Bill Kibbel Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 What does this house in Cleveland have to do with Christmas? Click to Enlarge 24.79 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lamb Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 Could it be the house in, "Christmas Story?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 Mike nailed it but that was too easy, Bill. The pic is titled 'christmas house before'. I Googled 'Christmas house Cleveland' and got the whole story. The house is now a museum. That kid never did lose an eye. [] http://www.achristmasstoryhouse.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Moore Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 Those sons of b*tches, the Bumpuses, still living next door? I watch that movie every year, and every time I get very nostalgic. I was Ralphie's age in the late 50's (just a tad later than depicted in the movie) and I also remember wanting a Daisy air rifle. Sadly, I never got mine. We were living in this house in Port Colborne, Ontario at the time... Download Attachment: 106Forest.JPG 128.42?KB Courtesy of Google Earth but much as I remembered, less a row of large Elm trees along the street at the left. We left in 1958, when I was 8, to return to England due to my father's terminal disease. I was kept unaware of the seriousness until he died a couple of months after returning. My few, happy, childhood memories of my father, that house and being raised in a small Canadian town are stirred each time I see the movie. Life would have been much different, if only.... Anyway, it's why I'm here now. I was drawn to my memories of this side of the pond and grabbed a chance to be imported to Toronto as a programmer back in 1974. Seattle happened later. Christmas Story, even though it's a comedy, and perhaps more than any other movie, can still make me tear up. ..... Enough of that soft crap! Happy New Year all you old bastards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghentjr Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 The infamous lamp is still available. Click to Enlarge 98.49 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted December 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 In the movie: Click to Enlarge 35.26 KB After a major 2006 restoration: Click to Enlarge 21.58 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyrmnk Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 I have that leg lamp, been up in front of the window for the past 4 Christmas seasons. Never gets old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghentjr Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 FYI: http://www.redriderleglamps.com/Store.c ... N=91298141 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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