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For the fans in my family
A man named Brian Jones has made a tourist attraction of the Cleveland house from “A Christmas Story:”
A San Diego entrepreneur, Brian Jones, bought the house sight unseen on e-Bay for $150,000 in December 2004. He grew up watching “A Christmas Story” every year with his family. After Mr. Jones failed the vision test required to become a Navy pilot, his father tried cheering him up by building him a lamp with a woman’s leg as the base, similar to the one that enchanted Ralphie’s father in the movie.
Mr. Jones loved the gift so much that he started manufacturing copies of the lamps himself. Complete with fishnet stocking and a black high-heeled shoe, most lamps sell for $139 each; more than 7,500 have sold. Mr. Jones used the proceeds to cover the down payment on the house.
Having bought it, he “restored” it to look like the movie set, and turned it into a museum and gift shop where you can buy hunks of the original wood siding for $60 — speaking of holy relics and a buy nothing Christmas.
Jeff Hess, have you been there yet?
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