I don't appreciate it, but only because of the Red Ryder .50 cal. I cannot stand "A Christmas Story", I can't understand how anyone does like it.
The rest of the jokes are pretty decent. Yuge "How do you do, fellow kids?" energy.
What kind of lunatic doesn't trust the government they belong to with the molding of the government's property's children? Are they ungrateful they have to deal with having offspring past the initial conception?