History Film / AChristmasStoryChristmas

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Though Flick's ownership of his father's bar comes straight from Shepherd's original book ''In God We Trust--All Others Pay Cash'', the movie is kinder to Schwartz. In the closing paragraphs of ''In God We Trust'', we learn that Schwartz was killed in action on the European front in WWII. (The timeframe of the stories was a little different, reflecting Shepherd's own birthdate of 1921.) This movie's Schwartz may be something of a loser, but at least he's ALIVE.

* DiabolusExMachina: [[spoiler:While bringing Julie to the hospital to get her eye bandaged up, the trunk of Ralph's car mysteriously pops open under its own power, allowing passersby to loot every single gift he'd just bought for the family.]]

* SpiritualSuccessor: There are enough similarities with the story and setting that the movie sometimes feels like a much [''much''] more wholesome version of ''WesternAnimation/FIsForFamily''. Perhaps not surprisingly, both projects share Creator/PeterBillingsley and Creator/VinceVaughn as producers.

* HatedHometown: Downplayed. Ralphie doesn't exactly ''hate'' Hohman and is happy to reunite with his old friends and neighbors, but he is aware that [[SmallTownBoredom the town doesn't have as much to offer his family as Chicago does]].

* MythologyGag: The adult Flick owns a bar, which he also did in the original novel ''In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash'' (the title was taken from a sign he had hanging up in the bar), and his RealLife [[http://www.flicklives.com/index.php?pg=348&recno=4791 inspiration Jack Flickinger]] did as well.

* DotingGrandparent: Mrs. Parker is a very affectionate and loving grandmother to her grandkids. The Old Man was also one before his passing, [spoiler:to the point he took it upon himself to buy the presents Mark and Julie asked for well before Christmas.]]

* CoolUncle: Randy is this in spades for Ralphie's kids, Mark and Julie.

* ImagineSpot: One of the few things Ralphie has retained from childhood.

* TheSeventies: The film's plot summary (confirmed by a calendar displayed in an opening scene) establishes that it takes place thirty years after the events of the first movie in December, 1973.

[[caption-width-right:250:[[{{Tagline}} Ralphie Comes Home.]]]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's pointed out early on that Ralphie's writing style is too wordy. [[spoiler:It makes for a sleeping pile of a science fiction novel, but it fits the narration of the original film just perfectly.]]

The film is scheduled to be released on Creator/HBOMax on November 17, 2022.

** Flick "triple dog dares" Schwartz into performing a physically dangerous stunt (both as payback for the flagpole incident and out of frustration for flaking on his bar tab).* CoolUncle: Randy is this in spades for Ralphie's kids, Mark and Julie.

** Flick "triple dog dares" Schwartz into performing a physically dangerous stunt (both as payback for the flagpole incident and out of frustration for flaking on his bar tab).
* BigDamnHeroes: The Old Man, [[spoiler: one last time, comes to the rescue with Christmas presents, having gotten the big asks of his grandkids after (so really before) the originals Ralphie and Sandy had bought were stolen, and very thoughtful presents for the rest of the family,]] shortly before his apparently sudden death. Can easily double as a TearJerker for many.
** Scut Farkus, of all people, sees himself as this when he [[spoiler: arrests Ralphie for breaking and entering Flick's Tavern and ends up just dropping him off at home, feeling that he owes him for their fight straightening him out]]. He rightfully points out that, had it been literally any other officer, Ralphie [[spoiler: would be in jail for Christmas]].
* CoolUncle: Randy is this in spades for Ralphie's kids, Mark and Julie.

* ReformedBully: Scut Farkus.