you'll shoot your eye out

so i'm sitting here, trying to figure out what to get people for christmas, when i start thinking of everyone's favorite holiday movie, a christmas story. it's a classic, and my family is one of those households that has the marathon on THE WHOLE TIME, every year. my brother loves the movie. maybe a little too much. so i start looking...

and then i found it. and him. this guy who loves a christmas story more than anyone i have ever met. his love of the movie has gone from obsession to, well, obsession i guess. not only does he produce red ryder leg lamps (complete in a FRAGILE box), but he bought the actual house, restored it, and opened it to the public (and a movie museum across the street) in cleveland. damn. that's love.

even better -- if you go on the house tour, you can take your ticket stub and get 20% off your peking duck (or whatever you order really) at C & Y chinese restaurant, though i don't know if they'll fa ra ra ra ra you these days. now i just need a ticket to cleveland...