We checked out of our airbnb at 10 a.m. today and walked across the street to the Christmas Story gift shop to buy tickets for the guided tour.
Our tour guide was Bill and he was quite entertaining.
The house looked just like the movie inside.
Cindy crawled under the kitchen sink just like Randy did.
There's the turkey the Bumpuses' dogs eventually ate, causing the family to go to a Chinese restaurant for Christmas dinner.
They let us hold the leg lamp.
The Christmas tree had the Red Ryder BB gun beside it for Ralphie for the bowling ball for the dad.
Andy would love this.
The phone in the upstairs hall where Ralphie's mom talked to a friend's mom ...
and the sink where Ralphie then got his mouth washed out with soap. They were selling bars of Lifebuoy in the gift shop for $9.99.
The boys' bedroom.
Then we went into the museum where they had lots of props from the movie.
The toys from Higbee department store.
Randy's snowsuit.
The mom's robe.
The gift shop was pretty incredible.
I bought a leg lamp magnet and a bunny suit bottle opener. When you checked out the clerks said thank you and Merry Christmas.
So much to see. It was a fun stop.
Then it was back to Chicago.
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