A Christmas Story Collection

Peter Billingsley

Erinn Hayes

Julie Hagerty

Ian Petrella

Scott Schwartz

R.D. Robb

Zack Ward

River Drosche

Julianna Layne

Cailean Galloway

Alistair Galloway

Yano Anaya

David Gillespie

Billy Brayshaw

Tegan Grace Muggeridge

Davis Murphy

Mark Arnold

JR Esposito

Lauren Mora

Chris Jarman

Sam Parks

Henry Miller

Ian Porter

Derek Morse

Mariana Stansheva

Jackson Bartkowski

Owen Davis

Krassimir Manov

Julie Yammanee

Yovko Dogandjiiski

Shay Cunliffe

Mary Vernieu

David Heinz

Iliya Sotirov

Jeff Morrow

Matthew Clark

Clay Kaytis

Jay Ashenfelter

Nick Schenk

Rusty Smith

Jean Shepherd

Mike Drake

Michelle Wade Byrd

Adrian Shepherd

Irwin Zwilling

Cale Boyter

Marc Toberoff

Peter Dodd

Randall Shepherd

Vince Vaughn

Miroslav Borisov

Slavyan Stoichev

Greta Velikova

Helen Britten

Hristo Genkov

Jane Berry

Antonia Tocheva

Peter Afterman

Ron Bartlett

Myron Hoffert

Alexander Krumov

Mark Mangini

Asen Asenov

Anna Andreeva

Nikolay Sabchev

Mosko Masev

Yana Blajeva

Maria Djidrova

Monika Hristova

Craig A. Pinckes

Asen Bozilov

Desislava Manasieva

Nate Underkuffler

Alison Litton

Alexei Karagyaur

Boryana Papazova

Konstantin Vladimirov

Silvia Tosheva

Goro Koyama

Petar Kralev

Sam Sher

Comedy

Family

Drama

Fantasy

A Christmas Story Christmas

Wild West Picture Show Productions

Legendary Pictures

Toberoff Productions

United States of America

Nick Ferrante

A Christmas Story Christmas is the best sequel of A Christmas Story bestest movie ever !!!

Peter McGinn

I haven’t watched any other sequels of the original movie, so I have no basis for comparison there. I have read that this one is significantly better than other sequels.

I thought it was okay. Of course it leaned heavily on the original movie, as you’d expect, with plenty of references to events from that story and even short video clips. (Don’t miss the sign in the bar that is a tribute to Jean Shepherd’s book that this franchise is based on.) Leaning on the original is fine, and quite apt as the story doubles as a tribute to the late Old Man. The writing is competent, though lacking the sparkle and delight of the Jean Shepherd original. But it wasn’t as predictable either as I feared it would be with subplots such as the missing presents and Ralph’s fledgling writing career. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised at what they did with those subplots, avoiding cliched pitfalls in favor of more sensible resolutions.

So I found it was worth my time watching it, though it won’t make the short list of holiday films I watch every year, such as with the original Christmas Story. Actually, I wonder if it might have gained a bit more magic if it had more closely followed Ralph’s kids rather than the adults as it did. That would have been a tough script to write though, with people relentlessly comparing it to the original. I write novels in my spare time: perhaps I will attempt a bit of fan fiction writing and try it, just for kicks. Hmm.