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Shot in Cleveland, the nostalgic 1983 comedy used this 11th Street residence for the home of the Parker family. In 2004, it was bought by a Christmas Story fan named Brian Jones, who proceeded name your price for airline tickets to convert it into a tourist name your price for airline tickets attraction.
Brian restored the house back to its original name your price for airline tickets movie splendor. name your price for airline tickets At the time, it was totally updated with blue vinyl siding and new windows, said Angela Dickerson, chief of operations for A Christmas Story House and Museum. He purchased it for $150,000 then spent $250,000 to renovate it back to the way it looked name your price for airline tickets in the movie.
Since its opening during Thanksgiving name your price for airline tickets weekend in 2006, the house and museum — directly across the street — have wecomed visitors from all 50 states and countries name your price for airline tickets all over the world, including Germany, England, name your price for airline tickets China, Switzerland, Australia, Sweden, Netherlands, Ireland, Mexico and Thailand.
When you step into the house, you step into the Parker family home from the 1940s, Dickerson said. The house is completely interactive. We want them to feel they are in Ralphie s world. You can climb under the sink, grab the BB gun from behind the desk and put the Lifebuoy soap in your mouth. You can touch and feel everything.
The accompanying museum has behind-the-scenes photos, costumes and other memorabilia from A Christmas Story, including toys from the Higbee Co. display windows, the chalkboard from Mrs. Shields classroom and the Parker family car.
Opening Friday in a building next to the museum is a new souvenir shop, expanded from 500 square feet to 3,500. We have over 300 products related to the movie — leg lamps, bunny suits, BB guns, houseware items, ornaments, Dickerson said. Pretty much anything you can think of, we have.
While there s an understandable increase in visitors at Christmas time — with 24,000 visitors last December alone — Summer is actually name your price for airline tickets quite busy for us. We have a lot of out-of-town guests then, Dickerson said. We have a map in the museum where you can put a pushpin where you are from. It s fun to look at the places literally all around the world.
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