A Christmas Story Christmas is a 2022 American Christmas comedy film directed by Clay Kaytis from a script he co-wrote with Nick Schenk, from an original story co-written by Schenk and Peter Billingsley; it is a legacy sequel to A Christmas Story (1983), and serves as the eighth installment in the Parker Family Saga franchise. A Christmas Story Christmas was released in the United States on November 17, 2022 on HBO Max.