Devotees wait Saturday, Nov. 25, 2006, to tour the renovated house in Cleveland's Tremont Area where the movie "A Christmas Story" was filmed. As many as 5,000 people showed up for the opening of The Christmas Story House and Museum.
Richard Smith of Atwater, Ohio, uses his cell phone to take a photo of the leg lamp Saturday, Nov. 25, 2006, while touring the renovated house in Cleveland's Tremont Area where the 1983 movie "A Christmas Story" was filmed.
A leg lamp glows in the window of The Christmas Story House and Museum in Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood Nov. 14, 2006. Brian Jones has restored the three-story, wood-frame house to its appearance in the movie and opened it on for tours. Located across the street from the house, A Christmas Story House Museum, features original props and memorabilia from the film, as well as rare behind-the-scenes photos.
Brian Jones poses with his Red Ryder air rifle outside the renovated home that was used in the classic movie "A Christmas Story" on Nov. 13, 2006. A devotee of the film, Jones started a business that sold the leg lamp made famous in the film. He later bought the Cleveland house and opened it as a museum of the film on Nov. 25.
A pedestrian passes by the home used in the classic film "A Christmas Story" on Nov. 13, 2006. Brian Jones bought the three-story, wood-frame house in Cleveland last year on eBay. He renovated the house and opened it on Nov. 25 as a museum of the film.
A photo of the character Ralphie, played by actor Peter Billingsley, firing his Red Ryder air rifle from the classic movie "A Christmas Story" is seen in the back yard of the Cleveland house used in the filming of the movie on Nov. 13, 2006. Brian Jones, who had started a business selling the leg lamp made famous in the 1983 film, bought the house and has renovated it as a museum.
With a valley of steel mills beyond, a small wooden shed sits in the backyard of the Cleveland house used in the movie "A Christmas Story" on Nov. 13, 2006. Between 3,000 and 5,000 fans came from across the United States and Canada on Nov. 25 to attend its opening as a museum.
A leg lamp stands in the living room of the newly renovated house in Cleveland that was once used in the filming of the classic holiday movie "A Christmas Story," Nov. 13, 2006. The film, which centers on the childhood of Ralphie Parker and his quest to get a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas, wasn't a big hit when released in 1983. Repeat airings on TV have made the film a Christmas mainstay.
Brian Jones holds a miniature ornamental leg lamp, made famous in the film "A Christmas Story," in Cleveland on Nov. 13, 2006. Jones bought the house used in the making of the film and opened it as a museum.