It's the 1940s, and more than anything else in the world, nine-year-old Ralphie Parker wants a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun for Christmas. But Christmas Eve is just around the corner, and his mother, his father, and even Santa Claus, are going to need some convincing. Will Ralphie escape from the neighbourhood bullies (and his overbearing Aunt Clara) and talk the adults in his life into giving him the perfect present?