The film is presented in a series of vignettes, with narration provided by the adult Ralphie Parker reminiscing on one particular Christmas when he was nine years old. Ralphie wanted only one thing for that Christmas: a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200 - shot Range Model air rifle. Ralphie 's desire is rejected by his mother, his teacher Miss Shields, and even a Santa Claus at Higbee 's department store, all giving him the same warning: "You 'll shoot your eye out. ''
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Red Ryder Carbine Action 200 - shot Range Model air rifle