A Christmas Story Christmas



Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year, and a way I feel is necessary to start off the holiday spirit is by watching the newest movie A Christmas Story Christmas. This film is a sequel to the 1980 film A Christmas Story. I'd say for what the film was, it was pretty good. It's always nice seeing characters come back from a loved film years later in a new one. This was something that my whole family has been waiting for and it was worth the wait in my opinion.

It focuses on Ralphie now as an adult with his wife and kids visiting his mother's place, where the first film was located. There are so many references from the first film, they even will point them out during the credits if you missed them. It had the same goofiness like the first film and I liked that it took it from the perspective of ageing characters we've known for so long. It was a slower film, but honestly that's probably because Ralphie is older and you can't beat a classic film. These type of films that are sequels are more comforting films than anything, and this does just that. 

Watching a film like this gets me excited for Christmas. Something about Christmas films hits you different, and it doesn't matter how good the film is. It really puts you in the mood. Even A Christmas Story Christmas was a movie that came out before Thanksgiving, and it put me into the Christmas spirit. I can't wait to watch more Christmas films this holiday season.

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