the aviator goggles and hat. “I like Santa Claus”. Then starts screaming when he’s put on Santa’s lap 😂

[@Soooooooooooonicable]

I LIKE THE TINMAN.

[@waynemacfarland1546]

That would be Ralphie's pal, Flick, the kid who got his tongue stuck to the flagpole after that other kid, Schwartz triple-dog dared him to.

[@golions13579]

@@waynemacfarland1546I don’t think it was! I think it was just some random!

[@waynemacfarland1546]

@@golions13579 It looked like him though. And the scream sounded just the same as it did when he got his tongue stuck to the flagpole.

[@speedybois5794]

I swore that was flik

[@donttouchmysilver8202]

No matter how many times I watch it it’s always funny

[@mcs-bl6sg]

01:41 I like how even Randy thinks the goggles kid is weird.

[@crabbymarbleracing235]

He looks just like the nerd emoji🤓

[@Bombiedude.]

He does look freaky though

[@thehighsnowman7429]

He wasn't laughing at that kid he was smiling at a little girl off camera who was afraid of the witch

[@capnhands]

2:00 "A TOY TRUCK, GET HIM OFF MY LAP, HE'S WET, GET ME A TOWELL." LOL

[@RachelParker-1977]

😄 I never noticed that.

[@corey-bird3489]

@@RachelParker-1977Wow! Neither had I after “get him off my lap.”

[@adambess4909]

You hear the phrase “you’ll shoot your eye out” so many times in the movie but I swear Santa’s delivery is the funniest of the bunch

[@coolcat6303]

I luv it when Ralphie says to the witch “Don’t bother me. I’m, I’m thinking.” Even after 40 years, I still use that line on occasion. Especially to my wife.

[@evilwillhunting]

I love how the witch is all like “Oh. Ok. Whatever…”

[@malloryg4251]

I know, my brother and I always laugh so hard at that part! She couldn't care less.

[@patton303]

The guy with the beard who tells Ralphie he’s cutting the line is Jean Shepard. He’s the man who wrote this story. He’s also the narrator in the whole movie as adult Ralphie.

[@coolcat6303]

Really? I never knew that. That’s pretty cool.

[@iandoe8793]

@@coolcat6303I didn’t know either!

[@sarasensational]

Yes! You can recognise the voice ! Cool fact

[@davestelling]

Thanks, never knew that bit of important trivia!

[@bighand1530]

⁠@@sarasensational Is it just me or does Peter Billingsley sound a lot like the original narrator/adult Ralphie?

[@thejoint25]

"Don't let him kick you in the face!" -Grown up Ralphie

[@taras1408]

What did you think of the latest one? I liked it

[@anchorpoint3631]

@@taras1408 It was shit

[@taras1408]

@@anchorpoint3631 ok some liked it apparently not you lol

[@anchorpoint3631]

@@taras1408 well not a lot of people liked it lol! tough luck for you. you can't do shit about it

[@taras1408]

@@anchorpoint3631 oh gosh no I can’t do shit about it lol do I care , no but is it worth arguing, nah . We all have our opinions and it’s not killing me. It’s no big deal you enjoy your holidays

[@imahotmess872]

1:24 “don’t bother me Im uh Im thinking” 🤣🥲

[@retroflashbackdude]

Fun fact: the department store they filmed this at kept the slide and used it for several years

[@oooh19]

We never had a slide I think my friends and I would have loved that!

[@jacobvanantwerp2001]

For me, meeting Santa Claus with my little sister as a kid wasn't all that scary. He was caring enough. This Santa Claus encounter, on the other hand, is hysterical!

[@noahthegamer97]

Santa 🎅 isn't like that

[@aussieman3021]

I never saw Santa as scary as a kid.

[@reneastle8447]

Had Santa and the elves been more kinder, gentler, and sweeter to the children, that would've fared better.

[@_Just_Another_Guy]

​@@reneastle8447 Yeah but the store was closing and the line was still long so they needed to rush

[@reneastle8447]

@@_Just_Another_Guy So true, but if they had other Santa Claus encounters, that would've been different.

[@christopherrodriguez9448]

Virtually everyone can all agree Christmas wouldn't be the special same without this very well written Holiday Season comedy.The cast and crew of this legendary excellent comedy indeed all gave performed excellent accomplishment by bestowing it to everyone likewise. - Giving all of us a great Christmas gift that is priceless with considerate Christmas goodwill and it's true authentic love. - Thanks very much and always you all.

[@pennwoman]

This scene is absolutely BRILLIANT.

[@claymac7895]

He pushes his face with his boot😂😂 back in the day parents wouldn’t care either.

[@lindsayhengehold5341]

The funniest meeting Santa scene ever!

[@MrJoowoneeno]

I read somewhere the actress portraying the female angry/nasty elf got the part because she acted similarly like she did at 3:33 when she went to audition for the part but time had run out but she put up a big fuss that she was waiting in line too long to just be turned away at the last moment.

[@bighand1530]

Interesting

[@rootfish2671]

Method acting

[@tatum2739]

She looks like Jackie Kennedy

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

Yes, that is interesting.

[@alifakhrzadeh1544]

I have to say Ralphie’s turn down of the witch is ironically sad because she actually nicer to him than Santa or his elves

[@warmachinerockx7604]

Yeah same

[@ShadowLinkxMaster]

I also found it endearing that the Old Man skipped and sang along with the Oz crew, in spite of his typical cranky demeanor. ❤️ Shows he has a playful side~

[@Ibhenriksen]

She laughed at his essay.

[@PajafromPrague]

Well she talked to him and said she wants to eat him tasty . Not very nice 😂 Santa Well was ok but the elfes no

[@alifakhrzadeh1544]

⁠@@Ibhenriksenthat was the teacher in Ralphie’s dream but not the one at the mall

[@KleWdSide]

The little maneuver w/ how the elves place the kids on Santa's lap is hilarious 🤣

[@Njbear7453]

I just noticed rewatching yesterday lol

[@42lookc]

Very efficient. To make _sure_ they're done by 9.

[@ZakWolf]

I love Randy's screaming; at 2:52 he sounds kind of like a whistle!

[@AnnieBrackett88]

He does 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bighand1530]

Now that you mention it, does sound like a whistle.

[@Njbear7453]

Like a tea kettle 😂😂😂😂

[@bighand1530]

@@Njbear7453 I can hear that too

[@upmysuccess90s20]

Poor Ian petrella in real life during this scene was terrified of heights/the slide. He even said once that his screaming reaction while going down the slide was genuine.

[@pedobear8071]

The snobby way the one elf says "hey kid hurry up the store's closing" never fails to crack me up

[@bighand1530]

😂

[@SummerSun-sg3wf]

🤣🤣its the best. I've seen this scene in real life so many times 🤣

[@sheenapeter7682]

@@bighand1530 💙💙💙💙

[@bighand1530]

@@SummerSun-sg3wf I feel like a decent amount of people find the elves relatable.

[@sheenapeter7682]

@@bighand1530 Yup.💛

[@kamdan2011]

3:19 The greatest HO-HO-HO ever!

[@bighand1530]

Yes

[@jamesbostrom3539]

I also love that when Ralphie and Randy 1st get into the line. It wasn't the Mall employee dressed as a Elf. It was the guy who told Ralphie where the line started. That Elf was like who cares. 😂 Santa and he staff were assholes this movie is great.

[@spacecatboy2962]

that guy is jean sheperd

[@doblc943]

I like how the wicked witch was all like “eh whatever” when Ralphie said not to bother him

[@jeremytung1632]

And the award for the best use of a wide angle shot in cinema goes too…4:28.

[@pooryorick831]

I love this. At Christmas I go around shouting HO! HO! HO!! all the time. It's a tradition.

[@somnuswaltz5586]

Lmaoooooo my favorite part of the movie when the evil Santa is scaring the kids 🤣

[@Autistic_Gallant-92.]

2:30 - 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣 2:50 - 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MasterCreator1998]

4:25 my favorite part of the movie

[@bighand1530]

Ralph is like “Bruh”.

[@grapentine739]

Awwwwwww brings back such wonderfully PTSD driven memories. Awwwwww

[@jamlym4974]

That disappearing smile with the music in the background will never cease to be hilarious.

[@eskinjohnful]

When I saw the preview back in the 80s when it was first aired on TV and they showed him getting the boot, I knew I had to see it!!!

[@patton303]

This was a beautifully handcrafted movie. Instant legend when it came out.

[@MrParkFan]

4:17 Jean Shepherd cameo aka “Grown Up Ralphie Narrator” 😊

[@frankz3595]

Jean appears at 0:30, actually

[@PatrickDoran2319]

4:01 “Okay Get him out of here” God that Santa is so weird lol

[@redeyedbandit1251]

I worked as a photographer for Santa. Especially during the last couple of days, this scene is too real now. 😂😂😂

[@shadowknight1121]

Santa: you’ll shoot your eye out kid. Bart: (pause) Watch this Lis. You can actually pinpoint the second his heart rips in half.And (4:23, 4:24, 4:25) Now!

[@waikeonglim7703]

HA! That works so well!

[@jasonmurray3472]

The original bad santa. Lol never gets old

[@AGPfan]

Well, he's a saint compared to his elves. In Bad Santa, it was the opposite with Willie and Marcus LMAO

[@adambess4909]

For me it’s the sadistic lingering smile at 2:06 that gets a laugh every time.

[@toomanyaccounts]

one should always try to find joy in their job

[@Marcus-rg7bg]

This movie will never die. Me and my family watched it every single year. Still do to this date. Whats left of us.

[@hissendaoud1373]

happy christmas all

[@MichaelaH2059]

One of my all time favorite movies! It never gets old. Merry Christmas from me in June 2023. Blessings.

[@thatboiandy1067]

The way he smiled at 4:20 got me rolling 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bighand1530]

😂

[@sheenapeter7682]

@@bighand1530 💚💚💚💚

[@travelandrandom1274]

3:55 “Football? Football? What's a football? Without conscious will, my voice squeaked out "Football!"

[@BenjaminGoodman]

Okay, get him out of here

[@beexcellenttoeachother5313]

“Ok…get him outta here” 😂

[@dothejive]

A few years ago, I was at the park with my nieces I sat on the top of the slide when my niece started climbing up she was asking me something but I thought this was the perfect: A Christmas Story opportunity. I told her "you'll shoot your eye out kid" and pushed her down with my boot saying ho ho ho and watched her slide down the slide. It was an awesome moment to recreate.

[@danielfloyd1442]

This is an evil Santa!!!😂

[@scottbakanumba1heathen313]

Hilarious seeing Peter here VS playing Celebrity Hot Potato. 😂

[@codyryancombs2001]

Fun fact for yall, the scene where Randy is going down the slide was a real genuine reaction and he was actually terrified of the slide and Jean shepherd loved the idea and never cut it out

[@Mattwolf92]

0:29 the bearded man is the writer, Jean Shepherd, along with his wife on the right. In case you don’t know, he’s also the movie’s narrator.

[@corey-bird3489]

I didn’t always know this, thanks! Subconsciously I think he inspired my wish to be a narrator on my channel.

[@christiandenault7606]

Jean Shepherd's (the narrator) cameo at 0:29!

[@Uniblab9000]

Narrator and writer!

[@anchorpoint3631]

Thanks! I always thought the narrator would be more older

[@hectorlopez1069]

I never knew until now, wow.

[@anchorpoint3631]

I just found out the director also makes a cameo in this movie. He's the guy walking by and asks Ralphy's dad "What is that?" regarding the lamp.

[@lflagr]

Why didn't the mall Santas when I was a kid have a big slide like that? lol

[@bighand1530]

I dunno lol

[@dora1980]

It's strange becase the story supposedly takes place in 1940!

[@Dane_Youssef]

That is THE Jean Shepherd as the father telling Ralphie to wait in line. He did so much on this film… You can tell from the voice… R*I*P Jean, you are not forgotten….

[@Ibhenriksen]

1:22 Ralphie did not approve of the wicked witch laughing at his grade when he wrote that essay.

[@Gabbyfanpage2343]

It's August and I'm watching clips from A Christmas Story

[@bigdnelyria]

Towards the end of October here,lol

[@kevinbudzinski9576]

Beginning of November here lol

[@spartyontop]

End of November here while watching the actual movie, lmao.

[@bighand1530]

Second day of 2023 and I’m watching this lol.

[@sheenapeter7682]

@@bighand1530 Now the 13th December 2023.❤

[@Mattwolf92]

4:22 the narrator and writer of the movie Jean Shepard originally had the iconic line “You’ll shoot your eye out” one time in the script. The Director Bob Clark liked it so much that he decided to use it repeatedly throughout the movie.

[@dookeland8]

1:24 Ralphie brandishing his weapon

[@emily7103]

The way the elves are so nasty is hilarious. 😂😂😂😂

[@4862cjc]

IKR?! Minimum Wage Santa and his Paycheck-To-Paycheck Elves!

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

Especially the lady elf, as she yells at Ralphie:”Listen, little boy, we’ve got a LONG QUEUE of children waiting here as you can see, so GET A MOVE ON!!!”

[@jenn5628]

Working all those hours, tired as hell, and probably hate kids. But they need that paycheck, lol

[@oooh19]

My friends and I would love the slide 🛝 after Santa lol

[@Soooooooooooonicable]

This movie has a bunch of classic scenes, but I think this one is the best. Watching it for the first time as a kid had me feeling all kinds of different emotions 🤣🤣

[@veritas8575]

Don't bother me. I'm, I'm thinking.

[@nintendoking4769]

“I WANNA OFFICIALSIQIQIBWDPLDWJWNAOSOSJJNAMRIFLE 😁” “……You’ll shoot your eye out, kid.”

[@spartyontop]

Kid with goggles: I like Santa 🤓 1 minute later… Santa: Ho Ho Ho! Kid with goggles: AHH! AHH! AHH! 😱😱😱 Elf’s face when putting him down the slide: 🤢🤨

[@madeline6821]

1:00 and 1:30 🤣

[@cory3171]

3:20 what the little kid sees when they sit on Santa's lap.

[@bighand1530]

😂😂

[@sheenapeter7682]

@@bighand1530 True lol.💖

[@josephcunningham449]

Notice how he’s being evil until after he sees Ralphie, and then they pan up to him again and he’s being nice !

[@conrad1478]

I was confused by that when I was little, but my dad explained to me that all the absurdity and meanness of everyone in that scene was all Ralphie’s imagination

[@AGPfan]

@@conrad1478 The meanness of the elves, though? That was definitely real.😂😂😂😂

[@kdizzle79]

4:24 Ralphie's expression is like "BRUH!"

[@bighand1530]

😂

[@dannybadillo1805]

sooghbiyl Santa movie Christmas spirit

[@sheenapeter7682]

@@bighand1530 💛💛💛💛

[@Videokid703]

Kid: I like Santa Also Kid: screams on Santa’s lap

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

Weird kid spoke too soon.

[@ct0760]

4:21 The earliest memory from my childhood as the first WTF

[@Julieber1]

Gotta love those classic 1957 downtown department stores 6 to 7 floors tall, and have many departments on each level. And have these rolls of elevators that are ran by people that sit on the benches with levers that make it go up and down and the doors are glass and they are closed by a gate.

[@bigpoppa800]

LOL just love how Santa nitts Ralphie down the slide with his foot, bad santa!!!

[@bighand1530]

😂

[@adamduncan9585]

Santa sounds like he’s trying to make a point when he’s Ho Hoing in Ralphie’s face.😂

[@jimzamerski]

Fear and Loathing vibes 😂 … “HOOO HOOO HOOOOO!!!”

[@matty67]

The guy telling were the line begins is Jean shepherd the narrator and old Ralphie

[@curekiara7511]

The line waiting to see Santa Claus stretched all the way back to Terre Haute... and I was at the end of it

[@Savagemister]

Ian (Randy) smiling at someone behind the camera at 1:35

[@Furrball2023]

Oh my God! I never noticed that! Thanks for pointing it out.

[@eddievenuto1862]

This movie was on my grandfather TV for 20 plus years every Christmas

[@braydenopiola8576]

4:16 I never understood him

[@kira-dk2mx]

Ralphie climbed the mountain a growing boy and slid down the mountain a soulless corpse.

[@CentralKentuckyElevators]

Biden: “What do you want for Christmas?” Ralphie: “I was a 9mm” Biden: “you’ll blow your lung out”

[@jpa5456]

If Higby thinks I'm working one minute past nine he can kiss my foot

[@robertgillrobbiegillandjoj2759]

My Favorite

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

2:30 Didn't he say he liked Santa?

[@Handlesarestupid666]

Guess he was lying or something. 😂

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

@@Handlesarestupid666 totally

[@foxystudiosuwu8264]

That’s totally a different story…

[@LuisAlvarez-mr5wm]

0:19, 1:58 two Billys asking for a toy truck 🛻 0:41, 2:22 Santa 🎅 can’t wait all night!

[@Needsmoreflash]

Everyone is talking about Santa, but my favorite part is Ralphie's smile after he names that comicly long rifle 😂

[@bighand1530]

In the thumbnail 😂

[@sheenapeter7682]

@@bighand1530 Definitely,💜

[@johnnycompany222]

3:19 One of my favorite scenes/POVs in the movie!

[@johnnycompany222]

3:24, 3:28, 3:39, and the way Santa talks too!

[@lucascrubjay1914]

That'll give everyone nightmares...

[@bighand1530]

😂😂

[@benrig89]

For the record, it wasn't a kick, it was a gentle shove.

[@damaniqphillip2756]

Awesome

[@corey-bird3489]

So GET GOIN’! (Jingle)

[@stumsparks]

An absolutely great movie ! ! ! And of course this scene is my favorite in the whole thing. Ho - Ho - Ho❗🎁🎄🤓👍

[@dfa3366]

It's vintage Bad Santa from the 40's.

[@job489]

At least Ralphie's kids had a more pleasant experience in the sequel.

[@foxystudiosuwu8264]

True, true.

[@JordansGamer]

4:22 You'll shoot your Eye out kid.😕

[@laslalal8451]

Happy 40th to this Christmas masterpiece (11.18.1983-11.18.2023)

[@PfunkGW]

As a kid I could never understand why Santa and the Elves were SO mean….

[@aarongaming2878]

They probably were exhausted and wanted to go home.

[@noahthegamer97]

@@aarongaming2878 not an excuse to be mean to people

[@aarongaming2878]

@@noahthegamer97 exhaustion can make you grouchy.

[@noahthegamer97]

@@aarongaming2878 yep

[@aussieman3021]

@@aarongaming2878 Pretty much because they were trying to get it all over and done with due to the mall about to close because there were so many people in the line.

[@dariotatum711]

Listen, little boy, we've got a lot of people waiting here, so get going!