Win a Major Award

Drop off your ugliest lamp for your chance to win a leg lamp!

HAMMOND IN. – Win your very own leg lamp from the holiday movie classic, A Christmas Story. Entries for the ugliest lamp competition are being accepted now through November 30^th at the Indiana Welcome Center (7770 Corinne Drive, Hammond). Lamps can be dropped during normal business hours; Monday through Sunday from 8am to 5pm.

In the 1983 holiday film, Mr. Parker wins a leg lamp as a “major award” from a contest in the newspaper. Mr. Parker proudly displays the lamp in the family’s living room window until Mrs. Parker accidentally breaks it.  Leg lamps have been a popular feature of the movie ever since.

Visitors will vote on the ugliest lamp in each category to determine the winners from December 1^st through the 31^st. Winners will be notified by phone. Entries will be displayed until January 9^th and can be claimed January 10^th – 17^th from 8am to 5pm.

The Ugly Lamp Contest is part of the exhibit “A Christmas Story Comes Home” at the Indiana Welcome Center from November 1^st to January 9^th.

Visit, www.AChristmasStoryComesHome.com or call (219) 989-7979 for more information.