A GOOD REASON TO VISIT OHIO

Do you recognize this house?

No?

Look closer...see what's in the window?

Hmm. Still don't know?

Here's a hint:

Yep--the Leg Lamp.

A Major Award!

And the original house from A Christmas Story

is fully restored and gives tours. They have a

museum and they even have a convention

coming in November!

I would love to visit and walk through the whole

house. Some of the cast is still alive and they have

a picture of them inside the house.

We watch the movie every year during the

holidays and we all have almost the entire

script memorized.

When we let our dogs out of the garage

and they scramble up the stairs climbing

over each other it reminds me of Ralphie

and Randy tearing up the stairs on

Christmas Eve. Remember when Ralphie

had his mouth washed out with soap

and his mom talks to the other mom on

the phone hanging on the wall in the

hallway? Who has a phone hanging on

the wall in the hallway??

I love the scenes from the department

store too. Just imagine--there was a

time when parents could leave their

kids in the store to look at toys and

they could go shop without worrying

about them. I remember my mom

leaving me at the toy section and

telling me to look and she would be

back in a little bit.

I, of course, was certain that she was

going to go home and leave me there,

(I don't know why I thought that--she never did

anything even remotely like that)

so I was always going over

to the glass doors and looking to

make sure the car was still there.

But that's another story for another time.

Anyway, if you love the movie as much

as we do, check out all the cool stuff on

A Christmas Story website:

Visit the website here