and include the jacket and pants worn by christopher plummer, as captain von trap and five outfits worn by the von trapp children. an estimated price of $150,000 to $200,000. >>> in case you haven't realized it, the winter solstice arrived today bringing winter officially with it. with all of the severe weather we have been seeing, it might have felt like winter some time ago. this is the day the sun was lowest in the hemisphere, bringing with it the shortest day or longest night, depending how you like to think about it. >>> when we come back, inside a christmas classic for kids and grownups alike. >>> before we go tonight, many of us have a cherished childhood memory of receiving that one christmas gift you absolutely yearn for and spent countless hours dreaming of, and that's probably why a little film about a little boy and the air rifle he had to have has endured and become a christmas classic. tonight, kevin tibbles takes us to the home where "a christmas story" comes to life every day. >> reporter: this time of year they line up down the street to visit this sweet old house in cl

his portrait is on the wall next to members christopher plummer and carol burnett. >> how did they approachis place there. it all began with an audition in manhattan not too far from his boyhood home near princeton, new jersey. >> my mother thought it would be nice to get experience. in fact a big fight erupted when i got one of these parts then my mother said, well, you can't do it. >> you convinced them, come on, let me do this. >> 13-year-olds can be very persuasive. making them unhappy is such a miserable experience. >> that was great. >> the role was opposite river phoenix in the 1985 sci-fi film "explorers." >> i'm ben. me, ben. >> me, tarzan. >> it was a big budget flop. >> i like to say it was the best thing that ever happened to me if you really want life in the arts to get some good solid failure right at the start. >> hawke didn't give up. four long years later he got his big break in a little film called "dead poets society" with robin williams. >> describe what you see. >> i close my eyes -- yes. >> image of -- >> it was the 1994 film "reality bites. that made hawke a face of g