It's based on the semi-autobiographical short stories of radio personality Jean Shepherd. Many of the characters featured in A Christmas Story were inspired by real-life people and events from ...

Peter Billingsley sits on Santa's lap in a scene from the film 'A Christmas Story', 1983.Archive Photos/Getty Images It made a modest $19 million at the box office, according to Box Office Mojo, and ...

Best known as the writer and narrator of the holiday film classic A Christmas Story, Jean Shepherd (1921-1999) was a celebrated American author, humorist, radio, TV, and film personality, originally ...

The general public thinks Jean Shepherd only wrote "A Christmas Story" and that was his most important work, but Shepherd also did other significant works besides "A Christmas Story." Jean wrote ...

Hammond native Nick Mantis has been working for years on a documentary about the Region's own Jean Shepherd, the legendary radio host, author and humorist who created the timeless holiday classic "A ...

“A Christmas Story: The Musical” continues at Civic Theatre in Carmel through Dec. 27. For tickets and info, go to www.civictheatre.org.