Holiday film captures youth: Stow man lived in Cleveland house in movie. Son calls him `real Ralphie'.

Byline: Kim Hone-McMahan

Dec. 24--The soft glow of electric sex gleams from the top of the television inside the condominium. Unlike the leg lamp in A Christmas Story, it's not a major award, and neighbors don't gather outside to gawk at the sight of the backlighted fishnets. Still, the 20-inch-tall adornment brings a grin to owner Stan Ptak. The 76-year-old has become something of a celebrity since the Cleveland house where the popular holiday movie was partly filmed opened to the public last month. You see, Ptak lived in that house in the '30s when he was just a little fella.

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