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Since we reported on the opening of the Christmas Story House a couple weeks ago, it seems everybody wants a piece of Ralphie’s action. ABC News, USA Today, and NPR have all done features on the 111-year-old Tremont structure.
The house — which was featured in the 1983 classic — was purchased by 30-year-old Californian Brian Jones on eBay last year for $150,000. The abode’s biggest exposure, however, came this morning on NBC’s Today show, which gave viewers a tour of the memorabilia-speckled home (you can watch the segment here.
The house is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays, if you want to see it for yourself. Or you can just wait for it to show up on TV, when TBS presents its <a href="http://www.tbs.com/movies/movietitle/0,,

This article appears in Nov 29 – Dec 5, 2006.