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Find various products related to the iconic leg lamp from the classic Christmas movie A Christmas Story. Shop for full-size replicas, nightlights, ornaments, clothing, and more.
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- The A Christmas Story Leg Lamp Was Inspired by An Old-School Soft Drink.
- The “Original” A Christmas Story Leg Lamp No Longer exists.
- The A Christmas Story Leg Lamp Is Big in Cleveland.
- The A Christmas Story Leg Lamp Is Also A Big Deal on Long Island.
- The A Christmas Story Leg Lamp Is A Hit on Halloween.
- The A Christmas Story Leg Lamp Has Been A Star on The Stage.
- The A Christmas Story Leg Lamp Is A Hot Commodity.
- The A Christmas Story Leg Lamp Gave Rise to A Hilarious catchphrase.
- The Leg Lamp Briefly Appears in 2022’s A Christmas Story Christmas.
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Before A Christmas Story was a movie, it was a series of short stories that appeared in two different volumes by the late writer and radio personality Jean Shepherd. The books, In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash and Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories and Other Disasters, were fictionalized accounts of Shepherd’s childhood in Depression-era I...
Finding an original leg lamp is considered the ultimate feat for A Christmas Story aficionados, Caseen Gaines wrote in A Christmas Story: Behind the Scenes of a Holiday Classic. But “the likelihood of finding one is about as great as locating Pee Wee Herman’s bicycle in the basement of the Alamo.” Freed produced three leg lamps for the movie, but n...
Because much of A Christmas Story was filmed in Cleveland, the city has embraced the movie as its own (possibly to the resentment of Shepherd’s native Indiana). In 2013, to celebrate the movie’s 30th anniversary, Terminal Tower in Cleveland’s Public Square was turned intoa giant leg lamp, complete with a red garter. Terminal Tower can be seen, sans...
In 2005, the Reichert family, owners of the Northport Hardware Store in Northport, Long Island, got a goofy idea after attending the mayor’s Christmas treelighting ceremony. They browsed through the store’s generous stock of leg lamps, called over some of the guys from the bar next door, and ceremoniously lit one of the lamps in the store’s picture...
The leg lamp has become so popular, you can now purchase ready-made Halloween costumes in its likeness. In 2012, Josh Sundquist, a paralympian, motivational speaker, and author who lost his leg to cancer when he was 9 years old, won Halloweenwhen he decided to make his own leg lamp costume. He even shaved his leg for authenticity.
In 2012, A Christmas Story: The Musical opened on Broadwayat the Lunt-Fontanne Theater. The leg lamp was celebrated with a kick line—only the Broadway chorus kicked up not only their own legs, but also fishnet-clad leg lamps. The year before, at the Falcon Theatre in Burbank, California, the Troubadour Theater Company performed A Christmas Westside...
According to a post-Christmas press release that highlighted Amazon’s seasonal sales in 2012, the online retail giant boasted: “If you stacked every Christmas StoryLeg Lamp purchased by Amazon customers this holiday season, the height would reach the top of Mt. Everest.”
“Fra-gee-lay. It must be Italian!” has graced everything from baby onesies to novelty shirts to kitschy home decor.
The leg lamp was famously destroyed in the original movie. But the newest A Christmas Story film, which follows Ralphie’s attempts to make Christmas magic after the recent death of his father, pays homage to the iconic major award: The old leg lamp is mentionedin the movie and featured in some flashbacks. A version of this story originally ran in 2...
Learn how the leg lamp, a major award in the classic holiday film, was inspired by a soft drink ad, broke during filming, and became a cultural icon. Discover its history, popularity, and appearances in various media and events.
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The Leg Lamp from A Christmas Story is one of the most iconic and recognizable movie props of all time. Replicas of the leg lamp have become prized “Major Awards” for fans everywhere and are available in our gift shop.
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