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- Ralphie's house (Cleveland) When the Cleveland house where the movie was filmed (at 3159 W. 11th St.) went up for sale on eBay in 2004, Christmas Story fanatic Brian Jones bought it for $150,000.
- The Bumpus house (Cleveland) The Bumpuses were never seen in the movie, but their presence next door was still strongly felt due to the frequent barking from their hound dogs, who famously steal the Parker family's Christmas turkey.
- Viewing of the leg lamp (Cleveland) Director Bob Clark actually cameos in the movie as "the Swede" who questions the Old Man (Darren McGavin) about his "major award," that unforgettable lamp that adult Ralphie (Shepherd, serving as narrator) describes as "the soft glow of electric sex gleaming in the window."
- Higbee's department store (Cleveland) The Christmas parade scene that opens the movie was filmed just outside of Cleveland's legendary Higbee's department store — where Ralphie spies the Red Ryder BB gun through the window — on the public square at 3 a.m.
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- A Christmas Story House and Museum. The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie. 41.4687, -81.6873.
- The 'Home Alone' House. Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone." 42.1097, -87.7340. Notes. Add/Edit Notes. Added by TrevorShawnElia.
- Bridge Street Bridge. A near-tragedy on this bridge helped inspire the 1946 film 'It's a Wonderful Life.' Every December, the town hosts a Christmas festival themed around the holiday classic.
- Macy's Wooden Escalators. When the flagship store underwent massive renovations in 2015, it swapped out many old-school features for more modern versions.
Dec 9, 2014 · This past summer while visiting family in Ohio, I took a day trip over to Cleveland to visit the home featured in the iconic Christmas move, A Christmas Story. I shared pictures of the exterior and interior over a series of posts that can all be found linked here: A Christmas Story Movie House Tour, Parts I-IV.
A Christmas Story film location: the Higbee store in ‘downtown Hohman’: Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio. Higbee's in ‘downtown Hohman’, the department store where Ralphie first sees the legendary gun in the shop-window, was the real deal, on Public Square in Cleveland.
Your tour guide will share fun facts and trivia from the filming, including how to how the house came to be acquired by the film's director, how to spot which scenes were filmed in the house, and the lengths to which the crew had to create snow when the Cleveland weather wasn't cooperating.
Dec 24, 2007 · You can find the A Christmas Story House and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio. This iconic abode was featured in outside shots in the classic Christmas film. It has been fully renovated and made to resemble the original house both inside and out. The house and a museum across the street are open for tours.
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Oct 14, 2023 · The movie was filmed in Cleveland, Ohio, and Toronto, Ontario. Three leg lamps were made for the movie and all of them were broken during filming. The film is set in 1940 in Hohman, Indiana, a fictionalized version of Jean Shepherd’s hometown of Hammond, Illinois.
