Why hasn't someone made this into a movie?! I have read this book every Christmas since the year it came out, just as I have watched A Christmas Story. They are both about the same things: loving, if a little skewed, family values.The setting is a much simpler, more innocent time, when hilarity for school age boys involves making fart noises. The plot is simple yet moves along (too) quickly and you can't wait to read what happens next. Please-everyone who has seen A Christmas Story 300 times-read this. It will become a part of your holiday traditions. Love love love.