Ralphie's house of Christmas memories on "Cleveland St.", somewhere in Indiana, in the early 1940's. A Christmas Story is taken from Jean Shepherd's "In God We Trust - All Others Pay Cash" collection of childhood adventures and mini-disasters. Though interiors were filmed in LA, the Indiana house was bought and refurbished to look just like the film. The house next door (hopefully not the dreaded Bumpses!) was also bought and turned into a souvenir shop.