The line waiting to see Santa Claus stretched all the way back to Terre Haute. And I was at the end of it.
9 seconds sound clip from the A Christmas Story (1983) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:06:59 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Young man. Hey, kid. Just where do you think you're going?
- The line ends here. It begins there.
- Merry Christmas! Ho-ho-ho! Come on, come up, boys and girls. Hurry up. Let's go.
- Yeah...
- Let's face it. Most of us were scoffers.
- But moments before zero hour, it did not pay to take chances.
- The chocolate snowman eats little boys.
[...]