Jamie Thomas

Landau Public Relations

216-912-2864

jthomas@landaupr.com

A CHRISTMAS STORY HOUSE INC. BECOMES AN OHIO-BASED COMPANY, CONSOLIDATES WAREHOUSE OPERATIONS TO NEW NORTH OLMSTED LOCATION AND HIRES NEW WAREHOUSE LOGISTICS MANAGER  

CLEVELAND – April 30, 2008 – In the holiday off-season, A Christmas Story House & Museum has been busy making some business changes. Owner Brian Jones, a San Diego-based entrepreneur who restored the Cleveland house used in the holiday classic “A Christmas Story” to its original movie appearance and opened it for tours in 2006, has closed his San Diego warehouse and consolidated all operations of his leg lamp company and online gift shop for A Christmas Story House & Museum to one Cleveland-area warehouse.

A Christmas Story House & Museum will close its current Garfield Heights warehouse and move into a larger warehouse space in North Olmsted in May 2008. The new warehouse is 5,700 square feet and located at 31379 Lorain Road. The new warehouse will be the sole supplier of all memorabilia and merchandise associated with A Christmas Story House & Museum.

With this move, Jones has changed the articles of incorporation to make A Christmas Story House Inc. (formerly Red Rider Leg Lamps) an Ohio-based company. The company currently employs 10 paid employees year-round plus seasonal help in the house, museum and gift shop in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood and its suburban warehouse.

“Basically, everything associated with A Christmas Story House & Museum and the leg lamp business is in Ohio except for me,” said Jones, who makes frequent trips to Cleveland but continues to reside with his family in California. “We realized that we were outgrowing our previous locations and decided that with the growing success we should relocate to a bigger warehouse as well as move the whole corporation to Cleveland. Opening the new warehouse will allow us an opportunity to really focus on expanding our services as well as our staff.” 

To head the warehouse logistics in the new North Olmsted location, A Christmas Story House & Museum has hired Josh Dickerson. A Cleveland native, Dickerson is responsible for day-to-day operations and planning, directing and coordinating the storage and distribution functions of the warehouse. Prior to working at A Christmas Story House, Dickerson was the building maintenance mechanic for a property management company in Parma. He lives in North Olmsted with his wife Angi and their four children.

A Christmas Story House & Museum is located just five minutes from downtown Cleveland at 3159 W. 11^th St. in the Tremont neighborhood. It is open year-round. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for children (ages 6 to 12). For more information or for directions, visit www.AChristmasStoryHouse.com or call 216-298-4919.

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