Comments on: “A Christmas Story:” Ralphie’s House

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:07:06 +0000

Hello. This house still sits there in exactly the same shape. I found a page on facebook of people who have actually visited it. It is a museum now. It’s cool you should look it up!

By: Joyce

Joyce — Tue, 10 May 2011 05:41:25 +0000

Isn’t that the stove in the 3rd still? I grew up in Hammond. THIS house is wonderful – the real house in Hammond is dismal & uncared for. Not nearly as charming as the one in the movie. As a former Hammond citizen, I keep thinking they will do something one day with the potential asset. In the middle of the last century, I attended a pre-K summer school program in the last-standing building left from the original Harding Elementary School ‘Ralphie’ went to. It was an old gym-type building with numerous giant, paned windows that could still be pushed open with one of those long sticks with the strange hook on the end for the purpose. The morning dew was still on, the birds were singing thru the open windows – the whole room was a great golden oak sunbean. It was a very early summer morning & I can hear “John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith (da da da da da da da)” still echoing as we sang with the piano banging about in that big hall. That’s the very last of Jean Shepherd’s world I knew. They have a modern structure named after him as a community center, but otherwise that’s all. Perhaps someone will wise up one day in Hammond. The plot of land the school stood on is still empty – ideas anyone? No? Ho Hum. Local government.

By: Troy

Troy — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 23:53:13 +0000

Hey…. wheres the stove i think i speak for all of us and ask to see the stove.. i cant find any pictures of the stove. my family bought a stove and the people that sold it to us said its the stove from the christmas story. i want to find out if its true.

By: Farmeress

Farmeress — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:18:22 +0000

Last year & this, The Christmas Story movie house in Cleveland had an online charity auction with the winner given 2 nights in the house and the chance to relive some of the scenes for themselves. A particularly enthusiastic young fellow paid over $4,000 for the experience as the movie meant so much to him!…Not only a generous fellow…he added a bit of spice and lots of what’s naughty and nice to the former movie set as seen in this link http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=127538

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By: Bella Casa

Bella Casa — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:45:31 +0000

Hi Julia,

I love this movie, too! I remember a couple of years ago, Rite Aid had those leg lamps and I thought about getting one, lol. They were much smaller though and hey, if I’m going to get one, it might as well be the big one, right?

I hope all went well for your dad!

xoxo
Bella

By: laura @ the shore house

laura @ the shore house — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:58:59 +0000

I was secretly hoping you wouldn’t do Ralphie’s house…’cause it was my back up plan for your bloggeriffic house tour next week. But I’m glad you did…you do a way better tour than I would have, and I just LOVE this movie. Can you believe it’s 25 years old?? Crazy how time flies.

By: rue

rue — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:41:18 +0000

Rich loves that movie and I do too now. I had only seen it once years ago, but now it’s a Christmas must watch

I’m so sorry to hear about your dad having surgery. Prayers for him and your family.

(((hugs)))
rue