A Christmas Story’s House Restored
FRA-GEE-LE.
“I think that says ‘fragile’, honey.”
“You’ll shoot your eye out!”
I love ‘A Christmas Story’ - and those of you who haven’t seen the movie are like, “Ingrid’s lost her mind.” Well, I have, but that’s not the point!
If you’ve see ‘A Christmas Story’ (a 1000 times or so, like me), undoubtedly you recall the houe that Ralphie and his family lived in. Well, the actual house from the movie went up for aution on eBay, and Jones (a megafan by the sounds of it), paid the owner $150,000 to end the bid early.
The house was his!
He then invested $500,000 in restoring it to look just as it did in he movie!
He put in new windows and replaced the 111-year-old house’s gray aluminum siding with mustard yellow painted wood and green trim that perfectly matches Ralphie’s house.
Although only a couple interior shots were filmed there, Jones has recreated the ’40s feel of Ralphie’s home with a brown-and-white tile kitchen floor, a wide cast-iron sink in the kitchen, a claw-foot bathtub and, of course, a leg lamp in the window.
He also bought the house across the street _ Ralphie runs past it in the film’s opening scene _ to serve as a museum and gift shop. Several original items from the film are on display, including the infamous snowsuit (”I can’t put my arms down!”) worn by Ralphie’s brother, Randy.
The house is now (as of November of this year) open to tourists. So if you’re ever in Cleveland area, make sure to stop in.
More info to be found at its official site here.
Via | Fox News
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POSTED IN: Celebrity Homes, Homes for the Holidays
1 opinion for A Christmas Story’s House Restored
Mark Anthony
Dec 21, 2007 at 9:34 pm
haha wow talk about a fan… that dude made a museum by just spending lots of money haha.
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