'A Christmas Story Live!' was filmed on the Gilmore Girls set. You can recognize the iconic town square and where Kims' Antiques was.
This movie is based on the screenplay by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, and Bob Clark, which is based on the stage musical "A Christmas Story," which is based on the novel "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash" written by Jean Shepherd.
The children in the production spent 9 months rehearsing and were actually home schooled on the set.
When a clock falls off the basement door, the actors don't stop for the mistake and instead just incorporate it into the scene.
Chris Diamantopoulos and Maya Rudolph worked together previously on NBC's "Up All Night".