Merry Christmas everyone!! I hope you are having a wonderful day with family, friends, neighbors, or maybe just pets. Enjoy the day and maybe if you are like my family you’ll check out just a bit (or all 24 hours) of the annual A Christmas Story TV marathon.

I will admit when I first watched this movie I wasn’t a huge fan, and for years I would change the channel when it would air on TV. But then when I started joining my wife’s family for the Holiday’s this was a staple that they would start watching Christmas Eve. The more I watched it the more I enjoyed and now it just doesn’t seem like Christmas if we don’t watch it at least 3 or 4 times.

I’m sure most of you have seen this move and know what it’s all about. However in case any of you haven’t seen it the story revolves around Ralphie a 9-year old boy in 1940. All Ralphie wants for Christmas is a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200 Shot Range model Air Rifle.

His desire is rejected by his mother, his school teacher and even a disgruntled Santa at the local department store. All giving him the same advice “You’ll Shoot your Eye Out.”

As I’m sure you can guess Ralphie does eventually get his special gift and has a very an unfortunately incident afterwards. Almost like he was told before hand exactly what would happen. To help celebrate this classic movie and catchphrase, fellow elongated coin collector and designer Alex Mruk created this fantastic design. It’s centerpiece is the family tree with two rifles along each side of the tree, a broken pair of glasses, and plenty of gifts under the tree. You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out Kid in text down the middle, and the bottom includes Merry X-Mas 2023

I’ve mentioned this numerous times in the past but if you are not currently a member of the Facebook Group The Elongated Collectors what are waiting for. It’s free and there are always plenty of other members creating and offering unique elongated coin designs I guarantee you will not find anywhere else. All are available for a reasonable cost, and can include not just pressed pennies but other denominations and even international coins. If you want a copy of this coin, join the club and reach out to Alex Mruk. Then just sit back and wait to see what all the very talented designers come up with next.

Merry Christmas, and as always Keep on Pressing!!

P.S. – If you are interested in watching a fun little recreation of the infamous “You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out” scene, I have a short YouTube video up on my channel that you can check out below. Enjoy!

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