the family chaos, the food, the presents. >> i was ralphy. >> reporter: you were ralphy. >> without the little brother. but i was the ralphy, yeah. >> brian jones loved it so much he bought the house and turned it into a museum. >> i think everybody can relate. it's christmas from a kid's perspective. >> there he is! >> yeah! >> reporter: to mark the 30th anniversary, a giant leg lamp glows high in the cleveland sky, and the christmas story convention brings them out in all shapes and sizes. it's also brought a couple of grownup actors. that bully was played by zack ward. >> we have met men and women in their 70s, 50s, 30s, 40s and 5-year-olds and 10-year-olds who all identify with the movie. >> ian played little brother randy in the snow suit. >> you had this scarf wrapped around you. you felt like an astronaut. >> for everyone else it's a christmas classic that keeps on giving. >> every year on christmas eve we watch it. >> ho ho ho. >> reporter: times may change but a kid's wonderment is forever. kevin tibbles, nbc news, cleveland >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm

the presents. >> i was ralphie as a kid. >> reporter: you were ralphie. >> without the little brotherbut i was ralphie. >> reporter: brian jones loved the movie so much he bought the house and turned it into a museum. >> i think everybody can relate. it's basically christmas from a kid's perspective. >> yes! >> reporter: to mark the 30th anniversary, a giant leg lamp glows high in the cleveland sky. and "a christmas story" convention brings them out in all shapes and sizes. it's also brought a couple all grown-up actors to town. that bully was played by zach ward. >> we met men and women and 5-year-olds and 10-year-olds who identify with it. >> ian played little brother randy in the snowsuit. for everyone else it's a christmas classic that keeps on giving. >> every year on christmas eve we watch it. >> ho, ho, ho. >> reporter: times may change but a wild's wonderment at christmas is forever. kevin tibbles, nbc news, cleveland. >> just remember, don't stick your tongue on any frozen telephone poles. >>> much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up -- ♪ >> that's the sound of thanks

lou: up next, he played ralphie in a christmas story.nging the story with peter billingsley to the hollywood mega-producer and lookout lou: one of the most iconic christmas films is "a christmas story", the musical. continuing in new york's madison square garden. peter billingsley played the original ralphie in "a christmas story." thirty years ago, he is now a successful hollywood producer. we are delighted to have you here. >> thank you. lou: this is terrific. you have associated yourself with so many stories of success. so how does it feel to continue to move "a christmas story" and to broadway? >> it's really gratifying. it's the 30th year since the film came out. it's a little movie, no one wanted to make it. but it took 12 years to get back then in 1983, there was not much lifer films outside the theater like this. lou: i am entirely different in this perspective. lou: it has developed this that none of us imagine could ever have been a part of it. so people have said, maybe you should remake it. but the notion of the musical was r

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who doesn't love ralphy. it's hilarious. it is a modern day classic.in cleveland. go, home down. >> go, cleveland. >> christmas story. have you heard that before yet? >> yeah. it's popular. >> it's my favorite. i love it. go shoot your eye out. >> christmas vacation. chevy chase. we have a family tradition on christmas each, my entire extended family, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, we gather around and match the movie. every christmas eve we assign each character in the movie we say, oh, that's you, receive. oh, that's you, uncle tommy. we know all the jokes. we have been at it for 20 years now. >> love actually. all you need is love. >> and what's my favorite holiday movie? well, the original miracle on 34th street. i love in that movie santa claus was declared legally legit in court. and did you see the lovely snowflake sweater? we have more of our conversation today at 12:00 noon when we asked friends, my friends their favorite holiday tv shows. >>> dennis rodman is back in new york. [ male announcer ] what if a small company became big business o

." >> oh -- >> reporter: 30 years later the holiday tale about a boy named ralphie and his wish for a still a cult classic. >> i've seen it probably 100 times. >> it's like the funniest story i've ever seen. >> reporter: now fanatics far and wide are getting a chance to relive the film and take a walk in ralphie's shoes thanks to brian jones who bought and renovated the cleveland house where parts of the movie were filmed. how does a town celebrate three decades of leg-shaped lamps and triple dog dares? >> i triple dog dare you. >> reporter: with appearances by the original cast members and a bb gun range in the backyard, of course. but be warned. >> you'll shoot your eye out, kid. >> reporter: for "today," joelle gargiulo, nbc news, new york. >> ho ho ho. >> no! >> and look what we have here. the miniature leg lamp. i will turn it on. it looks like i'm going up the skirt. but there it is. remember the box it came in, it was italian, fragile? >> and you've actually been to that house. >> i have. we did a story a couple years ago, we visited that house and the bathroom is there where h

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fans or of a christmas story can vote on the chance to stay for two nights in the house where ralphie is in cleveland. if that is what you're into, you will enjoy it. ♪ approaching 56 past the hour. that means bloomberg television is on the markets. let us check on where stocks are trading. little a rally here, a one. on the heels of the better than estimated job numbers. the s&p higher. the essence before the year is better than 25%. it is not just equity markets that have been climbing. boomrt market is seeing a in demand. by dollar could be spurred easy money. one of the largest art shows has come to a close. there is still high demand for fine art. how itn find out just is. frenzy ofas just a buying. we have five or 10 in miami. we were rushing around to find out what was still available. it is a super high price. >> buyers were flocking to miami to pick up pieces by modern and contemporary artists. warren buffett booked 210 flights out of there during the timeframe. they were happy to get into the market. pushed each to the owner of one of these coveted pieces. >> there is a syno

diehard fans of a christmas story can vote on the chance to stay for two nights in the house where ralphie is in cleveland. if that is what you're into, you will enjoy it. ♪ >> is approaching 56 on the hour. where we close out the session. guess what? a record for s&p 500. it was enough on top of the game we saw on friday continued momentum on the heels of the better than expected jobs report. roseains we saw as the dow five points when all is said and done. for more on the markets and the outlook for next year, i want to bring anna scott for wells fargo. he is right here with me in our newsroom. .e saw the jobs report for today's, at least, change in the sentiment and raised optimism that the recovery is getting back on track. i was looking at your most recent strategy peace out from your firm. it talks about continuing optimism. not a lot of talk about tapering . any obstacles that might bring. is that a fundamental concern? say as far as tapering goes, i do not think the fed will do anything next week in a. maybe by march. really, the jobs report over the last few years, the average wer

you know, good movie and it's funny. >> i was ralphy. >> you were ralphy?er, but i was the ralphy. yeah. >> i always loved the movie. >> reporter: ryan jones loved the movie so much, he bought the house and turned it into a museum. >> i think everybody can relate to it. it's basically a christmas from a kid's perspective. sure, it's an adult narrating it back. >> be sure to -- be sure to what. what was he trying to say? be sure to what? >> would you please come out? >> all right, mom, i will be right out. >> reporter: to mark the 2 3 0th an verse ray giant leg lamp glows high over the cleveland sky. and "a christmas story" convention brings them out in all shapes and sizes. >> that is awesome. >> reporter: it also brought a couple of all grown up actors town that bully was played by zack ward. >> in their.70s, 50s 40s, 5-year-olds and 10-year-olds who all identify with the move and i have the whole family can actually enjoy it together. >> reporter: ian petrello played randy in the snowsuit. >> this scarf wrapped around you, you felt like an astronaut. >> r

. >>> up next, he played ralphie in the hollywood classic and he's bringing the story to broadway, peterllingsley. hollywood megaproducer and look out broadway, he's next, right here. broadway. we will have thhhhh >>> one of the most iconic christmas films making its way to the broadway stage, of course, "a christmas story:the musical" it continues its tour this week at madison square garden. peter billingsley, 30 years ago, is now a successful broadway and hollywood producer and we're delighted to have you here, and this is terrific. you associated yourself with so many great stories and successes. how does it feel to continue to move a christmas story into, well, into broadway and into lives of so many people. >> it's really gratifying. the 30th year since it came out. it was a little film. nobody wanted to make it. it took 12 years to get it off the ground. it didn't make a lot money. >> really? >> no. >> i got an entire -- i suspect a lot of folks at home, i have entirely different perfect tif. >> because it plays every year. tbs runs this 24-hour marathon of it. and none of it imagi

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he played the original ralphy. look at him in the he's all grown up in the classic 1983 film.'s written for the heard. how do you listen to little drummer boy and not cry? >> it's okay to get sad sometimes? >> we have a ballad in our show that brings a tear to everyone. >> you see in the clip here a lot more emotion here than the film. the film had an excentric tone to go the line and not cross it. the only emotion of christmas. >> the musical captures it in what way? >> you have an opportunity to take the fantasy sequences of all of ralphy's dreams in the movies and who blow them into set pieces. when the dad wins the leg lamp, everything comes for their imagination. there tons of kids in the show and they sing and dance and it really follows the same story line and the film and a flag pole and everything. >> he brought a girl a box of mormon. i looked around and this is not parent of the year. >> great play. totally inappropriate. >> i think your girls would like it. >> there is a fudge, but that's about it. oh, fudge. >> one of the more interesting aspects is you can see it

." >> ralphie. >> that christmas classic is celebrating a big anniversary this year. >> i double-dogu. >> some of the cast together for a very special reunion. looking forward to sharing that with all of you. >> i feel like the young ones at nyu, are saying, what are you talking about? it's a classic. >> it will all make sense. >> you watch it, it will make sense. >>> let's get a live check on the morning's headlines. >> thanks. merry christmas, everyone. we begin with breaking news from afghanistan. two rockets have hit the u.s. embassy in the capital city of kabul. and the taliban immediately claimed responsibility on twitter. hundreds of employees and aide workers inside that building were forced to flee. but no one was killed or wounded in that attack. meanwhile, another two rockets in other areas of the city. but no major damage. >>> back here at home, many are in the cold and dark this morning. 300,000 people in michigan started their holiday with no power. the power outages started four days ago, after last weekend's ice storm. and more than 30 inches of lake-effect snow fell

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. >> ralphie. they were all visiting his home in cleveland. the home of "a christmas story."maybe we can make it in time and look at it. >> i don't think so. >> you think they're going to put it on the air. >> now when you do that, now, of course we have to show everybody. >> i'm in, but -- >> that was the famous thing -- >> hint, it involves miley cyrus. >> it's funny. they transposed miley cyrus. she's sticking her tongue out in that ridiculous thing where she got all the publicity. and in this case, they've got all the kids around because the kid in that movie got his tongue stuck on the pole. in this case, looks like miley got her tongue stuck -- >> it's ice cold. >> it's a joke. like she was doing that. anyway. -- >> it's ice cold twerking. >> why would i think anything? >>> coming up -- breaking economic data. didn't you laugh, steve, when you saw it? it's funny, right? minutes away from november durable goods data. as we head to break -- >> there you go with the objectification again. take a look at u.s. equity futures. [ bagpipes and drums playing over ] [ music trans