( CNN ) -- If you 're dreaming of a white Christmas -- much like the one Bing Crosby , Danny Kaye , Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen used to know at the Columbia Inn in Pine Tree , Vermont -- the humbug of the matter is : Neither the inn nor the town exist . You better not pout , though . There are still a few of the season 's favorite film locales that you can visit in real life : . The Parker family 's house in `` A Christmas Story '' If you find yourself in the vicinity of Cleveland and a fanatic of the 1983 cult holiday classic `` A Christmas Story , '' make a pit stop at the Parker family 's house , which is open for public tours complete with a museum and gift shop directly across the street . If fawning over the `` I-can't-put-my-arms-down '' snowsuit and the `` Oh fuuuuuudge ! '' family Oldsmobile is n't quite enough movie magic , visitors can buy leg lamps at the gift shop for their very own `` soft glow of electric sex gleaming in the window . '' Or if you 're feeling extra rebellious , Red Ryder , carbine action , 200-shot range model air rifles are also available . Bedford Falls from `` It 's a Wonderful Life '' The town of Bedford Falls in the 1946 classic `` It 's a Wonderful Life '' may have been fictional and created on soundstages for filming in Encino , California , but the folks in Seneca Falls , New York , claim their tiny mill town was director Frank Capra 's inspiration for the cinematic community . ( He is believed to have visited the town in 1945 . ) Visitors are encouraged to celebrate the film 's ties each December by taking part in a movie-themed walking tour and judging the similarities for themselves . Stand on the steel Bridge Street Bridge , similar to the one that Jimmy Stewart 's character , George Bailey , leapt from in the movie to `` save '' his guardian angel , Clarence Odbody , or stroll down the streetlamp-lined main street . If you feel like making a weekend in New York 's Finger Lakes region , opt to stay in one of the 48 rooms in the newly opened Hotel Clarence , named after Bailey 's guardian angel . The McCallister residence from `` Home Alone '' While you ca n't go through all Buzz 's private stuff ( or inside the house for that matter , unless you 're in the market for a new home ) , you can do a drive-by like your favorite Wet Bandits , Harry and Marv , of the McCallister residence approximately 15 miles north of downtown Chicago in the Winnetka suburb . The home , built in the 1920s , is listed for sale at $ 1,950,000 , and still features the recognizable staircase just inside the front door in case indoor sledding is one of your favorite pastimes . Serendipity restaurant from `` Serendipity '' Part holiday movie , part romantic comedy , this 2001 film starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale opens during the peak of the holiday shopping rush with the then-strangers attempting to buy the last pair of black cashmere gloves at Bloomingdale 's . After initial sparks , the smitten characters , both in relationships , spend the rest of the evening together in New York . The title of the movie itself is equal parts definition of serendipity -- Merriam-Webster lists it as `` the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for '' -- and the New York restaurant where the two fated lovers partake in frozen hot chocolate and eventually part ways ( only to be reunited by a series of fortunate accidents by the end of the film ) . If you 've got a sweet tooth and an even sweeter romantic side , the cafe , Serendipity 3 , is open until midnight Sunday through Thursday , 1 a.m. on Fridays and 2 a.m. on Saturdays . After all , you never know who you may be waiting with in the line that stretches down East 60th Street . Macy 's from `` Miracle on 34th Street '' The actual miracle on 34th Street in the 1947 movie , as well as the 1994 remake , takes place at 151 West 34th Street to be exact , Macy 's flagship store in New York 's Herald Square . Since 1924 , the department store kicks off the Christmas shopping season with its annual Thanksgiving Day Parade , culminating with the arrival of Santa Claus at the parade 's finale . After the parade and until Christmas Eve , children can visit the `` nice man with the white beard '' like Susan Walker and tell Santa what they 'd like for Christmas . If you ca n't make it to New York , every Macy 's across the country has a letterbox for stamped letters to the North Pole . As a bonus , each letter received will generate a $ 1 donation to the Make-A-Wish Foundation .
There 's ` ` A Christmas Story '' museum in town near the house featured in the film . Seneca Falls , New York , believes it 's the same in ` ` It 's a Wonderful Life '' Meet your friends over there at the house featured in ` ` Serendipity ''