IN A MEMORABLE scene from the seasonal classic “A Christmas Story,” Mother Parker readies her groaning son Randy for the wintry walk to school by stuffing his little limbs into a snowsuit and encasing him like a mummy in layers of woolly accessories. As Randy complains that he can’t move his arms, his older brother (and the film’s narrator) Ralphie intones: “Preparing to go to school was like getting ready for extended deep-sea diving.” While the movie is set in the 1940s, the tendency to overdress one’s children for cold weather is a timeless tradition. And as Covid continues to force us outside to socialize, many of…
