Sad tidings start A Christmas Story Christmas, a follow-up movie to the 1983 vacation basic.
Ralphie Parker (a returning Peter Billingsley, who additionally narrates!), now grown and an aspiring novelist, will get a dreaded cellphone name from his loving mom (Julie Hagerty) throughout Christmas 1973.
Peter Billingsley in 1983’s A Christmas Story (Credit: Everett Colleciton)
“It’s the passing of Ralphie’s father [Darren McGavin, who died in 2006] that calls him home,” says Billingsley, now 51. To honor his outdated man, Ralphie brings his personal spouse (Erinn Hayes) and their two youngsters to Hohman, Indiana, to have a magical vacation identical to those he remembers.
Look for extra acquainted faces from the 1940-set authentic, like tongue-stuck-to-flagpole Flick (Scott Schwartz) and bully Scut Farkus (Zack Ward). And not a lot has modified for Ralphie himself, experiences Billingsley: “He’s an eternal dreamer. He’s always fantasizing things.”
A Christmas Story Christmas, Movie Premiere, Thursday, November 17, HBO Max