A Christmas Story House

One of the things that Cleveland is famous for is that it's where (a part of) the movie "A Christmas Story" was filmed, and where there now is "A Christmas Story" house and museum.
Rachel & I decided that this was a Cleveland landmark that just couldn't be missed, so today we got the families together and took ourselves a tour.
We started the tour in the museum, where they had all sorts of memorabilia from the movie (clothes, antique toys, pictures, etc.), as well as a gift shop full of all things "A Christmas Story." There, we also met and talked for a while with a man who had played a small part in the movie (and become friends with the "dad"), and heard some of his memories from making the movie.


Some pictures and clothes from the filming of the movie:


After the museum, we headed over to the house where many of the scenes were filmed:






The famous leg lamp:


The living room:




The kitchen (I always love seeing old furniture and appliances in places like this; it's so neat to get a glimpse of the past!):


Some of the upstairs rooms:




Also in the house were some costumes/hats from the movie that they let tourists try on.
Here are Grace and I trying out Ralphie's ridiculous bunny costume:


(I'm trying to display how Ralphie felt wearing it)


It was a neat experience, and made us wish we had watched the movie again before going. Definitely something that big fans of "A Christmas Story" shouldn't miss!