A Christmas Story House (3/15/2014)

Sunday, March 9, 2014

Had lunch at the Algebra Tea House on Murray Hill in Little Italy:

Kaak be yansoon/Anise ring (Lebanese) on handmade plate

Handmade tea mugs

At the Cleveland Museum of Art:

Thaddeus Kosciuszko (1904)
by sculptor Gaetano Trentanove

Saturday, March 15, 2014
The movie "A Christmas Story" was filmed partly in Cleveland, using the exterior of this house as Ralphie's home:

"A Christmas Story" house at 3159 W 11th Street

An entrepreneur has purchased the house and several others in the neighborhood to create a museum and gift shop.

Although indoor scenes were filmed in Toronto, Ontario, this house recreates the interior of the 1940s as seen in the movie.

Hallway telephone

Push button light switches

Ralphie's and Randy's bedroom

Bathroom

"You'll shoot your eye out!"

Kent with the Leg Lamp

Lights and tinsel on the Christmas tree

Many of the visitors acted out scenes from the movie:

"Randy" hides under the sink

Several props of the period:

Washing machine

The ill-fated turkey in the oven

Fiestaware

Breadbox on the frige

They allowed you to pick up any of the props and pose with them:

The Leg Lamp shipping box

The tour included the back yard:

The shed

One of a string of leg lamp lights in the museum