A Christmas Story House & Museum

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  • The Parkers' living room, decorated for Christmas. In the window, the lamp blazes forth in unparalleled glory. Photo by Rachel Polaniec

  • A Christmas Story House. As it didn't snow during filming in Cleveland, artificial snow was created using shredded vinyl, firefighters foam and potato flakes.

    Photo by Rachel Polaniec

  • The Leg Lamp: It's a Major Award! This scene from the movie was shot in the house. As a general rule, if you can see outside in a scene it was filmed in the house, if you cannot, it was filmed on a soundstage.

    Photo by Rachel Polaniec

  • Recreation of the Parkers' kitchen. Here the layout is reversed from the kitchen in the film.

    Photo by Rachel Polaniec

  • Ralphie and Randy's bedroom, located in the front of the house. In the film, their bedroom is in the rear.

    Photo by Rachel Polaniec

  • Ralphie and Randy's bedroom

    Photo by Rachel Polaniec

  • The Parkers' backyard, with the original shed. In the background are smokestacks in Cleveland's Industrial Valley.

    Photo by Rachel Polaniec

  • The original shed, where Black Bart's gang were pushing up daisies.

    Photo by Rachel Polaniec

  • Randy's snowsuit in the museum.

    Photo by Rachel Polaniec

  • Vintage toys from the 1940s seen in the Higbee's window display.

    Photo by Rachel Polaniec

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