A Christmas Story sequel set at HBO Max, original star Peter Billingsley to return
Billingsley will play an older version of Ralphie in A Christmas Story Christmas

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Christmas may have just passed us by, but HBO is already back in the holiday mood. The production studio has recruited the then-child lead from 1983's A Christmas Story, Peter Billingsley, for a sequel to the noel classic. This time he will be old enough to handle a Red Ryder BB rifle without shooting his eye out.
For A Christmas Story Christmas, Billingsley will reprise his role as Ralphie (though he may go by Ralph now), an adult who’s returning home with kids of his own for the holidays. The original film followed young Ralphie and his pursuit of the famous Red Ryder BB gun in 1940, and A Christmas Story Christmas picks up in the ‘70s as father Ralphie hopes to deliver on a good Christmas for his children.