Everybody has those couple of Christmas episodes, specials, and movies they grew up watching that remain emotional touchstones throughout their lives. I'm not alone when I include the 1971 Christmas TV movie The Homecoming on my favorite's list. Making this Christmas TV movie even sweeter--it introduced the Walton family to TV audiences. Let me remind you of these past essays I've written about The Waltons at Christmas time.
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| In "The Best Christmas," Miss Fanny's car slides off the road during a snowstorm on Christmas Eve. |
The Waltons 1976 episode "The Best Christmas"
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| War refugees Tess and Pip come to stay with the Walton family in "The Children's Carol." |
The Waltons 1977 episode "The Children's Carol" Parts 1 and 2
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| In "Day of Infamy," it is December 1941 and Mary Ellen (here with her young son John Curtis) braces herself for bad news from Pearl Harbor. |
The Waltons 1978 episode "Day of Infamy"
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| There's a stranger on Waltons Mountain one Christmas, in the 1979 episode "The Spirit." |
The Waltons 1979 episode "The Spirit"
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| As the expert on Christmas TV movies, I was invited to take part in the 40th anniversary screening (and cast reunion) of the movie The Homecoming, in 2011. |
Are you a fan of The Waltons TV series? Which is your favorite Christmas episode?
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| From the 2011 cast reunion and anniversary screening of The Homecoming in 2011. (I'm seated wearing the black dress). |
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