I live in Cleveland, the place where “A Christmas Story” was filmed back in the 1980’s. The house has become very famous in Northern Ohio. It’s situated in the Tremont neighborhood.
The play is at the Cleveland Play House right now. We do a lot of stories about the play at my station because’s we’re a sponsor.
Here’s the rub, I’ve never seen the film. I know it’s on TNT every Christmas over and over again but for some reason I’ve never been drawn to it. I’ve never seen “Miracle On 34th Street” either.
I don’t know what it is about movies but I don’t tend to see a lot of them. What are my holiday favorites? I like “Elf”, “Love Actually” and the “The Family Stone”. They are the Christmas classics that I like.
Of course, I’ve seen all of the Rankin & Bass TV Christmas shows a billion times. Who doesn’t love “A Year Without A Santa Claus” or “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer”. There’s also “Charlie Brown Christmas”. All are great shows that I hope my kids (if there are “my kids”) will enjoy someday too.
So if you see me and make “A Christmas Story” reference and I don’t get it, you’ll know why. Maybe I ought to spend some time this holiday watching it.
Happy Christmas,
You can’t call “Elf” a classic!
It isn’t even 5 years old, is it???
You aren’t that much younger than me, are you? In my opinion, “A Christmas Story” just reached its classic title.
My favorite is probably “Miracle on 34th Street”. I never really liked “Its A Wonderful Life”, but now that I am “old”, I am starting to appreciate it a little more.
I cannot believe you haven’t ever seen A Christmas Story!! You better be sure to see it this year 🙂
I’d have to say my favorite “classic” Christmas movies are: Home Alone, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, and It’s A Wonderful Lif*