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Jean Shepherd based much of "A Christmas Story" on his experiences growing up in Hammond but many of the landmarks featured in the film have since disappeared from the landscape.
The Jean Shepherd biographer Eugene B. Bergmann died.
"You don't have a good guy without a bad guy. You don't have Luke Skywalker without Darth Vader. I was the Darth Vader of 'A Christmas Story,'" actor Zack Ward
Northwest Indiana entertainment impresario W.F. 'Bill' Wellman brought countless acts to Northwest Indiana over the years.
Ralphie — the connoisseur of soap and deranged Easter Bunny who somehow managed not to shoot his eye out — will soon return to the big screen.