'A Christmas Story' fan buys house where film family lived

Akron Beacon Journal ^ | April 3, 2005 | associated Press

[MacDorcha]

14? you heavy hitter. I get 8 on average.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Do you know that actor Peter Billingsley look exactly the same now as he does then?

[wtc911]

Flick Lives!

Excelsior! You fathead.

[roylene]

My son-in-law bought me one for my birthday a couple of years ago - it was the greatest present ever! The lamp comes with a certificate that proclaims it a major award.
It sits so everyone coming into the house sees it first thing. When my husband and I move we will be looking for a house with the proper front window to make the lamp visible from the street.

[curmudgeonII]

I think he's a state too far East. Gene Shepard, who wrote the story [which I understand hasd a lot of autobiograhical experience] grew up in Northwestern Indiana.

[iconoclast]

I'm very surprised by the appearance of the house and surroundings.

Is this an ethnic neighborhood?

[wildbill]

I've never identified with a film like I did with A Christmas Story.

I grew up in the 40s, went to a red brick school where kids dared you to lick the flag pole in freezing weather, looked a lot like Ralphie (without the glasses)and wanted a Red Ryder BB gun more than anything. Our dogs even ate the Christmas turkey once--but instead of going out for Chinese, we had a meatless feast of all the trimmings. I could go on, but damn it is a wonderful movie that captured that time so well.

[Kenton]

Thanks. Is that on the edge of the Ohio City area? Lot of gentrification going on around there.

[wizardoz]

"Jingre Bears, Jingre Bears..."

[workerbee]

My father wove a tapestry of obscenities that as far as we know is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan.