On the shortlist for all - time holiday classic isA Christmas Story , the 1983 film based on the work of source Jean Shepherd and star Peter Billingsley as Ralphie Parker , a precocious tyke in snowy forties Indiana who desire a Red Ryder BB hired gun for Christmas . ( Ralphie’sstorycontinues in the 2022 HBO Max filmA Christmas Story Christmas . )
If you need to experience full submergence , you might want to entertain the idea of living in Ralphie ’s family , which is now up for sale . accord toUSA Today , the property — which is actually located at 3159 West 11th Street in Cleveland , Ohio — is beingofferedfor sale by Hoff & Leigh Realtor .
The current proprietor , Brian Jones , purchased the place on eBay in 2004 for $ 150,000 . After renovations , he turned the home into atourist attractionand bed and breakfast . It ’s estimated that roughly 75,000 the great unwashed impose the orbit each year .
The listing is actually comprised of a “ campus , ” with several buildings — let in a museum and gift workshop — and parking , for a totality of 1.3 Akko . The offer also includes the logistics of Jones ’s eastward - commerce business enterprise that deals in movie - link up ephemera ( thinkleg lamp ) . While the eventual buyer may settle to live in it , it ’s clear there ’s money to be made inhostingthe film ’s fan .
The Cleveland home base does n’t make an appearance in the recent sequel , whichrebuiltthe original sets in Sofia , Bulgaria , as a cost - cutting measure .
The home ’s price is unlisted . On the FAQ Sir Frederick Handley Page , the state reason is that “ there are no tangible comparables — there ’s nothing else out there with this particular combination of assets . ” You ’ll have to bring your best offer .
[ h / tUSA Today ]
