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| - Not too often do you get to walk down a true memory lane but upon our recent visit to Cleveland we exactly had a chance to do this. Having an afternoon to wander about we found ourselves hailing a cab and a short two and a half miles from downtown we found it sitting there like an oasis in the middle of suburbia, USA, A Christmas Story House.
No snow but just the same it was a perfectly dark cold day with the leg lamp in the window acting like a beckoning beacon to all those on a journey to a childhood Mecca. It was perfect, young couples, old couples, groups of girls and families with kids running around shouting the immortal words," You'll shoot your eye out!"
The house itself was nicely refurbished with all the correct interior treasures. Downstairs in the living room along with the leg lamp in the window was the half open, straw filled "Italian" FRAGILE wooden crate and a half torn open "official Red Ryder carbine action 200 shot range model air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time" tucked into one corner next to the desk. Upstairs had the Lifebuoy soap bathroom complete with a decoder ring sitting on the hamper, the kitchen along with the sink, had the obligatory stove with a turkey sitting in the roasting pan waiting for the Bumpass's dogs to make their appearance. Outside in the backyard was the little shed where the "icicle had broken off the eave and hit Ralphie in the eye"
All in all worth the seven bucks, so if you liked the movie and if you're ever in the area, go visit, I triple dog dare ya'!
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