* DawsonCasting: Peter Billingsley (Ralphie) was 12-years-old playing a 9-year-old.
* {{Defictionalization}}: 
** The Leg Lamp became a real product in 2003 when a fan of the film started manufacturing real lamps for sale. This then led to....
*** ...the fan using the money he made from his business to buy [[http://www.achristmasstoryhouse.com/ the house in Cleveland]] that was used for exterior shots of Ralphie's house. He later dropped another quarter-million dollars to gut the house and remodel it to look like the sets that were used for interior scenes. The house across the street has been turned into a museum and Leg Lamp giftshop.
* DeletedScene: MGM mandated a 90 minute time limit. (The film still ran 94 minutes.) The Christmas Story House website [[http://www.achristmasstoryhouse.com/index.php/a-christmas-story-movie-facts/deleted-scenes/ has a page dedicated to these scenes]] including screenplay fragments of some of the scenes. The deleted scenes included:
** Alternate Openings
** Ralphie's [[MrImagination Mister Imagination]] fantasies of:
*** Miss Shields visiting Ralphie's parents at home to tell them how wonderful he is;
*** Ralphie saving {{Flash Gordon}} from Ming the Merciless on the planet Mongo;
*** Ralphie saving Santa Claus from Black Bart

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