I know MANY of you love A Christmas Story for the Christmas season, so I thought it’d be fitting to share 5 fun facts about it today! (I, on the other hand, have never been able to sit through the whole thing because it bores me to tears. But hey, that’s just me.) Hit the jump to get the 411!
Marisa Mendez
1. While the movie takes place in Indiana, the real house from the film is located in Cleveland, Ohio — 3159 W. 11th Street, to be exact. Check it out on Google Maps! If you zoom in, you can even “explore” the house-turned-museum.
2. When Flick (Scott Schwartz) is triple-dog-dared to lick the icy flagpole, a vacuum sucked his tongue in place to make it look like he was frozen to the pole.
3. Ralphie’s (Peter Billingsley) mumbling and grumbling while fighting with Scut Farkus (Zack Ward) might sound like ad libbed nonsense, but the rant was scripted word for word.
