For the last two years, the town of Chickasha has attracted visitors to see its 40-foot replica of the Leg Lamp from the movie
A Christmas Story. But like the mom in the movie who was determined to bring the lamp down, Warner Bros., the studio behind the movie, has ordered that the lamp be removed. “It says cease and desist and tear it down,” Jim Cowan with the Chickasha Community Foundation said about a letter he received from the studio last year. The foundation, which constructed the lamp, said it plans to keep the statue in place. So far, there haven’t been any lawsuits filed. It would be a shame if the lamp had to come down. As the movie’s star, Ralphie, said, the lamp was the “soft glow of electric sex.” As small-town roadside attractions go, electric sex is much more appealing than the word’s largest ball of yarn or just another statue to a dead white man.
This article appears in Alcoholmanac 2025.
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