Interesting Origins of Our Favorite Christmas Traditions

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A Christmas Story 24-Hour Marathon

Them: Why do they broadcast the same movie over and over again on Christmas?

You: A Christmas Story is a 1983 American Christmas comedy film that is a seasonal classic in North America, and is considered to be one of the best films of that time that we still enjoy each year.

A Christmas Story 24-Hour Marathon

The film raised in popularity every year since it’s release, so in 1997 TNT began airing a 24-marathon dubbed “24 Hours of A Christmas Story” which consisted of 12 cosecutive showings of the movie starting on Christmas Eve to Christmas Day. Now both TNT and TBS air the marathon, each one hour apart.