All is calm and bright in my little corner of the world. Yesterday, we watched “A Christmas Story.” For me, it’s the perfect seasonal classic film, yet it often gets dismissed as another gimmicky holiday movie running in those 24-hour TNT marathons. There are so many reasons it’s been my favorite for nearly 40 years, and not just because it’s absurdly funny and makes me laugh every time I see it. “A Christmas Story” makes sense to the kid in me: corner bullies, broken eyeglasses, big dreams and lasting friendships. “I swear, you know all those silly lines,” Rebecca says. Yes, I do, thank you very much. “Some men are…