She's a total asshole, but the mom in "A Christmas Story" (1983) was right to send her son to school with a stupid Christmas sweater.

A Christmas Story is a good holiday movie, but I think the writers overdid it on the obnoxiousness of the mom's Christmas sweater. <br><br>I don't remember how the contest worked. I think she won the sweater, or maybe it came with a purchase? I also don't remember how long the contest ran, but a four-month long contest would have ended just a month or so before Christmas. If the mom had won the contest two or three months before Christmas, then the Christmas theme wouldn't be a big deal. <br><br>I'm not a mom, but I sew clothes for myself and my sons. If I won a contest and received free yarn to make a sweater, it would take me two or three months to finish it. <br><br>She probably had the yarn just in time to make a Christmas sweater. It's ridiculous to say that she doesn't care about her son, so of course she's going to make the sweater for him instead of her husband or daughter. <br><br>So the little shit gets a sweater he doesn't like, but it's not like she went out to the store and bought it. It's not like she made him a sweater with a cartoon character on it. It's not like she forced him to keep the sweater. He eventually grows up and gives it to a boyfriend. <br><br>The way the mom forces her son to eat his dinner is the part where she's being a total asshole. <br><br>You can't say she's a terrible cook just because she didn't make mashed potatoes. Mashed potatoes with gravy, and maybe some roasted root vegetables, are a good side dish for roast goose. <br><br>It's what comes next. When the son doesn't want to eat, she forces him. Don't fucking do that.