how fun! love the glasses!

What a perfect post!! So cute, can’t forget that leg lamp, right?? ;)

Fabulous! I enjoy it now (25 years later) even more than the first time – it’s a still a tradition to watch every year…and I have that pickle ornament! I look forward to “living In’s” now every week – so glamorous, so nuanced! Hope some made it into the d*s book!

Great job amy! Every time it’s really cold outside I have that image of him licking the pole in my head! ouch.

Thanks! I live in the Xmas Story House neighborhood and its cool to see that it is still so popular elsewhere :)

oh i die. this is just perfect.

My favorite “Living In” post ever!
Love the crepe paper Santa, bottle brush ornaments, and the toys!
These are the kind of things I decorate my house with at Christmas!!! Great job, keep up the fantastic work!!!

I love these posts! One of my favorite movies. I really loved the house they lived in, with a new furnace of course!

Love that movie..I was the “Fra-G-lay”, the lamp, for Halloween this year. I think it was my best costume ever, I’d love to send you a photo!

Fantastic! The Living in posts are my favorite!

by far, my favorite xmas movie!

Yay!! Thank you for doing this. I asked about it a few weeks ago. Love this movie and this post!

love this movie

This is the ONLY movie I can watch again and again & never stop loving.

@Michala Wish I could see your photo. My friend was the lamp this year, too. Wonder how you two compare;-)

love this movie! It’s tradition for us to watch it every year. my mother and i got my dad a leg lamp one christmas….and of course he proudly puts in the front room window!

Love the dial soap and that funny looking crepe paper santa!

It is official, I need bunny slippers

Yes! I need to break out the old VHS copy of this movie, stat.

As a side note, my boss’s mother’s best friend played the mean lady elf in the department store. Not that I have ever met her.

ahhh! love a christmas story. just watched it on netflix streaming to get in the holiday mood. i also have a nightlight in my bathroom that is modeled after the leg lamp and it’s one of my prized possessions.

The best christmas movie ever!

Thank you for this! This is one of my all time favorite movies, I can quote every line from it, and that tree when the boys first see it on Christmas morning! Nothing brings me back to childhood like this movie, and that scene.

Love this post! It definitely brightened my holiday spirit today!

Perfect, you nailed this. I love the pickle ornament and the glasses. And of course, the leg lamp. This movies is the absolute king of Christmas movies. Thanks for posting this!

Wonderul post! especially love the bunny slippers… I work in Hammond, Indiana where we display an exhibit celebrating this holiday classic! Although I’ve had my fill of leg lamps this year its nice to see how much the rest of America still enjoys this movie.

We always watched this movie at Christmas (and while I still can’t watch the frozen tongue scene) nothing says Christmas like this movie! This was excellent.

Thanks! I love all the Living In posts, and Amy, you always seem to choose the right one for me that week. I agree with the other commenter who wants to see one for “White Christmas.” If I could find (or fit into) that plaid skirt that Judy wears in the lodge, it would be amazing!

You know, last time I was here you were on the main page as well. And I just got done reading YOUR blog! I think this is the universe telling me that you’re now my favorite blogger.

i almost screamed when I saw the top photo of Ralphie. you rule.

This makes me soooo happy. And on a related note: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=35833783&ref=fp_feat_1

You only missed one thing. Target currently has pink footed pajamas – for adults – that are SO reminiscent of the Pink Nightmare!

And in a shameless plug for Cleveland– this would be the perfect time of year to come to the Christmas Story House Museum (the exterior of the house appears in the movie), pick yourself up a wholesome leg lamp at the gift shop and stop at Sokolowski’s Inn (the best Polish cafeteria in town) for dinner afterwards.

Fab choice for this series!

Dial soap?! no no NO! It is lifebuoy soap! This is coming from someone who lives two blocks away from Christmas Story Movie Museum in Cleveland.

Since I’ve found your blog, it’s become my secret treasure (although I’m terrible at keeping a secret and have told everyone, literally everyone about it). Particularly around Christmastime, it has been such a boon, such an inspiration.

So this is, really, a thank you.

Miss W x

when is the “i die” rachel zoe nightmare going to end?!

LOVE this post! tradition is I can’t watch the movie till christmas eve, can’t wait! and yes DeAnna it’s lifebuoy, I was taught well about this movie!

merry christmas and don’t shoot your eye out :)

Your Living In posts always make me smile! Love the way you capture the heart of each film’s essence!

This is still my favorite Christmas movie. If anyone is traveling through or lives in Cleveland OH, you can actually visit the home they filmed in. It’s a museum dedicated to the movie now; complete with leg lamp!

Now this will REALLY mess with your head: look what Ralphie looks like all grown up. Uh-huh.

http://www.tmz.com/2008/05/03/youll-shoot-your-eye-out/

gotta love that leg lamp. Classic.

Beat me to it, Heather! Yum. He’s even better w/ facial hair, IMO.

Christmas pickle!! An adorable Christmas tradition in which the pickle is placed on the tree and the first child to find it amongst the ornaments wins an extra gift.

what DeAnna said… and lifebuoy is much harder to find (in its original form outside of india/UK)… and if you find some for less than $3/bar, please let me know…

I’m from Cleveland, (it’s was filmed there, as you may have gathered from the above comments) and we love this movie. We just moved to Minnesota… and no one knows what we’re talking about!

I too have been feeling quite festive the passed few days – even purchased minced pies the other day – I don’t even like them! Love the lamp!

My dad, whose name is Ralph, insisted we watch this movie every Christmas season! My mom nicknamed my dad “Ralphy” as a result. What memories. I can’t believe you found a leg lamp and all the vintage style decor, Amy. Well done.

I was just telling my German boyfriend last week how much i loved the pickle xmas-deco his father has in his tree every year. And now i see it here! Turns out it’s from a German glass factory. We’re definately buying some when we’re in Germany next week! Thanks for posting!

Read Wally’s Lamb’s latest book,
it is a wonderful Christmas story, HOPIN’ & WISHIN’…..this will make a sensational holiday movie in the near future!
cheers
Holly

You hit the spot with this movie, a longtime favorite, that I remember going to see at the cinema with my family during the holidays. Can’t wait to watch it this year!

I love this post. Next, how about a Living in “Christmas in Connecticut?” The roaring fire, the old country house, Barbara Stanwyck……………..

That’s the spirit! Thank you, Amy, for yet another irresistible post.
I feel deprived to have never seen this movie here in Paris. I guess it never crossed the Atlantic, but I’m going to try and order it to ensure a joyeux noël!

While you are in Cleveland visiting the Christmas Story house, stop by Prosperity Social Club in Tremont and enjoy more of the same retro style. http://www.prosperitysocialclub.com/

That’s one great movie!! I love it so much that I see it at least 1-2 times a year.
Thanks for posting the ornaments and the leg lamp ideas!!!
Cheers!

One of our absolute must-see movies every year. This year -this is the honest truth-an icicle fell off the house and cut my husbands face, missing his eye by a half-inch. ‘They” have been known to kill people, you know. One of our neighbors has a leg lamp in their window. It is the only decoration they have! Love this-great post!

Hallmark has 2 Christmas story ornaments this year. One of Ralphie in the bunny suite and the other is the leg lamp. Check them out at hallmark.com and search A Christmas Story. So cute!

oh, this made my day! :)

Ha ha ha…this is great!

i saw this and thought of this post

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://craziestgadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/christmas-story-scut-farkus-figure-450×450.jpg&imgrefurl=http://craziestgadgets.com/2008/12/25/top-20-a-christmas-story-memorabilia-and-collectible-items/&usg=__h1vtTvIMyM_y2oFxYegcqn-CHTE=&h=450&w=450&sz=24&hl=en&start=18&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=HXR-VvKtS9XbWM:&tbnh=127&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dscott%2Bfarkus%2Bchristmas%2Bstory%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

holy smokes, there are some weird, cult-like christmas story memorabilia!!!

I love the movie, too. Did you know you could be in your own movie of “You could shoot your eye out?” I just found it today, and you just use our own photos in the face parts. Hilarious!
You’ll find the link to making your own movie here:
ttp://sendables.jibjab.com/section/sy_movies

Hey,
You omitted the one item that really makes the movie memorable for me: The dreaded gift from Aunt Clara. The Pink Nightmare! The Deranged Easter Bunny!

Did you know that they (she) actually still make these? ‘Sewn in the USA’ no less by a company called –get this– Aunt Clara’s Creations. :D

http://www.PinkBunnyPajamas.com

Anyway, just thought you’d like to know. You really oughta update that post with the Pink Bunny Pajamas.

Merry Christmas Kid,
Ho..Hoooo….Hooooooooo.

My favorite christmas movie of all time…I watch it every single year around christmas…

Its always playing during my christmas party. And now that TNT or TBS is playing a 24 hour marathon of it every christmas eve and christmas, I never forget!

My all time favorite scene is when they are eating christmas dinner at the chinese restaurant…”Fah Raw Raw Raw Raw Raw, Raw Raw Raw Raw” lol

I love this movie. I can sit through it a million times and laugh and laugh the whole time. The best was when the leg lamp broke and the only response the Old Man could get out, “Notafinga!” Oooooh. Best Living In post to date!

I am from eastern Missouri and our family made the track to the house and museum in early December. It was great. The people were very nice and it was a wonderful time. My 14 year old daughter said it was the best gift ever (she is a huge fan of the movie). Guys if you love the movie…make time to go to the house…it is well worth it!