Full Text of HR0935 102nd General Assembly
HR0935 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, A Christmas Story is a 1983 Christmas comedy film | 3 | | directed by Bob Clark and based on Chicago-born Jean | 4 | | Shepherd's semi-fictional anecdotes in his 1966 book In God We | 5 | | Trust: All Others Pay Cash, with some elements from his 1971 | 6 | | book Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories And Other | 7 | | Disasters; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, A Christmas Story was released on November 18, | 9 | | 1983; initially overlooked, its critical reputation has grown | 10 | | considerably over the years, and it is regarded by some as one | 11 | | of the best films of 1983; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Author Jean Shepherd was born in 1921 on the | 13 | | south side of Chicago; he briefly lived in East Chicago, | 14 | | Indiana and was raised in Hammond, Indiana; he set A Christmas | 15 | | Story in Hohman, Indiana, a fictionalized version of his | 16 | | hometown of Hammond; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, A Christmas Story has been shown in a marathon | 18 | | annually on TNT since 1997 and on TBS since 2004 titled "24 | 19 | | Hours of A Christmas Story", consisting of 12 consecutive | 20 | | airings of the film from the evening of Christmas Eve to the | 21 | | evening of Christmas Day annually; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, A Christmas Story is often ranked as one of the | 2 | | best Christmas films; in 2012, it was selected for | 3 | | preservation in the United States National Film Registry by | 4 | | the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, | 5 | | or aesthetically significant"; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Yano Anaya, who played Grover Dill, Emmanuel | 7 | | Soba, co-creator of A Christmas Story Family, and Paul A. | 8 | | Bachmann, business partner, helped create the online | 9 | | community, A Christmas Story Family, designed to connect fans | 10 | | with the cast members; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 12 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we declare November 18, 2022 as "A Christmas Story Family Day" | 14 | | in the State of Illinois; and be it further | 15 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to Yano Anaya, Emmanuel Soba, and Paul A. Bachmann | 17 | | as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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