If so, then check out this Mashable post that hooks you up with free books.

Happy Christmas.

A Christmas Story was released in 1983 and has become one of the most popular Christmas movies of all time. At 8:00 tonight (eastern time), TBS starts broadcasting 24 hours of A Christmas Story.

You know that scene where Ralphie stands in line to see Santa? And there’s a guy who says, “Hey kid! Just where do you think you’re going? The line ends here. It begins there.” That guy is Jean Shepherd, who wrote the screenplay based on his own short stories.

For more on Shep, visit the Flick Lives Web site. And if you’re a fan of the movie, you must, must, must read In God We Trust (All Others Pay Cash) and Wanda Hickey’s night of Golden Memories And Other Disasters. You might even want to listen to this.

Excelsior, you fathead!

No matter what you do, you might want to think about avoiding these. Or these. Or these. Or these. Or these (though I think most of us would disagree with his “ultimate worst gift ever” choice).

In the event you’re into (very) conspicuous consumption.