I received an incredible Christmas present this year. I am talking about a gift so desirable a movie was made about it. You have likely watched the movie: A Christmas Story.
If you have never watched A
Christmas Story, you have an opportunity today.
TBS and TNT will be airing the movie repeatedly throughout the day today,
as has become a Christmas tradition.
In the movie, Ralphie, the main
character, wants an authentic Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range
model air rifle for Christmas. It’s a
big deal. The entire story revolves around
Ralphie’s desire for the air rifle.
Last summer, the Wedll family spent
a couple days with me at the cabin. The
kids brought along their Red Ryder air rifles.
We spent a good part of our time setting up and pinking down aluminum
cans, empty juice boxes, and a plastic jug.
Red Rider rifles are surpassingly
accurate and I sincerely enjoyed target shooting with the BB guns. I mentioned I might need to get one for
myself.
The other day, I received a
message from the Wedll’s that I needed to stop by and fetch a Christmas present
they had gotten for me. I picked up my gift
on the 23rd. I laughed when Becky handed me a long and thin
wrapped package. “I know what that is!”
I told her.
Yep. My very own Red Ryder.
Today, I got a chance to hold
my new rifle.
Thank you, Carolyn, Jack, and
Nick! You have made me one very happy
kid!
The Gift Fully Wrapped
My Red Ryder Air Rifle
—Mitchell Hegman
No comments:
Post a Comment