Well, dear readers, the Christmas holiday is a mere four days away. We at Site for Sore Eyes Berkeley hope that those who celebrate will have a joyous and memorable holiday.
And because it is Christmas, the staff of Site for Sore Eyes
naturally thinks of a movie which has become a holiday classic. It is the story
of Ralphie, a little kid who wears very big eyeglasses (something we certainly
appreciate) whose one wish for Christmas is to own an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action
Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle. (No it is NOT a BB gun, as people
mistakenly think.) A Christmas Story
is sure to play on TV stations and DVD or Blu-Ray players across the country as
you read this.
While A Christmas
Story is a fun, funny family classic, those of us at Site for Sore Eyes
also consider it a morality tale. Here’s why…
{SPOILER ALERT! If you are one of the few people on earth
that have NEVER seen A Christmas Story,
stop here, see it, and THEN continue reading…}
Throughout this tale, little Ralphie’s pleas for the Red
Ryder Air Rifle (for space considerations, we won’t list all of the adjectives
again) are met with the warning: “you’ll shoot your eye out!” Ralphie hears
this from everyone – his parents, Santa Claus, and even his teacher .
We’ll stop here; aficionados of A Christmas Story know what happens. And we at Site for Sore Eyes Berkeley know what happens, which brings
us to the moral of the story…
The fundamental fact of nature is that kids will be kids.
They are excited about the whole holiday…waiting for Santa on Christmas Eve,
coming down to the tree (by the way, are the ornaments out of their reach?),
and opening their presents. Be cautious in selecting gifts for very young children
(i.e., no toys with sharp or small pieces). Are your kids a little older? They
then think that they are invincible and that nothing can happen to them, so
they can have toys that are a bit risky (wrong!).
In all of their holiday merriment, they will be running and
jumping around. They could get hurt. Stay alert, and (gently) lay down the laws
about how they can and cannot play. Ralphie learned his lesson the hard way,
but got off easy; don’t let that be the case with your kids.
Make your Christmas holiday a safe holiday. Thanks for
reading. Keep your sites on healthy vision, and we’ll see you in the New Year!
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