Hayes plays a great "fish out of water" character among the residents of Hohman, Indiana, and deserves just as much praise as the legacy cast members do for her performance. The main new additions to the cast, Ralphie's wife, Sandy (played by Erinn Hayes), and children Mark & Julie, don't quite fit right in with the eclectic cast of characters surrounding them, but the film does this intentionally and uses it as a further vehicle for humor. Hagerty does a pretty good job of stepping into Dillon's shoes, and the change is barely felt at all. Parker, who is being played by Julie Hagerty (who you might know from Airplane) instead of Melinda Dillon this time around.
All the returning characters are played expertly by their original actors, with the exception of Mrs. The film adds in a handful of its own, original gags as well, and adds some welcome new pieces of Parker family Christmas lore (their attitude towards carolers being chief among them).
A Christmas Story Christmas could have easily slid by on taking the events of the original and copy/pasting them into the events of this movie, and while there are moments that are similar in the sense that the same thing is occurring (bargaining for the Christmas tree, children getting bullied by the neighborhood menaces, a "triple-dog dare" situation), it's always either flipped on its head or framed in a way that gives it new relevance.
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I want to really take a moment to applaud this movie for knowing the difference between homage and unoriginal retreading.
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