| A real-life "christmas story" Filed under: I grew up in San Francisco so a lot of the lore and customs of colder climes is foreign to me. I've never experienced a "snow day" the one time it snowed here we were able to scrape up enough slush to make what we called snowballs as we awaited the school bus but that was it. Sure I knew intellectually about building a snowman and making snow angels and digging a snow cave but I'd never experienced it. I was purt near an adult before I ever saw real snow. Even so I knew better than to try and lick something metal on a below-freezing day the way the kid did in the classic film The Christmas Story. Apparently however even in places where snow is common and cold weather is the norm this time of year that's not as well understood as it should be. Places like Chesterton Indiana. That's where two boys on flag duty charged with raising and lowering the flag . Sadly for them the movie was indeed factual; fourth-graders Gavin Dempsey and James Alexander got stuck. "I decided to try it because I thought all of the TV shows were lies but turns out I was wrong " said Gavin. According to Gavin's mom the nurse who treated him alluded to the film when she "asked them 'OK who double-dog dared who?'" I wish I could say that my kids would never do something as ill-advised as this but unfortunately it . It's a good thing that we live in a warm climate. | | | | A real-life "christmas story"
Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST,ParentDish
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