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1. Jack Nicholson was originally offered the role of the father in the movie, which eventually went to Darren McGavin.

2. The story's author, Jean Shepherd, has a cameo in the film as an irritable department store customer who tells Ralphie to head to the back of the line.
3. Even though the house, 3159 West 11th St., appears in the film, almost all the interiors were shot elsewhere on a soundstage.
4. Shepherd's Christmas stories originally appeared in Playboy magazines in 1965 and 1967.
5. Two years before directing a "A Christmas Story," Bob Clark had a hit with "Porky's." (On a sad note, Clark and his son Ariel were killed in a car accident in California in 2007.)
6. Brian Jones bought the "A Christmas Story" house for $150,000 in 2004 and spent $250,000 to fix it up.
7. In 1983, the movie made a respectable $19 million at the box office.
8. The annual "A Christmas Story" marathon on TBS attracts 40 million viewers.
9. The school where Flick gets his tongue stuck to a flagpole was filmed in Ontario, Canada.
10. More than 70,000 people have been through the house in Tremont. They have come from all 50 states and more than a dozen other countries.
11. Director Clark has a cameo as clueless neighbor Swede.
12. West 11th Street is also known as Cleveland Street in honor of the movie.
13. All the elves in the movie were Cleveland locals.
14. The filmmakers determined that the exact Red Ryder BB gun that Shepherd describes -- Ralphie's dream gift -- didn't exist. A model was created for the movie.
15. The "A Christmas Story" sequel, "My Summer Story" (released at the box office as "It Runs in the Family"), was also shot at the house on West 11th Street in 1994. It features an almost entirely different cast, including Charles Grodin as the Old Man, Mary Steenburgen as Ralphie's mother and Kieran Culkin as Ralphie.
16. The A Christmas Story House and its neighboring museum and gift shop employ 12 people seasonally.
17. Two marriage proposals were made in the house, and one couple was married there wearing 1941 period clothing in 2007.
18. An eBay auction awards the winning bidder the opportunity to spend a night in the house on Christmas Eve. Bidding is ongoing.
19. A 1938 Oldsmobile touring sedan that was seen in the parade scene in the movie sits in the garage behind the gift shop.
20. Is that really snow on the ground in the movie? No. It's firefighting foam. Actors and crew slipped and slid around on the stuff during filming.
21. After the scene in which Ralphie drops his f-bombs, his mom washes out his mouth with soap. Lifebuoy soap to be exact. And yes, they sell the soap imported from England in the gift shop.
22. After the movie was shot, the house became a rental, and many different people lived there until it was bought and restored by Brian Jones.
23. According to staff at the Christmas Story House, before the shooting of the movie, the house's basement was home to many an illegal cockfight.
24. Author Shepherd is the movie's narrator.
25. Jim Moralevitz, who played the role of the delivery man who brings the leg lamp crate to the house, was a local extra who still lives on the street.

Hola! I'm Anjelie Dawn Mendoza (call me JD / Jellie / J-Dawn / Chanteuse Sanders but never Anjelie) and I'm a college student. I'm really bad at describing but I'll try.


1. My schedule is too hectic and even the best temptation (i this case my PC) can't draw me away from my job even if my life depended on it.
2. Nobody comments on my blog anymore which leads me to think that my taste music / TV / Movies etc. is the last thing on earth people would ever be prevailed upon to consult to/ with ( and this pretty much sucks).
3. An intergalactic royalty has abducted me, brought me to outer space and subject me to destitution.
4. The internet bores me (which would never happen).

Majority of the four would hardly happen so if you might see a lack of posts.. It's # 1.

More about ME! My favorite topic. Hahahaha. So, to make things easier for me, I'm putting up a list of random things about me. I'm planning to go til 100. Wish me luck!

30 Random Things You Didn't Need To Know About Me

1. I had the worst case of allergies (due to chicken and shrimp) when I was 13. I'm still allergic to chicken. And shrimp.
2. I am a compulsive list maker.
3. It is hard for me to not dance after I watch a musical.
4. I like the color red MORE ever since I watched American Beauty.
5. My mom thinks I'll never get married because I'm too much of a fickle.
6. My hands are as small as a 5th grader's.
7. I get embarrassed for people on tv and have to change the channel
8. I love falling asleep in just a towel after a shower
9. If I start doing something, I never stop working until its finished.
10. When I was 10, I drove my uncle's brand new motorcycle to the creek. My dad paid for the damages and I wasn't allowed to eat my favourite ChocNut for a month.
11. I give the worst and cheesiest jokes you'll ever hear in your precious life.
12. Its hard for me to maintain eye contact so most people think I'm lying.
13. In my whole school life, I was # 13 in the list for 7 years straight.
14. My right eye is a little bit smaller than my left.
15. I have the fullest lips. Not to brag, but my old friends used to call me Little Angie. Haha.
16. I horde notebooks. I still have a Batman notebook I never used
17. I can spend almost a day in the bookstore reading and choosing books I know I'll never buy.
18. Sylvester (from Looney toons) was my favorite cartoon. I wished Tweety was dead.
19. My brother and I are each other's best friends and best enemies.
20. My neighbor and I used to play pranks on this bitchy little rich kid next door by giving her spoiled berries and trick her to eat it.
21. It takes me almost 30 minutes to get a ride home because I always want a backseat i the Jeepney (our mode of transpo here in the Phils.)
22. When I was a kid, the only reason why I ask my mom to buy my barbies was so I can make voodoo dolls, and the headless bodies will get married with my Justice league action figures.
23. I love anything strawberry.
24. I hate ears cause they're just the right size and look prettier than the rest of my face.
25. I always jump into my bed
26. "Ice Ice Baby" started my love for dancing.
27. I never got a red mark on my report card. Ever.
28. I could make a library of novels out of all the Romance / Adventure / Thriller / Drama stories I've written in my mind.
29. I wish my nose looked like Kiera Knightley's. Damn it I wish it were.
30. I never go out of the house without my bag. Even If it doesn't carry anything, I'd still bring it.

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