[From MentalFloss.com]
When A Christmas Story was first released in 1983, it was a sleeper that attracted only a small (but quite cultish) following. Over the past three decades, however, the film has steadily become a holiday staple on par with classics like A Charlie Brown Christmas and Miracle on 34th Street. And as the film itself has grown in popularity, so has one of its most recognizable props: the leg lamp, that glowing gam otherwise known as “A Major Award.”
1.THE LEG LAMP WAS INSPIRED BY AN OLD-SCHOOL SOFT DRINK
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… Read the full text here: http://mentalfloss.com/article/54241/10-important-facts-about-christmas-storys-leg-lamp#ixzz2o36Fe4vz
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