7. The ?major award? was based on an illuminated Nehi logo
8. The film's setting is a town in Indiana, but was actually filmed in Cleveland, Ohio. The street the ?Parker's? live in is called ?Cleveland Street?
9. Some of the snow used during the scenes between the kids and the bullies was actually soap flakes and fire fighters foam
10. Initially overlooked as a sleeper film, ?A Christmas Story? was released a week before Thanksgiving 1983 to moderate success and generally negative reviews. By Christmas, the movie was pushed out of theaters by more popular movies like ?Scarface?
11. Director Bob Clark Bob Clark's success with the teen-sex comedy Porky's (1982) allowed him the ability to make a movie he wanted to make. Without Porky's there would have been no Christmas Story
12. Ralphie says that he wanted the ?Red Ryder BB Gun? 28 times