<Li> The Old Man wins a "major award" in a contest, which turns out to be a lamp in the shape of a woman's leg wearing a fishnet stocking, which was derived from the logo for Nehi (pronounced "knee - high") pop, a popular soft drink of the period . The Old Man is overjoyed by the lamp, but Mrs. Parker does not like it and a feud over it--referred to by adult Ralphie as "The Battle of the Lamp"--develops and results in the lamp's "accidental" destruction . </Li> <Li> The Old Man also fights a never - ending battle with the malfunctioning furnace in the Parker home . His frustrations cause him to swear quite often, including one profanity - laden rant that the adult Ralphie says "is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan ." </Li> <Li> Still another source of frustration for The Old Man is the dogs that belong to the next door hillbilly neighbors, the Bumpuses . The Bumpuses own "at least 785 smelly hound dogs" that harass The Old Man whenever he comes home from work . On Christmas Day, the dogs ruin the family's dinner by romping through their kitchen and eating their turkey . This results in the family having Christmas dinner at a Chinese restaurant instead . </Li> <Li> Ralphie and his friends Flick and Schwartz are tormented by the neighborhood bullies Scut Farkus and Grover Dill . Ralphie eventually snaps and beats up Farkus . </Li>

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