“A Christmas Story Christmas” (** out of four) was a pleasant but mild sequel to the 1983 Christmas classic about the now adult Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) who returns to his old family home to give his family the Christmas he had as a child and soon rekindles old memories and relationships with various friends (Scott Schwartz, R.D. Robb, and others) around the neighborhood. Affectionately done in the vein of the original but weakened by lack of strong script and story. Billingsley’s sincere performance gives film a big boost but fans would best re-watch the original over the holidays again.

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