Does this one really need an introduction? The only way you don’t know this house is you live in the another or sleep through Christmas….MAYBE.

This is the actual house used in the classic movie “A Christmas Story”. Located in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood the 19th-century Victorian, which was used in the exterior and some interior scenes of Ralphie Parker’s house in the 1983 film A Christmas Story, was purchased by a private developer in 2004 and has been restored and renovated to appear as it did both inside and outside in the film. The museum is part of a complex of four buildings devoted to the film and is open to the public year-round.

In December 2004, Brian Jones, a San Diego entrepreneur and fan of the film since childhood, bought the house on eBay for $150,000.[5] Jones used revenue from his business, the Red Rider Leg Lamp Company, which manufactures replicas of the “major award” Ralphie’s father won in the film, for the down payment.[6] The previous owners had reconfigured the house, installing modern windows and covering the original wood siding with blue vinyl. Watching the movie frame by frame, Jones drew detailed plans of the interiors, which had originally been filmed on a Toronto sound stage, and spent $240,000 to gut the structure, reconfigure it to a single-family dwelling, transform it into a near-replica of the movie set, and restore the exterior to its appearance in the film.[7]

Jones also purchased the house across the street from the Christmas Story House and converted it into A Christmas Story House Museum, which contains some of the props from the movie, including Randy’s snow suit, the Higbee’s window toys, the chalk board from Miss Shields classroom, an original Red Ryder bb-gun used in the filming and hundreds of behind-the-scenes photos. In addition, the house to the left of the museum features a gift shop with movie memorabilia and souvenirs. The house and museum opened to the public on November 25, 2006, with original cast members attending the grand opening, and the site drew 4,300 visitors during its opening weekend.[7] Both the house and the Bumpus house next door, renovated in 2018, are available for overnight stays.

PS – You were always jealous of this house! 😉