A Christmas Story will screen outdoors for free. Credit: © MGM

While most people spend the day after Christmas picking up shredded wrapping paper off the floor or tending to an eggnog hangover, a select few are already counting down the days until the 2025 holiday season.

Everyone knows someone who wishes Christmas was celebrated every day of the year. Luckily, for those who’d like to hear the Mariah Carey earworm “All I Want for Christmas Is You” playing in H-E-B in July, the ho-ho-ho-ing isn’t officially over in San Antonio.

On Thursday, Dec. 26, the day after Christmas, Frost Plaza at the Rock at La Cantera will show the 1983 classic A Christmas Story on the venue’s 40-foot LED screen.

Yes, that’s the one with the sexy leg lamp, the pink bunny pajamas, the tongue stuck to the frozen flagpole and the official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle that’ll surely shoot someone’s eye out.

Bring leftover tamales, hand them out to fellow moviegoers and say, “Show mommy how the piggies eat!”

Free, 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 26, Frost Plaza at the Rock at La Cantera, 1 Spurs Way, therockatlacantera.com.

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