It’s that time of year when “A Christmas Story” is on repeat on pretty much every television channel in America. People will be giggling over the leg lamp, debating whether or not your tongue would really get stuck on a flagpole, and rooting for Ralphie to get that B.B. gun. This is Christmas! This is culture! But for some newer Americans, this classic American Christmas film is just … weird. We asked our Russian-American Mash-Up Alisa Givental, and her Cuban-American husband, Michel Banda Dieguez, to watch this piece of time-honored American pop culture and write their thoughts. We call this soft power, kids.
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