1 00:00:01,047 --> 00:00:02,965 - ♪ 2 00:00:03,007 --> 00:00:07,136 - Hi. I'm Richard Thomas. 3 00:00:07,178 --> 00:00:09,513 And I'd like to share a story with you. 4 00:00:09,555 --> 00:00:13,601 It's a story about a family--an American family 5 00:00:13,642 --> 00:00:16,812 living through a time of great social upheaval 6 00:00:16,854 --> 00:00:19,065 and economic hardship. 7 00:00:19,106 --> 00:00:21,901 It's a story that takes place in 1933. 8 00:00:21,942 --> 00:00:26,781 But it made its mark on our country in 1972. 9 00:00:26,822 --> 00:00:30,534 And now, in the 21st century, 10 00:00:30,576 --> 00:00:33,412 it may be more resonant than ever before. 11 00:00:33,454 --> 00:00:37,291 But mostly, it's a story about human kindness, 12 00:00:37,333 --> 00:00:40,086 and compassion, and love. 13 00:00:40,127 --> 00:00:43,881 It's a story about family-- and one in particular. 14 00:00:43,923 --> 00:00:48,260 A family that I was very proud to be a part of 50 years ago, 15 00:00:48,302 --> 00:00:50,679 and I still feel a part of today. 16 00:00:50,721 --> 00:00:53,641 A family called The Waltons. 17 00:00:55,559 --> 00:01:02,358 - ♪ 18 00:01:02,399 --> 00:01:04,360 - NARRATOR: My boyhood home in the Blue Ridge Mountains 19 00:01:04,401 --> 00:01:08,948 of Virginia was a place I've always treasured. 20 00:01:08,989 --> 00:01:12,993 A world full of mystery and wonder. 21 00:01:13,035 --> 00:01:16,205 But when the stock market crashed in 1929, 22 00:01:16,247 --> 00:01:17,706 businesses collapsed. 23 00:01:17,748 --> 00:01:19,375 Families split apart. 24 00:01:19,416 --> 00:01:23,170 And folks started giving up on their dreams. 25 00:01:23,212 --> 00:01:25,047 Our local mill closed, 26 00:01:25,089 --> 00:01:28,384 and Daddy had to find work 90 miles away. 27 00:01:28,425 --> 00:01:30,761 And he could only be with us once a month. 28 00:01:30,803 --> 00:01:34,014 To make matters worse, he wasn't given the weekend off 29 00:01:34,056 --> 00:01:37,226 that Christmas in 1933. 30 00:01:37,268 --> 00:01:40,437 I was 17 years old back then. 31 00:01:40,479 --> 00:01:43,899 And I wanted to be a writer more than anything in the world. 32 00:01:43,941 --> 00:01:47,486 My daddy expected me to fill his shoes while he was gone. 33 00:01:47,528 --> 00:01:49,947 And I wanted to prove myself to him. 34 00:01:49,989 --> 00:01:54,076 But I prayed I wouldn't have to give up my dream in the process. 35 00:01:54,118 --> 00:01:55,578 During the Depression, 36 00:01:55,619 --> 00:01:59,874 sometimes it seemed like dreams were all we had. 37 00:01:59,915 --> 00:02:02,710 - [birds chirping] 38 00:02:04,670 --> 00:02:06,463 - [groans] 39 00:02:06,505 --> 00:02:12,928 - ♪ 40 00:02:12,970 --> 00:02:16,724 - Well, look at you. 41 00:02:16,765 --> 00:02:18,601 A little Christmas miracle. 42 00:02:18,642 --> 00:02:21,520 - ♪ 43 00:02:21,562 --> 00:02:23,564 - Just not the one I was hoping for. 44 00:02:25,983 --> 00:02:29,028 Oh Lord, please watch over John. 45 00:02:29,069 --> 00:02:31,113 - [door opens] 46 00:02:31,155 --> 00:02:32,865 - What is it, Elizabeth? 47 00:02:32,907 --> 00:02:35,075 - I was teaching Geraldine to fly 48 00:02:35,117 --> 00:02:36,827 by swinging her over my head. 49 00:02:36,869 --> 00:02:38,913 - Oh, honey... 50 00:02:38,954 --> 00:02:42,374 that's nothing that a little needle and a thread can't fix. 51 00:02:42,416 --> 00:02:46,378 I will have her good as new before the day is out, okay? 52 00:02:46,420 --> 00:02:49,798 - I wish Daddy was here. - OLIVIA: [sighs] 53 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,468 I know. 54 00:02:52,509 --> 00:02:54,220 Grandma and Grandpa are coming for breakfast. 55 00:02:54,261 --> 00:02:55,763 How 'bout that, huh? 56 00:02:55,804 --> 00:02:58,307 Oh, okay. Well, then, you need to go get dressed 57 00:02:58,349 --> 00:03:00,309 so you're ready when they get here. 58 00:03:05,022 --> 00:03:07,942 - [thunder rumbling] 59 00:03:07,983 --> 00:03:10,527 - MAN ON RADIO: Yesterday, President Roosevelt promised 60 00:03:10,569 --> 00:03:12,238 the Electric Home and Farm Authority will bring 61 00:03:12,279 --> 00:03:15,616 cheap electricity to millions in the Tennessee Valley. 62 00:03:15,658 --> 00:03:17,618 And we have a cold front with possible storms 63 00:03:17,660 --> 00:03:20,663 coming through the tri-county area. 64 00:03:20,704 --> 00:03:24,208 Travel advisories are going out, so stay close to home, folks. 65 00:03:24,250 --> 00:03:26,168 Now back to our Christmas Eve program. 66 00:03:26,210 --> 00:03:28,462 - [instrumental "Jingle Bells"] 67 00:03:28,504 --> 00:03:29,255 - Hey, is that another drawing of a doll? 68 00:03:29,255 --> 00:03:33,759 - It's to hang on the tree, Santa's gonna bring one to me. 69 00:03:33,801 --> 00:03:36,971 - JIM-BOB: Dream on, Sis. 70 00:03:37,012 --> 00:03:38,222 - What do you know? 71 00:03:38,264 --> 00:03:39,598 - Santa's probably out of work too! 72 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:40,849 - MAN: Mrs. Walton! - [knocking at door] 73 00:03:40,891 --> 00:03:42,101 - Coming! 74 00:03:42,142 --> 00:03:43,686 - What is that you're building? 75 00:03:43,727 --> 00:03:46,939 - A Christmas cottage with cotton for snow on the roof. 76 00:03:46,981 --> 00:03:49,275 It's for above the fireplace. - How about in the fireplace? 77 00:03:49,316 --> 00:03:50,943 - Erin, you wanna get your nose out of that magazine 78 00:03:50,985 --> 00:03:52,611 and give me a hand? 79 00:03:52,653 --> 00:03:54,238 - I've got news. 80 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:55,698 Dan Wilson just dropped off a telegram. 81 00:03:55,739 --> 00:03:57,825 Where's John-Boy? - Where do you think? 82 00:03:57,866 --> 00:04:00,202 Upstairs scribbling secrets in his room again. 83 00:04:00,244 --> 00:04:02,830 - John-Boy, get down here! 84 00:04:02,871 --> 00:04:04,206 - JOHN-BOY: I'm coming, Mom. 85 00:04:04,248 --> 00:04:08,210 - ["Jingle Bells" on radio] 86 00:04:08,252 --> 00:04:09,545 - I was just cleaning up my room. 87 00:04:09,586 --> 00:04:10,754 - Good lord. 88 00:04:10,796 --> 00:04:14,216 - Enough, you two. It's from your daddy. 89 00:04:14,258 --> 00:04:15,926 He's coming home today! 90 00:04:15,968 --> 00:04:17,886 - What? - Are you serious? 91 00:04:17,928 --> 00:04:19,388 - Whoa! 92 00:04:19,430 --> 00:04:21,056 - He talked to his boss into moving his shift. 93 00:04:21,098 --> 00:04:24,351 He's got the whole weekend off. He'll be here by late mornin'. 94 00:04:24,393 --> 00:04:26,145 John-Boy, you gotta get your brothers and sisters 95 00:04:26,186 --> 00:04:27,563 all squared away. You have finish your chores 96 00:04:27,604 --> 00:04:30,024 before Grandma and Grandpa get here. 97 00:04:30,065 --> 00:04:32,192 We got to get the house ready for Daddy's homecoming. 98 00:04:32,234 --> 00:04:34,069 And I've got breakfast to cook. - Yes, ma'am. 99 00:04:34,111 --> 00:04:36,113 - ♪ 100 00:04:36,155 --> 00:04:37,448 - You heard her. We've gotta make this 101 00:04:37,489 --> 00:04:38,991 the best Christmas ever, okay? 102 00:04:39,033 --> 00:04:41,327 Now, Erin, put that magazine away and help Mary Ellen. 103 00:04:41,368 --> 00:04:43,245 Jim-Bob, clean up that mess up, please. 104 00:04:43,287 --> 00:04:45,247 - It's not a mess. It's a decoration. 105 00:04:45,289 --> 00:04:46,999 - Where's Jason? - He's out in the barn 106 00:04:47,041 --> 00:04:49,084 splitting wood for the stove. 107 00:04:49,126 --> 00:04:52,212 - Move it...now. - What are you doing? 108 00:04:52,254 --> 00:04:54,048 - I'ma go tell Jason the news! 109 00:04:54,089 --> 00:04:56,550 - Hey. That's Daddy's old jacket. 110 00:04:56,592 --> 00:04:58,469 - Well, he's not wearing it, is he? 111 00:05:00,220 --> 00:05:02,473 - What do you want me to do, John-Boy? 112 00:05:02,514 --> 00:05:04,808 - Well, I think you should finish your drawing, 113 00:05:04,850 --> 00:05:06,477 and I'll put it in a prime spot on the tree 114 00:05:06,518 --> 00:05:08,228 where Santa will see it. 115 00:05:08,270 --> 00:05:10,647 - Thanks, John-Boy. 116 00:05:10,689 --> 00:05:14,318 - ♪ 117 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:16,945 - NARRATOR: I was excited that Daddy was coming home. 118 00:05:16,987 --> 00:05:18,864 But I was also nervous. 119 00:05:18,906 --> 00:05:21,408 We'd argued before he left because he thought that becoming 120 00:05:21,450 --> 00:05:25,204 a writer was interfering with my responsibilities. 121 00:05:25,245 --> 00:05:28,624 I wanted him to see that I was doing my part to make Christmas 122 00:05:28,665 --> 00:05:30,626 perfect for the whole family. 123 00:05:30,667 --> 00:05:33,796 - [rooster crowing] - [chickens clucking] 124 00:05:36,465 --> 00:05:38,467 - Hey, got some great news for ya today. 125 00:05:38,509 --> 00:05:40,636 - Huh? - Daddy's coming home. 126 00:05:40,677 --> 00:05:42,471 - Don't give me that. - Yeah, it's true. 127 00:05:42,513 --> 00:05:44,056 Momma just got a telegram from him. 128 00:05:44,098 --> 00:05:45,682 He must've kicked up quite a fuss. 129 00:05:45,724 --> 00:05:48,227 - [laughs] Damn! When's he getting in? 130 00:05:48,268 --> 00:05:49,561 - Late mornin'. 131 00:05:50,521 --> 00:05:52,564 Geez, it's freezing out here, huh? 132 00:05:52,606 --> 00:05:54,817 - [cow moos] - What? 133 00:05:57,694 --> 00:06:00,531 I will take that dime. - No, you won't. It's Daddy's. 134 00:06:03,659 --> 00:06:06,078 That's how he holds 'em, right? 135 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:08,205 - Yup. You look just like him. 136 00:06:08,247 --> 00:06:12,000 I can almost picture you at the lathe in the machine shop. 137 00:06:12,042 --> 00:06:14,211 - You know that's not for me. 138 00:06:14,253 --> 00:06:15,546 - Man's gotta earn a living. 139 00:06:15,587 --> 00:06:16,922 - Get off it, all right? 140 00:06:16,964 --> 00:06:18,674 I don't need to hear that from you too. 141 00:06:18,715 --> 00:06:20,259 - There's nothing wrong with learning a trade if it means 142 00:06:20,300 --> 00:06:22,010 it keeps your family fed. Okay? 143 00:06:22,052 --> 00:06:24,263 That is a man's responsibility. 144 00:06:24,304 --> 00:06:26,473 - So is thinkin' for yourself, Jason! 145 00:06:26,515 --> 00:06:29,059 - [chickens clucking] 146 00:06:29,101 --> 00:06:31,103 - You and Daddy get in another fight before he left? 147 00:06:32,896 --> 00:06:36,024 - Yeah, he was upset I didn't finish painting the shed yet. 148 00:06:36,066 --> 00:06:38,652 He said my chores came first and writing was wasting my time. 149 00:06:38,694 --> 00:06:41,989 - Well, yeah, it does. Doesn't it? 150 00:06:43,532 --> 00:06:45,826 - [chickens clucking] 151 00:06:54,334 --> 00:06:56,712 - [coughs] Geez! 152 00:06:56,753 --> 00:06:58,881 [coughs] God, what an awful thing to do to your body! 153 00:06:58,922 --> 00:07:02,676 [coughs] Oh, stupid! What is Daddy thinking? 154 00:07:02,718 --> 00:07:04,011 - You mean besides wondering why 155 00:07:04,052 --> 00:07:06,805 his oldest son is throwing his future away? 156 00:07:06,847 --> 00:07:08,932 - Why do you always take Daddy's side? 157 00:07:08,974 --> 00:07:10,476 [coughs] 158 00:07:13,187 --> 00:07:15,856 - Hey. Hey, I filled that. You're stealing the glory! 159 00:07:15,898 --> 00:07:18,901 - Oh yeah? Tough luck, little brother. 160 00:07:18,942 --> 00:07:21,862 - NARRATOR: Daddy had convinced Jason he should learn a trade, 161 00:07:21,904 --> 00:07:25,157 even though becoming a musician was his dream. 162 00:07:25,199 --> 00:07:26,492 I think Jason was a bit jealous 163 00:07:26,533 --> 00:07:29,703 that I was stubbornly hanging on to mine. 164 00:07:29,745 --> 00:07:31,038 - Yeah? 165 00:07:34,166 --> 00:07:37,544 - [grunting] 166 00:07:37,586 --> 00:07:39,087 - That's a good one. 167 00:07:39,129 --> 00:07:45,177 - ♪ 168 00:07:50,474 --> 00:07:53,477 - [grunting] 169 00:07:53,519 --> 00:07:54,978 - Okay, I get it! 170 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,107 - Yeah? Better luck next time. 171 00:07:59,149 --> 00:08:04,613 - ♪ 172 00:08:06,156 --> 00:08:12,079 - [thunder rumbling] 173 00:08:13,539 --> 00:08:16,208 - [bird squawking] 174 00:08:18,585 --> 00:08:23,215 - [food frying] 175 00:08:23,257 --> 00:08:26,385 - Grandma! I'm so glad you're here. 176 00:08:26,426 --> 00:08:29,888 - Well, we all have to be somewhere. 177 00:08:29,930 --> 00:08:33,100 - All right, I take that back. I'm not glad to see you at all. 178 00:08:33,141 --> 00:08:35,310 - OLIVIA: Your grandma brought some of her cranberry jam. 179 00:08:35,352 --> 00:08:36,478 It's your daddy's favorite. 180 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:38,522 - Oh, perfect timing. - Mm-hmm! 181 00:08:38,564 --> 00:08:40,399 - That's a good load of stove wood. 182 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:42,484 - Yes, ma'am. 183 00:08:42,526 --> 00:08:44,361 Jason did the work. 184 00:08:44,403 --> 00:08:46,697 - I can't slice any more off that bone, 185 00:08:46,738 --> 00:08:48,490 but it'll still do for soup. 186 00:08:48,532 --> 00:08:50,117 - It's a good thing. 187 00:08:50,158 --> 00:08:52,828 It's the last of the ham from the hog John butchered. 188 00:08:52,869 --> 00:08:55,831 - What are we gonna eat for Christmas dinner? 189 00:08:55,872 --> 00:08:57,416 - Uh, maybe I'll wring Gretchen's neck 190 00:08:57,457 --> 00:08:59,418 and we'll have stew and dumplings. 191 00:08:59,459 --> 00:09:01,169 - Okay, Momma, she's a laying hen. 192 00:09:01,211 --> 00:09:02,796 - The boy's right. 193 00:09:02,838 --> 00:09:05,507 You put Gretchen in a stew, what you gonna do for eggs? 194 00:09:05,549 --> 00:09:07,259 Unless you're planning to lay them yourself. 195 00:09:07,301 --> 00:09:10,178 - Maybe I'm just feeling a little reckless this Christmas. 196 00:09:10,220 --> 00:09:11,763 - [food frying] 197 00:09:11,805 --> 00:09:12,764 - Oh! 198 00:09:14,766 --> 00:09:26,778 - ♪ 199 00:09:28,322 --> 00:09:30,365 - I don't like the look of that. 200 00:09:30,407 --> 00:09:34,536 - [thunder rumbling] 201 00:09:34,578 --> 00:09:37,956 - Where you headed? - Hickory Creek on Route 29. 202 00:09:39,124 --> 00:09:41,627 Once I'm there, it's a six-mile hitchhike home, if I'm lucky. 203 00:09:41,668 --> 00:09:42,753 - That's some trip. 204 00:09:42,794 --> 00:09:44,296 Hope the roads hold up. 205 00:09:44,338 --> 00:09:46,757 The man on the radio said there's a cold front coming. 206 00:09:46,798 --> 00:09:49,843 It's gonna be a bad one. 207 00:09:49,885 --> 00:09:52,054 - I'll have to take my chances. 208 00:09:52,095 --> 00:09:53,472 - Could be icy roads. 209 00:09:53,513 --> 00:09:55,682 You might want to stay here in Charlottesville. 210 00:09:55,724 --> 00:09:57,267 Tackle the trip home in the morning. 211 00:09:57,309 --> 00:09:58,852 - No way, my friend! 212 00:09:58,894 --> 00:10:01,355 It's Christmas Eve. Family's waitin'. 213 00:10:01,396 --> 00:10:04,941 I still got Santa visits to tend to before the day's out. 214 00:10:04,983 --> 00:10:05,984 - WOMAN: Next! 215 00:10:08,278 --> 00:10:11,573 Name? - John Walton. 216 00:10:11,615 --> 00:10:13,909 - Thank you for the food we eat. 217 00:10:13,950 --> 00:10:16,620 Thank you for the world so sweet. 218 00:10:16,662 --> 00:10:19,039 Thank you for the birds that sing. 219 00:10:19,081 --> 00:10:22,209 Thank you, God, for everything. Amen. 220 00:10:22,250 --> 00:10:24,586 - Amen, Sister Jen shot a rooster, killed a hen, 221 00:10:24,628 --> 00:10:26,171 hen died, the rooster cried. 222 00:10:30,258 --> 00:10:34,930 - Slow down, everybody. This is not a free-for-all. 223 00:10:34,971 --> 00:10:37,766 - Grandpa, why do you always end prayers that way? 224 00:10:37,808 --> 00:10:39,559 - He won't even tell me. 225 00:10:39,601 --> 00:10:41,353 - It's not very religious. 226 00:10:41,395 --> 00:10:42,771 - Daddy's not so religious either. 227 00:10:42,813 --> 00:10:44,981 - He's religious. He's just not churchgoing. 228 00:10:45,023 --> 00:10:46,608 - What does it matter, anyway? 229 00:10:46,650 --> 00:10:47,859 I like the way it sounds, Grandpa. 230 00:10:47,901 --> 00:10:49,820 - Thank you, Mary Ellen! 231 00:10:49,861 --> 00:10:51,905 - John-Boy, I want you to take the kids down to the barn later 232 00:10:51,947 --> 00:10:53,990 and crack some walnuts for my applesauce cake. 233 00:10:54,032 --> 00:10:55,534 - Yes, ma'am. 234 00:10:55,575 --> 00:10:57,869 - So, you are gonna make applesauce cake? 235 00:10:57,911 --> 00:11:00,080 - Well, I am now, I wouldn't want to disappoint your daddy. 236 00:11:00,122 --> 00:11:02,165 It wouldn't be Christmas for him without it. 237 00:11:02,207 --> 00:11:04,626 Oh, I've gotta go to Ike's and buy some sugar. 238 00:11:04,668 --> 00:11:06,795 - Sugar's not cheap these days. 239 00:11:06,837 --> 00:11:08,922 - Her money to mind, Grandma. 240 00:11:08,964 --> 00:11:11,133 - I want to go to Ike's with you, Momma! 241 00:11:11,174 --> 00:11:12,676 - I don't guess there's a certain doll 242 00:11:12,718 --> 00:11:15,053 you might want to take a look at, hm? 243 00:11:16,680 --> 00:11:17,973 - [laughs] 244 00:11:18,014 --> 00:11:22,644 - ♪ 245 00:11:22,686 --> 00:11:26,481 - [fire crackling] 246 00:11:29,192 --> 00:11:31,653 - What is that you're drawing there, pumpkin? 247 00:11:31,695 --> 00:11:33,739 - It's a red bird. 248 00:11:33,780 --> 00:11:35,741 - It truly is that. Heh! 249 00:11:35,782 --> 00:11:38,160 That's one fine red bird. 250 00:11:38,201 --> 00:11:41,538 - I wish my daddy could fly. - Oh, is that so? 251 00:11:41,580 --> 00:11:43,707 - He'd be with us right now. That's for sure. 252 00:11:43,749 --> 00:11:46,001 - He'll be home by noon. 253 00:11:46,042 --> 00:11:48,712 Plenty of time to beat that storm that's headin' this way. 254 00:11:48,754 --> 00:11:51,131 - Storm? - Yeah. 255 00:11:51,173 --> 00:11:54,301 Snow flurries, sleet, maybe some black ice. 256 00:11:54,342 --> 00:11:57,012 - How do you know that, Grandpa? 257 00:12:00,223 --> 00:12:03,018 - Look right there, in that-- See that tooth back there? 258 00:12:03,059 --> 00:12:05,729 [mumbles] Right there right in the back, that one? 259 00:12:05,771 --> 00:12:07,981 It aches when a storm is coming. 260 00:12:08,023 --> 00:12:10,901 - He heard it on the radio. 261 00:12:10,942 --> 00:12:13,361 Tell her the truth, old man. 262 00:12:13,403 --> 00:12:15,447 - I felt it in my tooth first. 263 00:12:15,489 --> 00:12:16,782 - Did they say when it would hit? 264 00:12:16,823 --> 00:12:20,535 - Oh, nightfall, I reckon. 265 00:12:20,577 --> 00:12:23,538 John will be home well before then. 266 00:12:23,580 --> 00:12:25,749 Don't you worry, Livy. 267 00:12:25,791 --> 00:12:28,835 - [bird chirping] 268 00:12:28,877 --> 00:12:30,629 - [bus motor running] 269 00:12:30,670 --> 00:12:32,672 - Well, I'm glad you could get it. 270 00:12:32,714 --> 00:12:33,673 - ♪ 271 00:12:33,715 --> 00:12:35,425 - [horn honks] 272 00:12:35,467 --> 00:12:37,928 - I gotta run. Thank you, sir! 273 00:12:37,969 --> 00:12:39,262 - STORE OWNER: Thank you. Merry Christmas. 274 00:12:39,304 --> 00:12:43,058 - Merry Christmas! Hey, hey, wait! Wait! 275 00:12:44,434 --> 00:12:47,646 Wait! Hey! Stop the bus! 276 00:12:47,687 --> 00:12:52,234 Stop the bus! Hey! Hey! Stop the bus! 277 00:12:52,275 --> 00:12:54,027 Ooh. [laughs] 278 00:12:54,069 --> 00:12:55,821 - Hop on. 279 00:12:55,862 --> 00:12:57,656 - Thanks, bud. - Thank you. 280 00:12:57,697 --> 00:12:59,991 - You've saved my family's Christmas. 281 00:13:08,291 --> 00:13:13,338 - Ooh-wee, looks like we're in for a lot of stops. 282 00:13:13,380 --> 00:13:15,799 - Well, holiday traffic and bad roads. 283 00:13:15,841 --> 00:13:17,592 - Yeah. - Where you headed? 284 00:13:17,634 --> 00:13:21,221 - Hickory Creek. - Me too. Welcome aboard. 285 00:13:21,263 --> 00:13:23,890 Name's Elmer. - John. Good to meet ya. 286 00:13:23,932 --> 00:13:26,226 - Hey, likewise. - Whew! 287 00:13:33,108 --> 00:13:37,863 - ♪ 288 00:13:37,904 --> 00:13:41,199 - [birds chirping] 289 00:13:44,327 --> 00:13:44,995 - Do you ever knock? 290 00:13:44,995 --> 00:13:48,415 - That pack horse library lady's coming up the road. 291 00:13:48,456 --> 00:13:50,333 - Is that one of her books? - Yeah, yeah. 292 00:13:50,375 --> 00:13:53,253 It's, uh, a history about this English guy. 293 00:13:53,295 --> 00:13:56,131 Uh, and it says "history" right on the cover, okay? 294 00:13:56,172 --> 00:13:58,049 Now, get out. Get out. Go. - You're nervous. 295 00:13:58,091 --> 00:14:00,844 - Get out, seriously! - You're nervous! 296 00:14:00,886 --> 00:14:03,054 - I'm not nervous! - Yes, you are! 297 00:14:03,096 --> 00:14:12,105 - ♪ 298 00:14:12,147 --> 00:14:13,398 - [sighs] 299 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:19,321 - ♪ 300 00:14:21,031 --> 00:14:23,617 - [girls giggling] 301 00:14:23,658 --> 00:14:26,244 - ♪ 302 00:14:26,286 --> 00:14:27,996 - [horse neighs] 303 00:14:28,038 --> 00:14:32,834 - [birds chirping] 304 00:14:32,876 --> 00:14:34,336 - Hey, Maggie! 305 00:14:34,377 --> 00:14:36,004 I didn't know you were working Christmas Eve. 306 00:14:36,046 --> 00:14:38,840 - Well, I won't be back until spring and I wanted to drop 307 00:14:38,882 --> 00:14:40,508 something off before I left for school. 308 00:14:40,550 --> 00:14:42,177 - Spring? 309 00:14:42,218 --> 00:14:45,347 - Edith Card is gonna take my route until then. 310 00:14:45,388 --> 00:14:46,514 - Oh. 311 00:14:46,556 --> 00:14:47,849 - Fair warning. 312 00:14:47,891 --> 00:14:50,268 She's a bear for collecting late fees. 313 00:14:50,310 --> 00:14:51,895 - I was gonna ask you about "Tom Jones." 314 00:14:51,937 --> 00:14:53,772 You know, I hadn't gotten all the way through it yet. 315 00:14:53,813 --> 00:14:55,857 - Don't worry. That's my own copy. 316 00:14:55,899 --> 00:14:57,776 The library wouldn't carry it. 317 00:14:57,817 --> 00:15:00,153 - Yeah, I was wondering. Um... 318 00:15:00,195 --> 00:15:02,697 him and Molly, they're-- that's a little, uh-- 319 00:15:02,739 --> 00:15:03,865 - Racy? - Yeah. 320 00:15:03,907 --> 00:15:05,951 - [laughs] Yeah, I know. 321 00:15:05,992 --> 00:15:08,745 Just wait 'til you get to his dinner with Mrs. Waters. 322 00:15:08,787 --> 00:15:10,038 - You actually read that in school? 323 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:11,790 - World Lit class. 324 00:15:11,831 --> 00:15:14,292 The professor said it was one of the earliest English novels. 325 00:15:14,334 --> 00:15:17,545 And since I'm certain that one day you'll write a novel, 326 00:15:17,587 --> 00:15:19,965 thought you'd like to see where it all began. 327 00:15:20,006 --> 00:15:22,217 - So you don't mind if I hold on to it a little longer? 328 00:15:22,258 --> 00:15:25,220 - No. I'll pick it up in the spring. 329 00:15:25,261 --> 00:15:27,389 Meantime, I brought you another. 330 00:15:31,101 --> 00:15:32,560 Something different. 331 00:15:32,602 --> 00:15:35,397 Kipling is President Roosevelt's favorite author. 332 00:15:35,438 --> 00:15:39,317 And this is a collection of his stories and poems. 333 00:15:39,359 --> 00:15:41,111 - Well, thanks for keeping me stocked up. 334 00:15:41,152 --> 00:15:44,072 You know, all we gots the Bible, the Farmer's Almanac, 335 00:15:44,114 --> 00:15:47,617 and the Sears Roebuck catalog. - Well, this one's 336 00:15:47,659 --> 00:15:49,661 the library copy, so you got three weeks before 337 00:15:49,703 --> 00:15:52,205 Edith comes gunning for you. 338 00:15:52,247 --> 00:15:53,832 - I'll make sure I get through it. 339 00:15:53,873 --> 00:15:55,500 - [laughs] 340 00:15:57,127 --> 00:15:59,129 - You're kidding me. What? 341 00:15:59,170 --> 00:16:00,880 - It's just a little bookmark. 342 00:16:00,922 --> 00:16:04,259 I think "JB Walton" is a good name for an author. 343 00:16:06,302 --> 00:16:09,431 Merry Christmas. - I don't know what to say. 344 00:16:09,472 --> 00:16:11,349 I mean, if I would've known that you were coming, 345 00:16:11,391 --> 00:16:12,600 I could've gotten you something-- 346 00:16:12,642 --> 00:16:14,102 - Oh, stop. 347 00:16:14,144 --> 00:16:16,271 No, it wasn't meant to be a gift exchange. 348 00:16:16,312 --> 00:16:18,148 - You know what? You stay right there. 349 00:16:18,189 --> 00:16:24,195 - ♪ 350 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:34,622 ♪ 351 00:16:34,664 --> 00:16:36,291 - This! 352 00:16:36,332 --> 00:16:39,586 This is a story I wrote, and it is yours to keep. 353 00:16:39,627 --> 00:16:41,129 - But what about this contest? 354 00:16:41,171 --> 00:16:43,006 - I'll just copy another one from the original. 355 00:16:43,048 --> 00:16:45,091 Don't worry about it. But I would be really grateful 356 00:16:45,133 --> 00:16:49,471 if you gave me your thoughts on it. 357 00:16:49,512 --> 00:16:52,599 - MAGGIE: Of course. - JOHN-BOY: Yeah. 358 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:56,561 - Wouldn't hurt to get a female perspective on things, right? 359 00:16:57,479 --> 00:16:59,064 - Absolutely. 360 00:17:00,690 --> 00:17:01,775 - BOTH: [laughing] 361 00:17:01,816 --> 00:17:03,151 - Oh! 362 00:17:03,193 --> 00:17:15,246 - ♪ 363 00:17:17,957 --> 00:17:19,250 - See you next spring. 364 00:17:19,292 --> 00:17:20,794 - I'll be lookin' out for ya. 365 00:17:20,835 --> 00:17:26,466 - ♪ 366 00:17:26,508 --> 00:17:27,967 - Merry Christmas! 367 00:17:28,009 --> 00:17:38,186 - ♪ 368 00:17:38,228 --> 00:17:40,647 - That looked to me like two worms wrapped around a fishhook. 369 00:17:43,983 --> 00:17:47,654 - BOTH: [laughing] - Oh my gosh! 370 00:17:52,534 --> 00:17:56,621 - [plays banjo] 371 00:17:58,957 --> 00:18:01,126 - Don't get any shells in there, or someone will break a tooth. 372 00:18:01,167 --> 00:18:03,294 - Oh yeah, it's also bad luck, I've heard. 373 00:18:03,336 --> 00:18:06,172 - Yup, you and your superstitions. 374 00:18:06,214 --> 00:18:09,050 - You know, this would go a lot faster if you'd help us 375 00:18:09,092 --> 00:18:11,553 instead of fooling with that thing. 376 00:18:11,594 --> 00:18:14,222 - You should be happy I'm not charging you to play. 377 00:18:14,264 --> 00:18:16,224 - You can take your banjo and shove it, Jason. 378 00:18:16,266 --> 00:18:19,227 - Oh! - Erin, don't be such an ass. 379 00:18:19,269 --> 00:18:20,812 - Oh, watch your mouth, Mary Ellen. 380 00:18:20,854 --> 00:18:23,314 - Me? What about Daddy? He says that stuff all he wants. 381 00:18:23,356 --> 00:18:24,816 - Well, he's Daddy, ain't he? 382 00:18:24,858 --> 00:18:27,402 - Well, you're not. So quit acting like a boss man. 383 00:18:27,443 --> 00:18:29,154 - I didn't ask to be in charge, all right? 384 00:18:29,195 --> 00:18:30,363 I got better things to do. 385 00:18:30,405 --> 00:18:33,825 - Oh yeah? Scribble scribble. 386 00:18:33,867 --> 00:18:35,076 - Quit moping, all right? 387 00:18:35,118 --> 00:18:36,661 You had no right to say that to Erin. 388 00:18:36,703 --> 00:18:39,747 - She's just jealous that I'm gonna be a Hollywood star 389 00:18:39,789 --> 00:18:42,584 and marry someone with enough money to get me whatever I want. 390 00:18:42,625 --> 00:18:45,587 - Dead wrong, sister. I'm never getting married. 391 00:18:45,628 --> 00:18:47,755 I'm gonna be an aviator like Amelia Earhart. 392 00:18:47,797 --> 00:18:50,758 I'm gonna fly right out of here and travel all over the world, 393 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:52,510 make all kinds of adventures, 394 00:18:52,552 --> 00:18:55,305 with nobody telling me what to do. 395 00:18:55,346 --> 00:18:57,724 - What kind of adventures? 396 00:18:57,765 --> 00:18:59,767 - [cow moos] - I don't know, that's what... 397 00:18:59,809 --> 00:19:01,394 makes them adventures. 398 00:19:01,436 --> 00:19:03,354 - You could fly Santa's sleigh. That'd be an adventure. 399 00:19:03,396 --> 00:19:04,898 - Santa's not coming this year. 400 00:19:04,939 --> 00:19:06,691 - Hey, you don't know that, Erin. 401 00:19:06,733 --> 00:19:08,985 And don't say it to Elizabeth, all right? 402 00:19:09,027 --> 00:19:12,363 Guys, we can still make wishes. Miracles can still happen. 403 00:19:12,405 --> 00:19:15,033 'Cuz this Christmas is gonna be the best ever no matter what. 404 00:19:15,074 --> 00:19:16,951 So, Jim-Bob, what's your wish? 405 00:19:16,993 --> 00:19:18,244 - An Erector set. 406 00:19:18,286 --> 00:19:19,829 - Great, just what we need. 407 00:19:19,871 --> 00:19:22,207 Another thing of Jim-Bob's with pieces to step on. 408 00:19:22,248 --> 00:19:23,833 - I heard that! - [cow moos] 409 00:19:23,875 --> 00:19:26,377 - And I hope you catch a cold and sneeze your brains out. 410 00:19:26,419 --> 00:19:29,214 - Shut up, little pipsqueak! - That's enough, Mary Ellen. 411 00:19:29,255 --> 00:19:30,882 What is wrong with you? 412 00:19:30,924 --> 00:19:34,677 - She's just worried Santa won't bring her breasts for Christmas. 413 00:19:34,719 --> 00:19:36,346 - [laughs] 414 00:19:36,387 --> 00:19:39,974 - [chickens clucking] 415 00:19:40,016 --> 00:19:41,434 - Anybody else? - Hey! 416 00:19:41,476 --> 00:19:43,144 Sit down with the rest of us and shut your mouth. 417 00:19:43,186 --> 00:19:44,729 - Is that an order? - Yes, it is! 418 00:19:44,771 --> 00:19:46,314 - Well, then you better find yourself a waitress because 419 00:19:46,356 --> 00:19:47,941 I don't take orders. 420 00:19:47,982 --> 00:19:50,526 - [laughs] - Ooh. 421 00:19:50,568 --> 00:19:52,070 - ♪ 422 00:19:52,111 --> 00:19:53,988 - JOHN-BOY: Where do you think you're going? 423 00:19:54,030 --> 00:19:57,242 Huh? Hey, get back here! 424 00:19:58,117 --> 00:20:10,338 - ♪ 425 00:20:30,358 --> 00:20:42,370 ♪ 426 00:21:02,098 --> 00:21:14,319 ♪ 427 00:21:17,447 --> 00:21:21,075 - GRANDPA: Hey, Mary Ellen? Will you give me a hand? 428 00:21:21,117 --> 00:21:22,744 - Be right there! 429 00:21:22,785 --> 00:21:28,833 - ♪ 430 00:21:33,713 --> 00:21:34,797 - Whoo! 431 00:21:34,839 --> 00:21:36,924 - It's so cold. Let's get in there. 432 00:21:36,966 --> 00:21:38,801 Oh, good girl. 433 00:21:38,843 --> 00:21:40,428 Oh, Rose! 434 00:21:40,470 --> 00:21:42,263 You're doing a little last-minute Christmas shopping? 435 00:21:42,305 --> 00:21:44,349 - Candles for service tonight. 436 00:21:44,390 --> 00:21:46,434 How are you doing, Elizabeth? 437 00:21:46,476 --> 00:21:48,728 - Fine, Miss Rose. Where's Claudie? 438 00:21:48,770 --> 00:21:50,605 - Oh, he's with his daddy getting the church set up. 439 00:21:50,646 --> 00:21:51,272 - Oh, yes. 440 00:21:51,272 --> 00:21:53,775 - I hear there's more weather on the way, Livy. 441 00:21:53,816 --> 00:21:55,485 You all are welcome to come to our Christmas Eve service 442 00:21:55,526 --> 00:21:58,071 if the storm kicks up. It's a short walk. 443 00:21:58,112 --> 00:22:00,114 - That's so kind, Rose. Thank you. 444 00:22:00,156 --> 00:22:01,783 - What are friends for? 445 00:22:01,824 --> 00:22:03,284 - You mean besides looking out for each other's children? 446 00:22:03,326 --> 00:22:04,952 I still think you get the short end of that stick. 447 00:22:04,994 --> 00:22:06,287 - Oh, not so. 448 00:22:06,329 --> 00:22:07,663 We do just fine, don't we, Elizabeth? 449 00:22:07,705 --> 00:22:09,457 - Yes, ma'am. 450 00:22:09,499 --> 00:22:11,626 - Oh, no, no, no, you come back here, young lady, 451 00:22:11,667 --> 00:22:13,836 and wait a minute. I wanna ask Rose something. 452 00:22:13,878 --> 00:22:19,717 Um, you haven't by chance seen John here in town, have you? 453 00:22:19,759 --> 00:22:21,177 - Sure haven't. 454 00:22:21,219 --> 00:22:22,678 He's not back from Charlottesville yet? 455 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:26,474 - No. Um, we thought he'd be here by noon, so... 456 00:22:26,516 --> 00:22:28,684 - Winter travel, I suspect. Always delays. 457 00:22:28,726 --> 00:22:31,354 I am sure he's fine. - Yeah. 458 00:22:31,396 --> 00:22:33,272 - Mind if I drop by a bit later? 459 00:22:33,314 --> 00:22:36,025 I have a little Christmas cheer I want to deliver. 460 00:22:36,067 --> 00:22:37,568 - Oh-- - Oh, not that kind. 461 00:22:37,610 --> 00:22:40,571 [laughs] I noticed the Baldwin sisters are inside. 462 00:22:40,613 --> 00:22:42,156 - Yeah, I bet they're pleased as punch 463 00:22:42,198 --> 00:22:44,826 now that Prohibition's done. - Mm-hmm. 464 00:22:44,867 --> 00:22:47,620 - I will have a warm slice of applesauce cake waiting for ya. 465 00:22:47,662 --> 00:22:49,163 We'll see you in a little bit. 466 00:22:49,205 --> 00:22:50,915 - [giggling] 467 00:22:51,999 --> 00:22:55,545 - Momma, if her church is closer to us than our church, 468 00:22:55,586 --> 00:22:58,089 how come we don't always go to Rose's church? 469 00:23:00,216 --> 00:23:05,221 - Well, uh, you see, um... 470 00:23:05,263 --> 00:23:08,182 our family has always been members of First Baptist Church. 471 00:23:08,224 --> 00:23:09,684 And Rose's husband, 472 00:23:09,725 --> 00:23:11,978 he's a preacher over at Calvary Bible Church, 473 00:23:12,019 --> 00:23:13,646 so that's where she goes. 474 00:23:13,688 --> 00:23:16,315 But...since we were already members of First Baptist Church, 475 00:23:16,357 --> 00:23:18,609 we don't have to go to Calvary Bible. 476 00:23:18,651 --> 00:23:19,944 - Oh. 477 00:23:21,696 --> 00:23:26,659 - But that doesn't mean we can't go, 'cause you know what? 478 00:23:26,701 --> 00:23:30,204 Everybody's welcome in any of God's houses. 479 00:23:30,246 --> 00:23:33,207 Hm? - Mm-hmm. 480 00:23:33,249 --> 00:23:36,252 - Right. Let's get inside. 481 00:23:36,294 --> 00:23:38,254 - How does that look to you, ladies, huh? 482 00:23:38,296 --> 00:23:39,464 - Very fresh. - All right, good. 483 00:23:39,505 --> 00:23:41,007 And here's your cookies. 484 00:23:41,048 --> 00:23:44,719 - And that is a baker's dozen? - Absolutely. 485 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:47,388 - Olivia Walton and [unintelligible]! 486 00:23:47,430 --> 00:23:49,223 - A Christmas miracle. 487 00:23:49,265 --> 00:23:50,516 - Miss Emily, Miss Maimie. 488 00:23:50,558 --> 00:23:53,686 - And you must be? - Elizabeth. 489 00:23:53,728 --> 00:23:56,814 - She has your eyes. - And your teeth. 490 00:23:59,525 --> 00:24:01,277 - Um, we're looking for your husband. 491 00:24:01,319 --> 00:24:02,904 - So am I. 492 00:24:02,945 --> 00:24:04,822 - He can fix anything. - And he's a good customer. 493 00:24:04,864 --> 00:24:06,657 - Oh, which brings us to our problem. 494 00:24:06,699 --> 00:24:08,910 - Rest his soul, Papa's recipe machine has become-- 495 00:24:08,951 --> 00:24:11,162 - Cantankerous. Something is blocking the flow. 496 00:24:11,204 --> 00:24:13,206 - Like a kidney stone. 497 00:24:13,247 --> 00:24:15,416 - Oh, how those bedeviled Pa. 498 00:24:15,458 --> 00:24:17,585 - We think the copper coil needs to be replaced. 499 00:24:17,627 --> 00:24:19,629 - And John is just the man to do the job. 500 00:24:19,670 --> 00:24:21,547 - Well, I will tell him when I see him. 501 00:24:21,589 --> 00:24:23,090 - Your groceries, ladies! 502 00:24:23,132 --> 00:24:25,760 - EMILY: It's so nice to see you, Mrs. Walton. 503 00:24:25,801 --> 00:24:28,387 And we'll call on you later this evening 504 00:24:28,429 --> 00:24:31,516 with your order of the Christmas recipe! 505 00:24:31,557 --> 00:24:33,476 - It's famous. - I look forward to it. 506 00:24:33,518 --> 00:24:36,062 - Merry Christmas, everyone! - Merry Christmas! 507 00:24:36,103 --> 00:24:39,440 - Ladies! I hope you haven't been naughty. 508 00:24:39,482 --> 00:24:41,275 Santa's watchin' you know? 509 00:24:41,317 --> 00:24:43,986 - Charlie Sneed! [laughs] 510 00:24:44,028 --> 00:24:45,780 - Will you tell Santa we're gonna leave a jar 511 00:24:45,821 --> 00:24:47,615 of the recipe by the fireplace? 512 00:24:47,657 --> 00:24:49,325 - I'm sure he'll be pleased. 513 00:24:49,367 --> 00:24:50,910 - BALDWIN SISTERS: [laughing] 514 00:24:50,952 --> 00:24:53,162 - Oh, hey there, Livy. - Charlie. 515 00:24:53,204 --> 00:24:54,789 - Glad I bumped into ya. 516 00:24:54,830 --> 00:24:56,666 Got a big grudge rematch with the sheriff 517 00:24:56,707 --> 00:24:58,459 on Ike's pool table tonight. 518 00:24:58,501 --> 00:25:00,795 John's free to join, if he'd like. 519 00:25:00,836 --> 00:25:03,756 We could use an impartial referee. 520 00:25:03,798 --> 00:25:04,799 - Charlie! 521 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,343 - Well, as a matter of fact, um, 522 00:25:07,385 --> 00:25:09,470 John ain't back from Charlottesville yet. 523 00:25:09,512 --> 00:25:12,598 - No? Hm. 524 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:15,643 I'm--I'm sure he'll be along. 525 00:25:15,685 --> 00:25:16,936 When you're through here with Livy, 526 00:25:16,978 --> 00:25:18,688 dig me up a box of shells for my Winchester? 527 00:25:18,729 --> 00:25:20,064 .30-06. - You got it. 528 00:25:20,106 --> 00:25:21,607 - In the meantime, I'm gonna go make sure 529 00:25:21,649 --> 00:25:26,153 that thing's on the level for tonight. 530 00:25:26,195 --> 00:25:30,324 - ♪ 531 00:25:30,366 --> 00:25:31,701 - IKE: What can I do for you, Livy? 532 00:25:31,742 --> 00:25:35,997 - I would love a pound of sugar, please, Ike. 533 00:25:36,038 --> 00:25:38,791 - IKE: You don't wanna get between him and a cue ball. 534 00:25:38,833 --> 00:25:41,836 - I can see that! - [laughs] 535 00:25:41,877 --> 00:25:44,839 Kind of like your little Elizabeth and that doll. 536 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:47,967 Every time she comes in here, she heads straight to it. 537 00:25:48,009 --> 00:25:51,095 - Yeah, well, hard to explain the Depression 538 00:25:51,137 --> 00:25:52,930 to a five-year-old, Ike. 539 00:25:56,183 --> 00:25:59,854 - I--I--I understand, Livy. 540 00:25:59,895 --> 00:26:03,024 But, uh, Merry Christmas anyway? 541 00:26:03,065 --> 00:26:05,109 - Thanks, Ike. 542 00:26:05,151 --> 00:26:08,362 - All right. Oh, and, uh, some change for you. 543 00:26:08,404 --> 00:26:10,448 - Thank you kindly. - You're welcome. 544 00:26:10,489 --> 00:26:12,617 - Yes, yes, yes. Hey, Elizabeth! 545 00:26:14,910 --> 00:26:18,080 One's got a higher purpose. [laughs] 546 00:26:18,122 --> 00:26:21,751 - Thank you. - It's the least I can do. 547 00:26:21,792 --> 00:26:25,546 Let's go. Thank you kindly. Let's go! 548 00:26:25,588 --> 00:26:27,006 - All right, Merry Christmas, y'all. 549 00:26:27,048 --> 00:26:28,007 - Merry Christmas! 550 00:26:33,012 --> 00:26:45,024 - ♪ 551 00:26:47,568 --> 00:26:48,903 - Oh, let's go fix your doll. 552 00:26:48,944 --> 00:26:51,530 Oh, Sheriff Bridges, am I glad to see you. 553 00:26:51,572 --> 00:26:52,990 - How do you do, Mrs. Walton? 554 00:26:53,032 --> 00:26:54,533 - OLIVIA: I wonder if you've seen my husband. 555 00:26:54,575 --> 00:26:55,826 He'd be on the road from Hickory Creek. 556 00:26:55,868 --> 00:26:57,495 He's running pretty late. 557 00:26:57,536 --> 00:26:59,580 - No, ma'am. I've been up country, 558 00:26:59,622 --> 00:27:00,915 trying to catch that poacher 559 00:27:00,956 --> 00:27:02,124 who's been hunting without a license. 560 00:27:02,166 --> 00:27:03,334 - Well, I hear everything he shoots, 561 00:27:03,376 --> 00:27:04,835 he gives to those in need. 562 00:27:04,877 --> 00:27:07,171 - [chuckles] He's some kind of backwoods Robin Hood, 563 00:27:07,213 --> 00:27:08,839 but he's breaking the law. 564 00:27:08,881 --> 00:27:10,758 And what he doesn't give away, he takes to Charlottesville 565 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:12,718 and sells for cash money. 566 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:16,263 Bet no one told you that. 567 00:27:16,305 --> 00:27:21,602 - Well, then, um, good luck. - Thank you, ma'am. 568 00:27:21,644 --> 00:27:23,771 And I'll keep an eye out for John. 569 00:27:23,813 --> 00:27:25,815 - Thanks, Sheriff. Merry Christmas. 570 00:27:25,856 --> 00:27:37,868 - ♪ 571 00:27:38,911 --> 00:27:42,957 - Winchester 70. Pretty nice, huh? 572 00:27:42,998 --> 00:27:45,376 - Depends on what it's used for. 573 00:27:45,418 --> 00:27:49,296 - Oh, target practice mostly. You ready for tonight, Sheriff? 574 00:27:49,338 --> 00:27:52,800 - Glad I ran into you, Charlie. Maybe Ike could fill in for me. 575 00:27:52,842 --> 00:27:54,093 I can't make it tonight. 576 00:27:54,135 --> 00:27:58,055 - Why? - Pressing county business. 577 00:27:58,097 --> 00:28:00,266 - What's that? - Can't discuss it. 578 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:04,270 - Well, that's too bad. 579 00:28:04,311 --> 00:28:06,647 I'll save your favorite cue for you in case you change your mind 580 00:28:06,689 --> 00:28:08,524 or finish your business early. 581 00:28:08,566 --> 00:28:11,485 - Oh, don't worry, Charlie. 582 00:28:11,527 --> 00:28:13,404 I'll catch up with you soon enough. 583 00:28:13,446 --> 00:28:25,458 - ♪ 584 00:28:34,592 --> 00:28:41,807 ♪ 585 00:28:41,849 --> 00:28:43,517 - You're up next, John. 586 00:28:43,559 --> 00:28:47,313 - [motor starts] 587 00:28:47,354 --> 00:28:52,151 - ♪ 588 00:28:55,738 --> 00:28:57,823 - I'd hold back some on that nutmeg. 589 00:28:57,865 --> 00:29:00,117 - [bird chirping] 590 00:29:01,243 --> 00:29:05,706 - It's your recipe. Don't mind me. 591 00:29:05,748 --> 00:29:09,084 I've just been makin' it for 40 years. 592 00:29:09,126 --> 00:29:11,754 - I don't see why I have to do the lunch dishes. 593 00:29:11,796 --> 00:29:15,257 - You are the oldest. - John-Boy's the oldest! 594 00:29:15,299 --> 00:29:17,218 - You're the oldest girl. 595 00:29:17,259 --> 00:29:19,261 - Being a girl should have nothing to do with it! 596 00:29:19,303 --> 00:29:22,223 It's not a fair way to hand out chores! 597 00:29:22,264 --> 00:29:23,766 Momma! 598 00:29:23,808 --> 00:29:26,685 - You and your grandma can work this out. 599 00:29:26,727 --> 00:29:29,355 - If life were fair, Mary Ellen, 600 00:29:29,396 --> 00:29:31,524 I'da had your pretty face. 601 00:29:34,777 --> 00:29:39,824 - [orchestral music on radio] 602 00:29:39,865 --> 00:29:41,826 - "Nelson County gossip. 603 00:29:41,867 --> 00:29:44,745 "Hiriam Buggywell's old sow pig Petunia 604 00:29:44,787 --> 00:29:48,082 "gave birth to 14 babies last week. 605 00:29:48,123 --> 00:29:50,167 "Mother and children are all doing just fine, 606 00:29:50,209 --> 00:29:52,419 except for the one that was eaten." 607 00:29:52,461 --> 00:29:54,046 [laughs] 608 00:29:54,088 --> 00:29:56,257 - Erin! Look what you did! 609 00:29:56,298 --> 00:29:58,008 - What is all this fuss? 610 00:29:58,050 --> 00:29:59,468 - Erin wrecked my village! 611 00:29:59,510 --> 00:30:00,970 - That's not a village. 612 00:30:01,011 --> 00:30:03,973 That's a--a beaver dam without the mud. 613 00:30:04,014 --> 00:30:06,976 - MAN ON RADIO: Now for Nelson County news and weather. 614 00:30:07,017 --> 00:30:09,019 Well, folks, it looks like a nasty cold front 615 00:30:09,061 --> 00:30:11,105 will move in by nightfall. 616 00:30:11,146 --> 00:30:14,441 Expect some flurries and possible sleet later today. 617 00:30:14,483 --> 00:30:17,945 Stay off those icy roads. Driving could be treacherous. 618 00:30:17,987 --> 00:30:19,363 Instead of going out, 619 00:30:19,405 --> 00:30:21,448 stay home by the fire this Christmas Eve and-- 620 00:30:21,490 --> 00:30:21,907 - [Grandpa switches radio off] 621 00:30:24,660 --> 00:30:26,620 - I bet old John just picked up 622 00:30:26,662 --> 00:30:30,457 some overtime yesterday and slept in. 623 00:30:30,499 --> 00:30:32,626 He'll beat this storm. 624 00:30:32,668 --> 00:30:36,964 - ♪ 625 00:30:37,006 --> 00:30:41,260 - I better go cut us a Christmas tree while I can. 626 00:30:41,302 --> 00:30:43,846 Where is John-Boy? 627 00:30:43,888 --> 00:30:45,139 - NARRATOR: As the tension increased 628 00:30:45,180 --> 00:30:47,600 with every hour Daddy hadn't returned, 629 00:30:47,641 --> 00:30:50,895 I still felt responsible for realizing my family's dreams 630 00:30:50,936 --> 00:30:52,396 that Christmas. 631 00:30:52,438 --> 00:30:54,648 I couldn't make Mary Ellen into a pilot 632 00:30:54,690 --> 00:30:56,442 or Jason into a musician. 633 00:30:56,483 --> 00:31:00,237 But I was determined to make Elizabeth's dream come true. 634 00:31:00,279 --> 00:31:06,160 - ♪ 635 00:31:06,201 --> 00:31:08,162 - NARRATOR: With what little money I had, 636 00:31:08,203 --> 00:31:13,000 I was resolved to find some way to get her a doll. 637 00:31:13,042 --> 00:31:14,668 - OLIVIA: John-Boy, get down here! 638 00:31:14,710 --> 00:31:16,462 - Comin' Momma! 639 00:31:16,503 --> 00:31:25,137 - ♪ 640 00:31:30,768 --> 00:31:32,227 - John-Boy! - JOHN-BOY: I'm coming. 641 00:31:32,269 --> 00:31:34,521 - [bird chirping] 642 00:31:34,563 --> 00:31:36,357 - Oh, if it isn't the prince! 643 00:31:36,398 --> 00:31:38,150 - Why are you always raggin' on me, Mary Ellen? 644 00:31:38,192 --> 00:31:39,985 - I don't know. It seems natural. 645 00:31:40,027 --> 00:31:41,946 - Enough, you two. John-Boy, 646 00:31:41,987 --> 00:31:44,239 I want you to go with Grandpa to cut a Christmas tree. 647 00:31:44,281 --> 00:31:45,950 - Great. - Wait, I wanna go too. 648 00:31:45,991 --> 00:31:48,869 - You kidding me? That's always been my job. 649 00:31:48,911 --> 00:31:51,038 - Well, John-Boy, times are changing. 650 00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:52,414 Mary Ellen wants to go-- 651 00:31:52,456 --> 00:31:54,041 - But-- - No buts. 652 00:31:54,083 --> 00:31:55,459 - Well, if you're coming, get your gear. 653 00:31:55,501 --> 00:31:56,710 We're not waitin' on ya. 654 00:31:56,752 --> 00:31:59,046 - ♪ 655 00:31:59,088 --> 00:32:01,715 - [birds chirping] 656 00:32:01,757 --> 00:32:13,978 - ♪ 657 00:32:16,981 --> 00:32:18,273 - Hmm-mm. - Why? 658 00:32:18,315 --> 00:32:19,274 - No. 659 00:32:19,316 --> 00:32:25,072 - ♪ 660 00:32:25,114 --> 00:32:28,993 - ♪ O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree ♪ 661 00:32:30,536 --> 00:32:33,580 - [bird squawking] 662 00:32:33,622 --> 00:32:38,252 - ♪ 663 00:32:38,293 --> 00:32:41,046 - NARRATOR: I never stopped being enchanted by the beauty 664 00:32:41,088 --> 00:32:43,007 of Walton's Mountain. 665 00:32:47,011 --> 00:32:51,223 Even in the cold of winter, it was a magical place. 666 00:32:51,265 --> 00:33:00,274 - ♪ 667 00:33:00,315 --> 00:33:02,359 - NARRATOR: On our hike to where Grandpa had spotted 668 00:33:02,401 --> 00:33:05,738 his Christmas tree years ago... 669 00:33:05,779 --> 00:33:09,283 we stopped at our family's cemetery, 670 00:33:09,324 --> 00:33:12,119 a place I'd only been to once before. 671 00:33:12,161 --> 00:33:24,214 - ♪ 672 00:33:33,390 --> 00:33:35,267 - I've never been here before, Grandpa. 673 00:33:35,309 --> 00:33:40,314 - Well, not much reason to yet. 674 00:33:40,355 --> 00:33:45,903 This is where your grandma and me will wind up one day. 675 00:33:45,944 --> 00:33:49,364 - Are these all Waltons? - Yeah. 676 00:33:49,406 --> 00:33:52,618 These are all your people, Mary Ellen. 677 00:33:52,659 --> 00:33:57,581 Generations of mothers and fathers and some babies. 678 00:33:57,623 --> 00:34:00,334 Some of the older graves are marked by stone, 679 00:34:00,375 --> 00:34:03,420 but all their names are in the family Bible. 680 00:34:03,462 --> 00:34:05,631 - This place is so strange. 681 00:34:07,716 --> 00:34:10,677 But it's so... 682 00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:12,471 beautiful. 683 00:34:12,513 --> 00:34:15,599 How did we come to get Walton's Mountain, Grandpa? 684 00:34:15,641 --> 00:34:21,063 - Well, your great-great granddaddy, my granddaddy, 685 00:34:21,105 --> 00:34:24,775 came through here in the summer of 1725. 686 00:34:24,817 --> 00:34:28,612 The way it was told to me, he saved the life of a young boy 687 00:34:28,654 --> 00:34:32,032 who was almost drowned in a swollen creek up the way. 688 00:34:32,074 --> 00:34:33,951 - Through Fork's Creek, right, Grandpa? 689 00:34:33,992 --> 00:34:35,536 - GRANDPA: That's right. 690 00:34:35,577 --> 00:34:37,579 And it turns out that young boy was the grandson 691 00:34:37,621 --> 00:34:41,083 of a chief of the Monacan Indian tribe. 692 00:34:41,125 --> 00:34:44,795 And they had been here forever. 693 00:34:44,837 --> 00:34:49,299 The chief told my granddaddy that he could settle here 694 00:34:49,341 --> 00:34:54,054 as long as he lived in harmony and used the bounty of the land 695 00:34:54,096 --> 00:34:58,976 to spread kindness to the world. 696 00:34:59,017 --> 00:35:00,561 - I never heard that story before. 697 00:35:00,602 --> 00:35:02,521 - It's all true. 698 00:35:02,563 --> 00:35:04,982 The Waltons have been raising families here 699 00:35:05,023 --> 00:35:08,944 and taking care of the land ever since. 700 00:35:08,986 --> 00:35:10,737 In the hardest of times, we never let it go. 701 00:35:10,779 --> 00:35:14,116 Never sold, even when the soapstone company came in 702 00:35:14,158 --> 00:35:17,995 and bought up almost everything around us. 703 00:35:18,036 --> 00:35:22,666 I like to come here every now and then just to feel my roots. 704 00:35:24,877 --> 00:35:29,673 No matter where your dreams take you in this world, Mary Ellen, 705 00:35:29,715 --> 00:35:31,633 you'll always be a Walton. 706 00:35:34,803 --> 00:35:38,765 And you will find that... 707 00:35:38,807 --> 00:35:41,894 family... 708 00:35:41,935 --> 00:35:44,021 well, family is... 709 00:35:44,062 --> 00:35:56,283 - ♪ 710 00:36:10,255 --> 00:36:13,884 - [thunder rumbling] 711 00:36:18,472 --> 00:36:22,184 - ♪ 712 00:36:22,226 --> 00:36:26,063 - Oh, how I wish it were springtime again. 713 00:36:26,104 --> 00:36:29,983 Forsythia blooming by the fence. 714 00:36:30,025 --> 00:36:32,653 Tulips coming up from the snow. 715 00:36:32,694 --> 00:36:36,657 - ♪ 716 00:36:36,698 --> 00:36:38,825 - Don't worry about John, daughter. 717 00:36:38,867 --> 00:36:40,452 I know my boy. 718 00:36:40,494 --> 00:36:43,580 He'll be here soon enough, you'll see. 719 00:36:53,882 --> 00:37:01,014 - ♪ 720 00:37:01,056 --> 00:37:03,392 - [birds squawking] 721 00:37:05,394 --> 00:37:07,813 - You two rest here a minute. 722 00:37:07,854 --> 00:37:10,440 I'm gonna go get my bearings. 723 00:37:13,860 --> 00:37:15,362 - John-Boy? 724 00:37:18,323 --> 00:37:19,992 I have a confession to make. 725 00:37:22,869 --> 00:37:24,371 I read your secret notepad. 726 00:37:24,413 --> 00:37:27,374 - What? Are you serious, 727 00:37:27,416 --> 00:37:28,792 Mary Ellen? - I read what you wrote. 728 00:37:28,834 --> 00:37:31,211 I saw--I saw myself, I saw Jason and the others. 729 00:37:31,253 --> 00:37:33,380 And it touched me! It really did. 730 00:37:33,422 --> 00:37:35,674 Look, I'm sorry that I've been ragging on you. 731 00:37:35,716 --> 00:37:38,385 You're not just a scribbler, John-Boy. 732 00:37:38,427 --> 00:37:42,055 I had no idea how good you were. 733 00:37:42,097 --> 00:37:45,183 - [tree rustling] 734 00:37:45,225 --> 00:37:46,476 - You see that tree we're after? 735 00:37:46,518 --> 00:37:48,395 - Oh, I was hoping to get a glimpse of 736 00:37:48,437 --> 00:37:50,564 that big ol' white buck folks talk about. 737 00:37:50,605 --> 00:37:52,149 - Yeah, I've heard the stories. 738 00:37:52,190 --> 00:37:55,068 - Yeah, I never laid eyes on him myself. 739 00:37:55,110 --> 00:37:58,030 But I'm always on the lookout. 740 00:37:58,071 --> 00:38:00,157 Some folks say it's no such thing. 741 00:38:00,198 --> 00:38:03,160 Others say it's a ghost. 742 00:38:03,201 --> 00:38:05,662 I'd give anything to see him just one time. 743 00:38:07,122 --> 00:38:11,335 You know they say the man who spots him is changed forever. 744 00:38:11,376 --> 00:38:13,378 - Looks like you're out of luck, Grandpa. 745 00:38:13,420 --> 00:38:15,422 - Maybe this time. 746 00:38:15,464 --> 00:38:20,218 But in that case, right there's your tree. 747 00:38:20,260 --> 00:38:23,430 I've been keeping an eye on that thing for years. 748 00:38:23,472 --> 00:38:25,432 - Must be near 6 feet, Grandpa. 749 00:38:28,060 --> 00:38:30,062 - It's beautiful. I love it. 750 00:38:38,820 --> 00:38:50,457 - ♪ 751 00:38:59,091 --> 00:39:06,681 - ♪ 752 00:39:09,810 --> 00:39:12,687 - I'm not used to making some many stops on this run. 753 00:39:12,729 --> 00:39:14,731 I think I could've hitched it faster. 754 00:39:16,733 --> 00:39:19,027 - Just be glad you're not outside 755 00:39:19,069 --> 00:39:22,656 or in one of those cars we passed slid off in a ditch. 756 00:39:22,697 --> 00:39:25,283 - [chuckles] I guess so. 757 00:39:25,325 --> 00:39:27,744 How long you've been farming, Elmer? 758 00:39:27,786 --> 00:39:29,329 - Always. 759 00:39:29,371 --> 00:39:31,790 - Tough way to make a living lately. 760 00:39:31,832 --> 00:39:35,252 - Yeah, what isn't? But I get by. 761 00:39:35,293 --> 00:39:39,631 - I got cow, a couple hogs, a laying hen, 762 00:39:39,673 --> 00:39:41,466 and a pretty good garden. 763 00:39:41,508 --> 00:39:43,260 With me being away so much, it's--it's 764 00:39:43,301 --> 00:39:45,011 hard on my wife, Livy. 765 00:39:46,388 --> 00:39:48,432 I've been thinking of quitting the mill and 766 00:39:48,473 --> 00:39:50,475 going full out into farming. 767 00:39:50,517 --> 00:39:52,602 - Well, it's sink or swim. 768 00:39:52,644 --> 00:39:54,271 At least you're your own boss. 769 00:39:54,312 --> 00:39:57,691 If you own your own place, well... 770 00:39:57,732 --> 00:39:59,568 you're not at the mercy of the damn bank. 771 00:39:59,609 --> 00:40:02,028 - True, and no more travel. 772 00:40:03,572 --> 00:40:05,657 I got a big family to support. 773 00:40:05,699 --> 00:40:07,742 - Sometimes you just gotta take the leap 774 00:40:07,784 --> 00:40:13,081 and fix things on the way down, you know what I mean? 775 00:40:13,123 --> 00:40:17,210 - Yeah, I guess so. 776 00:40:17,252 --> 00:40:18,879 - [sighs] 777 00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:21,339 Anyway, wake me up when we get to Hickory Creek, will ya? 778 00:40:21,381 --> 00:40:23,592 - Sure. 779 00:40:23,633 --> 00:40:26,178 - BUS DRIVER: Well, folks, we got some icy roads up ahead. 780 00:40:26,219 --> 00:40:28,054 Gonna have to make a little detour. 781 00:40:29,389 --> 00:40:30,974 - [fire crackling] 782 00:40:31,016 --> 00:40:34,519 - [instrumental "Jingle Bells" on radio] 783 00:40:41,943 --> 00:40:44,946 - Okay. Great-Grandma's star's on the tree now officially, 784 00:40:44,988 --> 00:40:47,574 which means that decorating can now begin. 785 00:40:47,616 --> 00:40:50,035 - Don't stop shaking now, Jim-Bob, 786 00:40:50,076 --> 00:40:51,453 or you'll burn them again. 787 00:40:51,495 --> 00:40:52,913 - Grandpa, my arm hurts. 788 00:40:52,954 --> 00:40:55,415 - Well, that's why God gave you two of them. 789 00:40:55,457 --> 00:40:57,083 - How about the lights, John-Boy? 790 00:40:57,125 --> 00:41:00,587 - Well, one bulb doesn't work, so the whole string don't work. 791 00:41:00,629 --> 00:41:02,589 It's like finding a black cat in a coal mine. 792 00:41:02,631 --> 00:41:04,174 - Who needs lights? We got popcorn. 793 00:41:04,216 --> 00:41:06,468 - How will Santa see without Christmas lights? 794 00:41:06,510 --> 00:41:08,595 - Don't worry, he's used to, uh, working in the dark. 795 00:41:08,637 --> 00:41:10,055 - We gonna leave him cornflakes again? 796 00:41:10,096 --> 00:41:12,516 - You bet. - And a carrot for the reindeer. 797 00:41:12,557 --> 00:41:14,935 - Okay, most of the old dime store ornaments, 798 00:41:14,976 --> 00:41:16,686 they look great, and tinsel's up in the attic. 799 00:41:16,728 --> 00:41:18,813 - We don't need tinsel. We got popcorn strings. 800 00:41:18,855 --> 00:41:20,440 - Not at the rate you're going. 801 00:41:20,482 --> 00:41:22,275 - It's Jim-Bob's fault. He's burned too many. 802 00:41:22,317 --> 00:41:25,445 - Get your stupid butt over here and you make the popcorn. 803 00:41:25,487 --> 00:41:27,030 Let me do the stringing. 804 00:41:27,072 --> 00:41:28,865 - You watch your mouth, son. - You're not my daddy. 805 00:41:28,907 --> 00:41:29,991 - And glad of it. 806 00:41:30,033 --> 00:41:34,746 - [shouting] 807 00:41:34,788 --> 00:41:36,790 - Hey, hey, hey! Let's not be grabby, all right? 808 00:41:36,831 --> 00:41:39,292 Be respectful. Right, Grandpa? 809 00:41:39,334 --> 00:41:42,212 - Mind your brother. 810 00:41:42,254 --> 00:41:45,966 - You heard him. Okay? 811 00:41:46,007 --> 00:41:47,425 - What's that? 812 00:41:47,467 --> 00:41:48,927 - It's a blue jay's nest with an egg in it. 813 00:41:48,969 --> 00:41:51,096 I found it on a hike with Daddy. - A rotten egg? 814 00:41:51,137 --> 00:41:53,515 - It's not rotten. I blew all the stuff out of it. 815 00:41:53,557 --> 00:41:55,767 Clean as a whistle. - It's got bird poop on it. 816 00:41:55,809 --> 00:41:57,811 Who wants that smelly thing on our tree? 817 00:41:57,852 --> 00:41:59,980 - I do. And Daddy will wanna see it. 818 00:42:00,021 --> 00:42:01,606 We talked about it. 819 00:42:01,648 --> 00:42:03,608 - Yeah, Santa's gonna take one whiff of that bird poop 820 00:42:03,650 --> 00:42:05,402 and go right back up the chimney. 821 00:42:05,443 --> 00:42:07,612 - [cries] - Lay off, Mary Ellen, Jason. 822 00:42:07,654 --> 00:42:09,990 - Thank you! - JASON: Now what? 823 00:42:10,031 --> 00:42:11,157 - [crying] 824 00:42:11,199 --> 00:42:12,826 - Hey, what's wrong? 825 00:42:12,867 --> 00:42:16,621 - Santa's not gonna come because of Mary Ellen's stinky nest! 826 00:42:16,663 --> 00:42:18,498 - Look at what you've done! Made Elizabeth cry. 827 00:42:18,540 --> 00:42:19,958 - That's not my fault. I just want this-- 828 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:21,918 - It is your fault! You're the one that brought-- 829 00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:23,670 - [shouting] 830 00:42:23,712 --> 00:42:26,214 - Hey, hey, everyone, shut up! It's Christmas Eve, damn it! 831 00:42:26,256 --> 00:42:27,632 - What's all this racket? 832 00:42:27,674 --> 00:42:30,510 - John-Boy said "damn it." 833 00:42:30,552 --> 00:42:32,679 - [sighs] Grandpa! 834 00:42:32,721 --> 00:42:35,599 - He took the words right out of my mouth. 835 00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:36,600 - [knocking at door] 836 00:42:36,641 --> 00:42:38,143 - It's Daddy! 837 00:42:38,184 --> 00:42:49,195 - ♪ 838 00:42:50,572 --> 00:42:52,240 - Merry Christmas! 839 00:42:54,743 --> 00:42:56,578 - [sighs] Hi, Charlie. 840 00:42:56,620 --> 00:42:58,830 - Gosh, guys. - Is it something I said? 841 00:43:04,419 --> 00:43:06,171 - I'm sorry. 842 00:43:06,212 --> 00:43:08,340 The kids just thought it might be their daddy. 843 00:43:08,381 --> 00:43:11,134 - Ain't that rascal back yet? - We're starting to get worried. 844 00:43:11,176 --> 00:43:14,721 - We both know John won't let a little weather stop him. 845 00:43:14,763 --> 00:43:16,556 In fact, it wouldn't surprise me 846 00:43:16,598 --> 00:43:18,224 if he was over at the Baldwin sisters' place 847 00:43:18,266 --> 00:43:20,393 sampling their recipe right now. 848 00:43:20,435 --> 00:43:24,648 - I won't have you talking that way about my son, Charlie. 849 00:43:24,689 --> 00:43:26,483 - He drinks, doesn't he? 850 00:43:26,524 --> 00:43:29,194 - He takes a drink. There's a difference. 851 00:43:29,235 --> 00:43:30,904 - OLIVIA: Can I pour you a cup of coffee, Charlie? 852 00:43:30,945 --> 00:43:32,656 Oh, or a piece of applesauce cake? 853 00:43:32,697 --> 00:43:34,658 - It still hasn't been frosted. 854 00:43:34,699 --> 00:43:37,369 - [laughs] That's all right. I can't stay but a minute. 855 00:43:37,410 --> 00:43:40,372 Got my pool game over at Ike's tonight to get ready for. 856 00:43:43,249 --> 00:43:45,126 [loudly] Can you keep a secret, Mrs. Walton? 857 00:43:45,168 --> 00:43:49,130 - ♪ 858 00:43:49,172 --> 00:43:51,091 - Good. 859 00:43:51,132 --> 00:43:53,635 - Charlie Sneed! 860 00:43:53,677 --> 00:43:55,679 He grates on my last nerve. - Grandma, be polite. 861 00:43:55,720 --> 00:43:57,514 - He treats me like I am deaf! 862 00:43:57,555 --> 00:43:59,099 - I know, but just be quiet. 863 00:43:59,140 --> 00:44:00,767 [gasps] 864 00:44:00,809 --> 00:44:02,560 - CHARLIE: I knew y'all wouldn't get a chance to go hunting 865 00:44:02,602 --> 00:44:04,270 before Christmas. 866 00:44:04,312 --> 00:44:06,106 But I knew you'd appreciate a little meat on the table. 867 00:44:06,147 --> 00:44:08,525 - I thought the hunting season was over. 868 00:44:08,566 --> 00:44:10,193 - It is! 869 00:44:10,235 --> 00:44:15,115 - Aren't you scared of breaking the law on Christmas Eve? 870 00:44:15,156 --> 00:44:17,701 - What better time to share the Lord's bounty? 871 00:44:17,742 --> 00:44:20,912 - That's right, it's God's gift. Right, Charlie? 872 00:44:20,954 --> 00:44:23,206 Ah, and the answer to my prayers! 873 00:44:23,248 --> 00:44:24,666 We are more than grateful. 874 00:44:24,708 --> 00:44:27,210 I'm gonna start cooking him tonight! 875 00:44:27,252 --> 00:44:29,129 - My pleasure, ma'am. 876 00:44:29,170 --> 00:44:32,048 - Just imagine when John Walton walks through that door 877 00:44:32,090 --> 00:44:35,677 and he smells a Christmas turkey in the oven! 878 00:44:35,719 --> 00:44:38,388 You don't know how grateful we are, Charlie. 879 00:44:38,430 --> 00:44:40,306 This year in particular. 880 00:44:40,348 --> 00:44:42,058 - Poaching on Christmas. 881 00:44:44,853 --> 00:44:47,856 - Now you remember... 882 00:44:47,897 --> 00:44:49,482 [laughs] 883 00:44:49,524 --> 00:44:53,194 - [jazzy Christmas music plays] 884 00:44:53,236 --> 00:44:55,155 - Off I go. [laughs] 885 00:44:55,196 --> 00:44:56,865 - ♪ 886 00:44:56,906 --> 00:44:58,491 - Ah! 887 00:45:05,331 --> 00:45:10,545 - [sighs] We there already? 888 00:45:10,587 --> 00:45:12,756 - I'll see what's going on. 889 00:45:14,549 --> 00:45:17,177 Hey, man, it's Christmas Eve. You gotta get this bus moving. 890 00:45:17,218 --> 00:45:18,845 - BUS DRIVER: Sir, you need to sit down. 891 00:45:18,887 --> 00:45:20,847 We've got a vehicle in a ditch up here. 892 00:45:22,932 --> 00:45:24,893 - What did you find out? 893 00:45:24,934 --> 00:45:26,561 - The highway's blocked until 894 00:45:26,603 --> 00:45:31,441 they can get some old delivery truck towed out of a ditch. 895 00:45:31,483 --> 00:45:34,194 You hungry? - Could be. 896 00:45:34,235 --> 00:45:36,696 - ♪ 897 00:45:36,738 --> 00:45:39,240 - Ah. All right, appreciate it. 898 00:45:39,282 --> 00:45:42,368 - I got these from a guy on the corner in Charlottesville. 899 00:45:42,410 --> 00:45:43,828 He's been out of work a while. 900 00:45:43,870 --> 00:45:47,457 - Hm. We're damn lucky, you and me. 901 00:45:47,499 --> 00:45:49,375 - I'd say. 902 00:45:50,752 --> 00:45:52,629 Hey. - Hm? 903 00:45:52,670 --> 00:45:54,339 - Wanna take a peek at my family? 904 00:45:54,380 --> 00:45:55,965 - Yeah. 905 00:45:56,007 --> 00:46:03,681 - ♪ 906 00:46:03,723 --> 00:46:05,183 - Look at this. 907 00:46:05,225 --> 00:46:08,478 - ALVIN: [chuckles] It's a good-looking bunch. 908 00:46:08,520 --> 00:46:10,772 - Thoroughbreds one and all. 909 00:46:10,814 --> 00:46:12,148 - [chuckles] 910 00:46:15,568 --> 00:46:17,153 - Damn lucky. 911 00:46:19,489 --> 00:46:20,824 - I wish you didn't have to go. 912 00:46:20,865 --> 00:46:23,076 - We have to get home by dark. 913 00:46:23,117 --> 00:46:26,287 - Don't you wanna stay and make sure Daddy gets home safely? 914 00:46:26,329 --> 00:46:30,083 - We will see him tomorrow night at supper. 915 00:46:33,419 --> 00:46:34,796 - Merry Christmas, John-Boy. 916 00:46:34,838 --> 00:46:37,257 - I love you, Grandma. - Love you, too. 917 00:46:37,298 --> 00:46:38,842 Come on, let's go. 918 00:46:43,638 --> 00:46:45,265 - Merry Christmas! 919 00:46:45,306 --> 00:46:46,558 - GRANDPA: Merry Christmas! - GRANDMA: Merry Christmas! 920 00:46:46,599 --> 00:46:47,559 - GRANDPA: We'll see you at supper. 921 00:46:50,478 --> 00:46:51,563 - [sighs] 922 00:46:53,439 --> 00:46:56,526 - [music on radio plays] 923 00:46:58,069 --> 00:47:00,113 - Momma? 924 00:47:00,154 --> 00:47:02,490 Do you miss your folks more at Christmas time? 925 00:47:02,532 --> 00:47:05,952 - Mm, truly I do. 926 00:47:05,994 --> 00:47:08,371 It's a special time for families. 927 00:47:11,833 --> 00:47:14,127 You'd have liked my folks. 928 00:47:14,168 --> 00:47:16,254 You're as strong-willed as my momma. 929 00:47:16,296 --> 00:47:20,466 - Really? - [laughs] Sure enough. 930 00:47:20,508 --> 00:47:24,095 [sighs] You know she didn't want me marrying your daddy. 931 00:47:27,265 --> 00:47:29,142 - How come you never told me that before? 932 00:47:29,183 --> 00:47:30,977 - Well, 'cause it never came up in conversation before. 933 00:47:31,019 --> 00:47:32,395 - Why did she object? 934 00:47:32,437 --> 00:47:35,815 - Well, for one thing, I was 17 years old. 935 00:47:35,857 --> 00:47:38,318 - That's John-Boy's age! - There you go. 936 00:47:38,359 --> 00:47:41,404 But that wasn't all, she didn't like me seeing an older boy 937 00:47:41,446 --> 00:47:43,156 with a bit of a reputation. 938 00:47:43,197 --> 00:47:46,159 Not the match for her churchgoing daughter. 939 00:47:46,200 --> 00:47:51,122 Oh, but I fell so hard for your daddy...right away. 940 00:47:53,458 --> 00:47:56,252 [sighs] We had to sneak off to get married. 941 00:47:57,211 --> 00:47:58,296 - Momma! 942 00:47:58,338 --> 00:48:01,925 - [laughs] I know! 943 00:48:01,966 --> 00:48:03,259 - You know, it seems to me like 944 00:48:03,301 --> 00:48:05,803 you're awfully strong-willed yourself. 945 00:48:05,845 --> 00:48:07,305 - When need be. 946 00:48:07,347 --> 00:48:10,391 - BOTH: [laughs] 947 00:48:10,433 --> 00:48:13,770 - The Baptist preacher that we found, he refused to marry us, 948 00:48:13,811 --> 00:48:15,313 until your daddy said... 949 00:48:15,355 --> 00:48:19,025 "You are not the only blankity-blank preacher 950 00:48:19,067 --> 00:48:21,778 in the world! We'll find us another!" 951 00:48:21,819 --> 00:48:24,614 That's all it took. [laughs] 952 00:48:28,242 --> 00:48:31,746 - I don't suppose I'll ever be getting married. 953 00:48:31,788 --> 00:48:33,206 Unless they invent a man 954 00:48:33,247 --> 00:48:35,291 who doesn't think he has to be the boss of me. 955 00:48:37,335 --> 00:48:42,173 I just don't wanna have to answer to anybody but myself. 956 00:48:42,215 --> 00:48:43,633 - I know. 957 00:48:43,675 --> 00:48:48,471 And boy do I worry for whoever you fall in love with. 958 00:48:48,513 --> 00:48:50,890 - ♪ 959 00:48:50,932 --> 00:48:53,601 - [knocking at door] - Oh. 960 00:48:53,643 --> 00:48:58,356 - ♪ 961 00:48:58,398 --> 00:49:01,859 - Well, hello, you two. Come in out of the cold. 962 00:49:01,901 --> 00:49:04,570 - Merry Christmas, Livy. - Hello, Miss Olivia. 963 00:49:04,612 --> 00:49:07,073 - Hi! - Hey, Claudie! 964 00:49:07,115 --> 00:49:08,491 Do you want to come see our tree? 965 00:49:08,533 --> 00:49:10,410 I cut it down myself! 966 00:49:10,451 --> 00:49:12,161 - Go on, then! 967 00:49:14,580 --> 00:49:17,417 We wanted to drop by before it got too late. 968 00:49:17,458 --> 00:49:18,668 Merry Christmas. 969 00:49:18,710 --> 00:49:21,879 - Thank you so much. You're so sweet. 970 00:49:21,921 --> 00:49:24,716 We will have this with Christmas dinner tonight. 971 00:49:24,757 --> 00:49:26,342 Now, you come with me. 972 00:49:26,384 --> 00:49:31,723 - ♪ 973 00:49:31,764 --> 00:49:33,224 - For you. 974 00:49:33,266 --> 00:49:34,475 - From your Christmas cactus? 975 00:49:34,517 --> 00:49:37,103 - The very one that my momma gave me. 976 00:49:37,145 --> 00:49:40,773 - Well, thank you, Livy. I'll take good care of it. 977 00:49:40,815 --> 00:49:42,150 - Mm. Do you have time for 978 00:49:42,191 --> 00:49:43,693 a little applesauce cake before you go? 979 00:49:43,735 --> 00:49:45,903 - I have to get back to Harth and help him finish up. 980 00:49:45,945 --> 00:49:47,822 - [sighs] 981 00:49:47,864 --> 00:49:50,241 - You heard from John yet? 982 00:49:50,283 --> 00:49:51,534 - [sighs] 983 00:49:53,619 --> 00:49:58,374 I can't let on in front of the kids, Rose, but... 984 00:49:58,416 --> 00:50:00,585 I'm scared sick. 985 00:50:00,626 --> 00:50:02,045 And people keep telling me all the reasons 986 00:50:02,086 --> 00:50:03,629 that I shouldn't be concerned. 987 00:50:03,671 --> 00:50:05,173 - But you are. 988 00:50:05,214 --> 00:50:09,010 - If anything happened to him, Rose... 989 00:50:09,052 --> 00:50:10,470 I don't think I could bear it. 990 00:50:10,511 --> 00:50:14,307 - That's not true, Livy. And you know it. 991 00:50:14,348 --> 00:50:15,016 - Hmm-mm. 992 00:50:15,058 --> 00:50:20,563 - I can't reassure you. But I can share your worry. 993 00:50:20,605 --> 00:50:22,774 - Hey, Momma! 994 00:50:22,815 --> 00:50:24,734 - Claudie says there's a missionary from Charlottesville 995 00:50:24,776 --> 00:50:28,446 handing out toys and presents from a truck near Ike's. 996 00:50:28,488 --> 00:50:30,490 Can we go? 997 00:50:30,531 --> 00:50:33,826 - I think you all are forgetting something. 998 00:50:33,868 --> 00:50:36,037 We do not take charity in this house. 999 00:50:36,079 --> 00:50:39,499 - You took Charlie Sneed's turkey. 1000 00:50:39,540 --> 00:50:40,792 - [snickers] 1001 00:50:40,833 --> 00:50:42,460 - That was the Lord's turkey. 1002 00:50:42,502 --> 00:50:46,255 And Charlie brought it to us on his behalf. 1003 00:50:46,297 --> 00:50:51,010 A gift from God is not charity. Am I right, Rose? 1004 00:50:51,052 --> 00:50:52,678 - You are indeed. 1005 00:50:52,720 --> 00:50:55,640 - Can we at least go just to watch other people get gifts? 1006 00:50:55,681 --> 00:50:57,266 - What fun would that be? 1007 00:50:57,308 --> 00:50:58,768 - It's something to do. - Yeah. 1008 00:50:58,810 --> 00:51:00,520 - Yeah, I mean, it sure beats listening to the radio 1009 00:51:00,561 --> 00:51:02,480 and waiting for Daddy to turn up. 1010 00:51:02,522 --> 00:51:05,066 - We won't take anything. Claudie will make sure of it. 1011 00:51:05,108 --> 00:51:09,070 Right, Claudie? - I'll make sure. 1012 00:51:09,112 --> 00:51:12,949 - Please, Momma? Please? 1013 00:51:12,990 --> 00:51:15,493 - Well, I guess there's no harm in watching. 1014 00:51:15,535 --> 00:51:17,370 - KIDS: [cheering] 1015 00:51:17,411 --> 00:51:20,081 - John-Boy! You keep an eye on Elizabeth. 1016 00:51:20,123 --> 00:51:21,749 - Yes, ma'am. 1017 00:51:21,791 --> 00:51:25,628 - [indistinct chatter] 1018 00:51:25,670 --> 00:51:27,380 - NARRATOR: I was glad my brothers and sisters would have 1019 00:51:27,421 --> 00:51:30,716 a nice distraction from worrying about Daddy. 1020 00:51:30,758 --> 00:51:33,469 I decided to make a contribution to the missionary lady 1021 00:51:33,511 --> 00:51:35,763 in exchange for choosing a present. 1022 00:51:35,805 --> 00:51:39,392 She assured me the large wrapped package I chose was a doll. 1023 00:51:39,433 --> 00:51:42,270 So I made my donation sight unseen, hoping 1024 00:51:42,311 --> 00:51:43,604 I could at least make 1025 00:51:43,646 --> 00:51:46,065 Elizabeth's Christmas wish come true. 1026 00:51:46,107 --> 00:51:48,568 - You ready? - Open it. 1027 00:51:48,609 --> 00:51:54,323 - ♪ 1028 00:51:54,365 --> 00:51:58,327 - [gasps] She's dead, John-Boy! 1029 00:51:58,369 --> 00:52:00,913 - Hey, it's okay. It's okay. - [crying] 1030 00:52:00,955 --> 00:52:02,665 - I'm sorry. It's okay. 1031 00:52:02,707 --> 00:52:04,917 - [crying] 1032 00:52:13,509 --> 00:52:16,387 - [sighs] 1033 00:52:16,429 --> 00:52:19,932 - ♪ 1034 00:52:19,974 --> 00:52:26,189 - [fire crackling] 1035 00:52:29,317 --> 00:52:35,364 - [orchestral music on radio plays] 1036 00:52:37,617 --> 00:52:41,370 - [fire crackling] 1037 00:52:41,412 --> 00:52:46,250 - ♪ 1038 00:52:54,842 --> 00:52:58,638 - Oh, John. 1039 00:52:58,679 --> 00:53:00,640 - MAN ON RADIO: Well, folks, here's your weather update 1040 00:53:00,681 --> 00:53:02,308 for Nelson County. 1041 00:53:02,350 --> 00:53:05,269 We're expecting 5 to 8 inches of snow 1042 00:53:05,311 --> 00:53:08,022 with gusting winds and poor visibility. 1043 00:53:08,064 --> 00:53:10,233 Roads are icy and slick 1044 00:53:10,274 --> 00:53:13,319 so officials urge you not to travel. 1045 00:53:13,361 --> 00:53:16,322 We've already had reports of a southwest bus skidding off 1046 00:53:16,364 --> 00:53:19,408 County Road 29 north of Hickory Creek. 1047 00:53:19,450 --> 00:53:23,037 Several injuries and one death have been reported. 1048 00:53:23,079 --> 00:53:26,374 Additional emergency crews on the way to help the injuried. 1049 00:53:26,415 --> 00:53:28,417 That's all the information we have for now. 1050 00:53:28,459 --> 00:53:30,920 But stayed tuned for-- - KIDS: [indistinct chatter] 1051 00:53:30,962 --> 00:53:33,172 - It's dark in here. 1052 00:53:33,214 --> 00:53:36,968 - Hey, Mama. Keep this between us. 1053 00:53:37,009 --> 00:53:39,303 I still believe in Santa, all right? 1054 00:53:39,345 --> 00:53:40,805 - Where's Claudie? 1055 00:53:40,846 --> 00:53:42,473 - He went back to the church. 1056 00:53:42,515 --> 00:53:44,267 - We'll join him there later. 1057 00:53:44,308 --> 00:53:46,310 - Aren't you worried about what some people might say? 1058 00:53:46,352 --> 00:53:48,354 - Who cares about that? 1059 00:53:48,396 --> 00:53:51,065 - No, I know. I'm just saying, you know-- 1060 00:53:51,107 --> 00:53:53,776 - Jason, sometimes change needs a shove. 1061 00:53:53,818 --> 00:53:56,195 We didn't raise you children to be sheep. 1062 00:53:56,237 --> 00:53:57,530 It's Christmas Eve. 1063 00:53:57,571 --> 00:53:59,365 We're going to Calvary Bible Church. 1064 00:53:59,407 --> 00:54:02,493 I need you dressed and ready by 7:15 sharp. 1065 00:54:02,535 --> 00:54:08,624 - ♪ 1066 00:54:20,386 --> 00:54:22,596 - [door opens] - Mama! 1067 00:54:23,889 --> 00:54:25,057 - You look like I caught you 1068 00:54:25,099 --> 00:54:26,434 with your hand in the cookie jar. 1069 00:54:26,475 --> 00:54:28,227 - I just want some privacy, Mama, that's all. 1070 00:54:28,269 --> 00:54:29,562 - What is so important that 1071 00:54:29,603 --> 00:54:31,981 you dash up here and start writing away? 1072 00:54:32,023 --> 00:54:34,275 - I just-- 1073 00:54:34,317 --> 00:54:36,027 I just like to sort things out on paper 1074 00:54:36,068 --> 00:54:38,237 when they're still fresh in my mind. 1075 00:54:38,279 --> 00:54:39,864 - And what are you sorting out just now? 1076 00:54:39,905 --> 00:54:43,200 - Thoughts. Ideas, you know, 1077 00:54:43,242 --> 00:54:45,202 stories I wanna write, 1078 00:54:45,244 --> 00:54:46,370 experiences I wanna capture. 1079 00:54:46,412 --> 00:54:48,789 - Why does it have to be so secret? 1080 00:54:48,831 --> 00:54:51,959 - Well, do you share everything that's welling up inside of you? 1081 00:54:52,001 --> 00:54:54,253 Look...I'm sorry. 1082 00:54:54,295 --> 00:54:56,547 I just want to be honest with my writing. 1083 00:54:56,589 --> 00:55:00,134 I know from some things that happened today 1084 00:55:00,176 --> 00:55:03,888 that if I can put my heart on paper, I can touch people. 1085 00:55:03,929 --> 00:55:07,767 And I will share it with you when the time is right, okay? 1086 00:55:07,808 --> 00:55:10,644 I promise. 1087 00:55:10,686 --> 00:55:14,523 - I believe in you, John-Boy. 1088 00:55:14,565 --> 00:55:16,275 And we will talk about this all later 1089 00:55:16,317 --> 00:55:20,571 but, honey, right now I need your help. 1090 00:55:20,613 --> 00:55:22,114 - Okay. 1091 00:55:22,156 --> 00:55:25,868 - The radio said... 1092 00:55:25,910 --> 00:55:29,288 a bus went off of the road north of Hickory Creek. 1093 00:55:29,330 --> 00:55:30,831 People are injuried and one man is dead. 1094 00:55:30,873 --> 00:55:32,458 - Daddy's bus? - I don't know for sure. 1095 00:55:32,500 --> 00:55:33,876 - I have to go find him. 1096 00:55:33,918 --> 00:55:36,587 - You have got to find Charlie Sneed, okay? 1097 00:55:36,629 --> 00:55:38,631 He's supposed to be up at Ike's playing pool. 1098 00:55:38,672 --> 00:55:41,342 I'll give you a dollar. You tell Charlie Sneed to drive you 1099 00:55:41,384 --> 00:55:43,302 to Hickory Creek in that old pick-up of his. 1100 00:55:43,344 --> 00:55:45,346 - I'll bring Daddy home. Don't you worry. 1101 00:55:45,388 --> 00:55:47,681 - And when you do, you meet us at Rose's church. 1102 00:55:47,723 --> 00:55:48,849 - Calvary Bible? 1103 00:55:48,891 --> 00:55:50,184 - We're going to services there tonight. 1104 00:55:50,226 --> 00:55:53,187 - Okay, whatever you say. - Son... 1105 00:55:53,229 --> 00:55:55,022 I know this is a heavy load. 1106 00:55:55,064 --> 00:55:56,148 - I won't let you down. 1107 00:55:56,190 --> 00:56:00,694 - ♪ 1108 00:56:11,038 --> 00:56:17,128 ♪ 1109 00:56:17,169 --> 00:56:18,838 - John-Boy! 1110 00:56:20,381 --> 00:56:24,093 Hey, um, Momma told me. 1111 00:56:24,135 --> 00:56:27,513 I just wanted you to take this. 1112 00:56:27,555 --> 00:56:31,350 - Your lucky rabbit's foot? 1113 00:56:31,392 --> 00:56:32,935 - Not that you'll need it. 1114 00:56:32,977 --> 00:56:34,228 - Thanks, Jason. 1115 00:56:34,270 --> 00:56:39,233 - ♪ 1116 00:56:39,275 --> 00:56:42,736 - You take care of the family while I'm gone, all right? 1117 00:56:42,778 --> 00:56:46,240 - Yeah. Yeah. 1118 00:56:46,282 --> 00:56:57,501 - ♪ 1119 00:57:03,424 --> 00:57:08,179 - [wind gusting] 1120 00:57:21,275 --> 00:57:23,277 - Oh! [laughs] 1121 00:57:23,319 --> 00:57:26,071 - [Christmas music on radio] 1122 00:57:26,113 --> 00:57:27,198 - Where's Charlie? 1123 00:57:27,239 --> 00:57:29,867 - Hey, John-Boy, come on back! 1124 00:57:29,909 --> 00:57:31,494 - Charlie, what the hell's going on? 1125 00:57:31,535 --> 00:57:33,329 - You ever seen such a messed-up situation? 1126 00:57:33,370 --> 00:57:34,914 - No, are you--are you arrested? 1127 00:57:34,955 --> 00:57:36,916 - Keep it down, you two, I'm trying to concentrate. 1128 00:57:36,957 --> 00:57:38,501 - He's visiting! 1129 00:57:38,542 --> 00:57:40,878 - There's no visiting privileges in Ike's pool room. 1130 00:57:40,920 --> 00:57:42,838 Get out. We're playing for groceries. 1131 00:57:42,880 --> 00:57:44,423 - Well, wait just a minute-- - God, 1132 00:57:44,465 --> 00:57:46,550 See what you made me do? 1133 00:57:46,592 --> 00:57:49,512 All right, talk all you want while Ike shoots. 1134 00:57:49,553 --> 00:57:51,055 It's only fair. 1135 00:57:51,096 --> 00:57:52,848 - Ran over a calf about a mile up the road, 1136 00:57:52,890 --> 00:57:54,600 threw it in the back of my pick-up 1137 00:57:54,642 --> 00:57:56,435 instead of letting him go to waste. 1138 00:57:56,477 --> 00:57:59,021 - First calf I ever saw with 10-point antlers. 1139 00:58:00,147 --> 00:58:01,440 - Uh. 1140 00:58:01,482 --> 00:58:02,608 - It was one of Glen Robin's animals. 1141 00:58:02,650 --> 00:58:04,276 I was gonna pay him for the damage 1142 00:58:04,318 --> 00:58:05,861 first thing in the morning! - First thing in the morning 1143 00:58:05,903 --> 00:58:07,947 you're gonna be waking up in the Lovington jail. 1144 00:58:07,988 --> 00:58:09,823 - Jail's no place for a man on Christmas. 1145 00:58:09,865 --> 00:58:12,201 - Should've thought about that one when you poached that buck. 1146 00:58:12,243 --> 00:58:13,285 - BALDWIN SISTERS: Yoo-hoo! 1147 00:58:13,327 --> 00:58:14,995 - Oh! Right here! 1148 00:58:15,037 --> 00:58:17,122 - Can't a man play a game of pool for five minutes without 1149 00:58:17,164 --> 00:58:18,165 being interrupted? 1150 00:58:18,207 --> 00:58:19,333 - Look, I need--I need your car. 1151 00:58:19,375 --> 00:58:20,626 Is your car out there? 1152 00:58:20,668 --> 00:58:22,711 - Hey, is that what I think it is? 1153 00:58:24,463 --> 00:58:26,507 - It's all legal now, Sheriff. 1154 00:58:26,549 --> 00:58:27,800 - As promised. 1155 00:58:27,841 --> 00:58:29,802 This one's for the groceries. 1156 00:58:29,843 --> 00:58:34,098 - And these are from us to celebrate our Lord's birthday. 1157 00:58:34,139 --> 00:58:35,641 - Oh, thank you, ladies. 1158 00:58:35,683 --> 00:58:37,851 - Charlie? - Long story. 1159 00:58:37,893 --> 00:58:39,728 - Yeah, my daddy hasn't come home yet. 1160 00:58:39,770 --> 00:58:41,313 And I was hoping that Charlie could drive me to Hickory Creek 1161 00:58:41,355 --> 00:58:42,481 to look for him. 1162 00:58:42,523 --> 00:58:43,899 - That ain't gonna happen, son. 1163 00:58:43,941 --> 00:58:45,651 Charlie's pick-up has my evidence in the back. 1164 00:58:45,693 --> 00:58:47,152 - Great, well, I gotta go find him. 1165 00:58:47,194 --> 00:58:48,487 - You better start walking. 1166 00:58:48,529 --> 00:58:50,322 - Walking? - On foot? 1167 00:58:50,364 --> 00:58:51,824 - It's awful out! 1168 00:58:51,865 --> 00:58:54,034 - Just one minute, John-Boy. I've got an idea. 1169 00:58:54,076 --> 00:58:56,996 - BALDWIN SISTERS: [indistinct chatter] 1170 00:58:57,037 --> 00:58:58,706 [laughing] 1171 00:59:00,374 --> 00:59:02,585 - What is it? - We've made a decision. 1172 00:59:04,295 --> 00:59:07,214 - You can take the judge's car. 1173 00:59:07,256 --> 00:59:09,675 - Merry Christmas! - I don't know what to say. 1174 00:59:09,717 --> 00:59:11,427 I don't think thank you would be good enough. 1175 00:59:11,468 --> 00:59:12,636 - Well, it's our pleasure, John-Boy. 1176 00:59:12,678 --> 00:59:14,096 You go find your daddy. 1177 00:59:14,138 --> 00:59:17,141 Just drop us off at our place and be on your way. 1178 00:59:17,182 --> 00:59:19,018 - Perhaps we could share a cup of eggnog? 1179 00:59:19,059 --> 00:59:21,687 - I really wish I could. I just gotta go find my daddy. 1180 00:59:21,729 --> 00:59:24,189 - Oh, we understand. - Absolutely. 1181 00:59:24,231 --> 00:59:26,025 - To the car! - Yeah. 1182 00:59:26,066 --> 00:59:27,735 - [door opens] 1183 00:59:29,862 --> 00:59:41,874 - ♪ 1184 00:59:56,722 --> 01:00:01,352 - ♪ The angels did say ♪ 1185 01:00:01,393 --> 01:00:05,439 ♪ Was to certain poor shepherds ♪ 1186 01:00:05,481 --> 01:00:09,485 ♪ In fields as they lay ♪ 1187 01:00:09,526 --> 01:00:11,111 - [singing stops] 1188 01:00:12,154 --> 01:00:15,658 - Well, some new voices! 1189 01:00:15,699 --> 01:00:17,743 Welcome, Waltons, come on in, have a seat. 1190 01:00:17,785 --> 01:00:19,828 Come on in. Have a seat. 1191 01:00:19,870 --> 01:00:22,414 Join us on the refrain. 1192 01:00:22,456 --> 01:00:26,585 - ♪ Noel, noel ♪ 1193 01:00:26,627 --> 01:00:31,340 ♪ Noel, noel ♪ 1194 01:00:31,382 --> 01:00:34,635 ♪ Born is the king ♪ 1195 01:00:34,677 --> 01:00:38,722 ♪ Of Israel ♪ 1196 01:00:40,057 --> 01:00:52,069 - ♪ 1197 01:01:05,708 --> 01:01:11,004 - [indistinct chatter] 1198 01:01:13,507 --> 01:01:15,050 - ♪ 1199 01:01:15,092 --> 01:01:16,885 - Whoa, what do you think you're doing, son? 1200 01:01:16,927 --> 01:01:18,303 - That's the bus from Charlottesville down there? 1201 01:01:18,345 --> 01:01:19,847 - Yeah, it sure is. 1202 01:01:19,888 --> 01:01:21,598 It hit a patch of black ice and skidded off the road. 1203 01:01:21,640 --> 01:01:22,933 - Well, my daddy may be in that bus! 1204 01:01:22,975 --> 01:01:24,476 - Whoa, whoa, whoa, listen, listen. 1205 01:01:24,518 --> 01:01:25,936 We already took a group of passengers to Hickory Creek. 1206 01:01:25,978 --> 01:01:27,521 He may be gone already. 1207 01:01:27,563 --> 01:01:29,148 We're still trying to get a passenger out 1208 01:01:29,189 --> 01:01:32,276 who got pinned up against a seat. Alright! 1209 01:01:32,317 --> 01:01:34,486 You can't go down there, son. It's not safe. 1210 01:01:34,528 --> 01:01:36,864 - JOHN-BOY: But my daddy-- - No buts! 1211 01:01:36,905 --> 01:01:39,992 Now, you can stay up here. But no one else is going down. 1212 01:01:40,033 --> 01:01:42,286 You hear me? - Yes, sir. 1213 01:01:42,327 --> 01:01:48,625 - ♪ 1214 01:01:48,667 --> 01:01:51,795 - [sobbing] 1215 01:01:51,837 --> 01:01:56,884 Dear God, please help me, okay? 1216 01:01:56,925 --> 01:02:00,220 I promise, if you spare my daddy's life, 1217 01:02:00,262 --> 01:02:04,099 I'll give up my dream to become a writer, okay? 1218 01:02:04,141 --> 01:02:07,311 In your name I pray, Jesus. Amen. 1219 01:02:07,352 --> 01:02:13,233 - ♪ 1220 01:02:18,405 --> 01:02:19,698 - [applause] 1221 01:02:19,740 --> 01:02:23,327 - The Lord speaks on love. - Yes! 1222 01:02:23,368 --> 01:02:27,581 - The Bible speaks often of God's acceptance of others. 1223 01:02:27,623 --> 01:02:29,958 - All right! - Yeah! 1224 01:02:30,000 --> 01:02:33,170 - But the Lord sees not as man sees. 1225 01:02:33,212 --> 01:02:36,131 But the Lord looks on to the heart. 1226 01:02:36,173 --> 01:02:37,299 - [shouting] 1227 01:02:37,341 --> 01:02:41,011 - And the heart is where you find love. 1228 01:02:41,053 --> 01:02:43,180 The heart! - CONGREGATION: The heart! 1229 01:02:43,222 --> 01:02:44,473 - Is where you find! 1230 01:02:44,515 --> 01:02:46,016 - CONGREGATION: Is where you find! 1231 01:02:46,058 --> 01:02:47,935 - L-O-V-E. 1232 01:02:47,976 --> 01:02:49,937 - CONGREGATION: L-O-V-E. 1233 01:02:49,978 --> 01:02:53,816 - [cheers and applause] 1234 01:02:57,694 --> 01:03:09,915 - ♪ 1235 01:03:21,176 --> 01:03:31,603 ♪ 1236 01:03:31,645 --> 01:03:33,605 - Oh, thank you, God. 1237 01:03:33,647 --> 01:03:34,940 - MAN: Good work, men. 1238 01:03:34,982 --> 01:03:38,277 - John-Boy! The hell you doing here? 1239 01:03:38,318 --> 01:03:41,029 - Looking for you. 1240 01:03:41,071 --> 01:03:43,156 - Elmer, you--you doin' all right? 1241 01:03:43,198 --> 01:03:45,242 - I'm better now thanks to you. 1242 01:03:45,284 --> 01:03:47,369 - I know you'd done the same for me, friend. 1243 01:03:47,411 --> 01:03:49,329 He's gonna take good care of you now, okay? 1244 01:03:49,371 --> 01:03:50,831 - Appreciate it. 1245 01:03:50,873 --> 01:03:53,542 Hey, John, you remember what I told you. Huh? 1246 01:03:53,584 --> 01:03:56,920 - ♪ 1247 01:03:56,962 --> 01:03:58,630 - MAN: Get the last ones up. 1248 01:03:58,672 --> 01:04:00,716 - ♪ 1249 01:04:00,757 --> 01:04:02,634 - What were you doing down there? 1250 01:04:02,676 --> 01:04:04,553 - Elmer's leg was pinned. 1251 01:04:04,595 --> 01:04:06,638 It was a two-man job to pry him out. 1252 01:04:06,680 --> 01:04:08,223 - You okay? - Yeah, 1253 01:04:08,265 --> 01:04:10,601 I twisted my damn ankle when the bus went off the road. 1254 01:04:10,642 --> 01:04:12,102 No big deal. 1255 01:04:12,144 --> 01:04:16,523 How in the world did you get here anyway? 1256 01:04:16,565 --> 01:04:17,983 - Courtesy of the Baldwin Sisters. 1257 01:04:18,025 --> 01:04:21,153 - [laughs] Well, I'll be damned. 1258 01:04:21,194 --> 01:04:26,074 [laughs] 1259 01:04:36,209 --> 01:04:37,961 Mighty nice when it calms down. 1260 01:04:41,548 --> 01:04:42,633 The stars and all. 1261 01:04:46,345 --> 01:04:48,055 [clears throat] 1262 01:04:48,096 --> 01:04:50,599 I wanna apologize for the run-in before I left. 1263 01:04:52,309 --> 01:04:56,647 I been feeling bad about it ever since. 1264 01:04:56,688 --> 01:04:58,941 - Me too. - No. 1265 01:04:58,982 --> 01:05:02,402 Sometimes I get too worked up for my own good. 1266 01:05:05,238 --> 01:05:07,366 I'm grateful for the way you've taken care of the family 1267 01:05:07,407 --> 01:05:08,867 while I've been gone. 1268 01:05:08,909 --> 01:05:12,996 It's time I told you so. 1269 01:05:13,038 --> 01:05:16,124 We might have our differences, but I admire your grit. 1270 01:05:19,252 --> 01:05:22,172 And sometimes being a man is standing up for yourself. 1271 01:05:23,423 --> 01:05:26,134 And by that measure, you've shown us all something. 1272 01:05:28,804 --> 01:05:30,389 I'm proud to be your daddy. 1273 01:05:33,850 --> 01:05:35,477 - Thank you. 1274 01:05:41,775 --> 01:05:43,652 I love you too. 1275 01:05:43,694 --> 01:05:49,533 - ♪ 1276 01:05:52,202 --> 01:06:03,088 - ♪ 1277 01:06:19,521 --> 01:06:21,273 - NARRATOR: Seeing the great white buck 1278 01:06:21,314 --> 01:06:23,442 had always been Grandpa's dream. 1279 01:06:23,483 --> 01:06:27,654 But that Christmas Eve, it appeared to Daddy and me. 1280 01:06:27,696 --> 01:06:30,407 - You saw that, right? 1281 01:06:30,449 --> 01:06:33,910 - That I did, John-Boy. That I did. 1282 01:06:33,952 --> 01:06:35,245 - NARRATOR: It meant that 1283 01:06:35,287 --> 01:06:37,164 a Walton family dream had come true. 1284 01:06:37,205 --> 01:06:39,499 Sometimes the realization that you've changed 1285 01:06:39,541 --> 01:06:41,251 comes flooding in on you. 1286 01:06:41,293 --> 01:06:45,756 All in the space of a day or an hour, or even a single moment. 1287 01:06:45,797 --> 01:06:47,299 That night, I realized 1288 01:06:47,340 --> 01:06:49,885 I'd passed the threshold into manhood. 1289 01:06:49,926 --> 01:06:55,015 And Daddy, it seemed, had a little revelation of his own. 1290 01:06:55,057 --> 01:06:57,476 - I've been mulling something over lately, John-Boy. 1291 01:06:58,560 --> 01:07:02,314 I don't wanna travel anymore for jobs, had enough of it. 1292 01:07:02,355 --> 01:07:04,274 I plan to start farming full-time. 1293 01:07:04,316 --> 01:07:06,651 Be my own boss for a change. 1294 01:07:06,693 --> 01:07:08,236 Think we can make do? 1295 01:07:08,278 --> 01:07:11,156 - I expect better than that. - [laughs] 1296 01:07:11,198 --> 01:07:12,657 What do you think your mother will say? 1297 01:07:14,451 --> 01:07:16,286 - Well, I think she'll say, uh... 1298 01:07:16,328 --> 01:07:18,955 "What took ya so damn long?" - [laughs] 1299 01:07:18,997 --> 01:07:20,415 Probably. 1300 01:07:22,334 --> 01:07:24,586 - We're supposed to meet up with them at Calvary Bible tonight. 1301 01:07:24,628 --> 01:07:27,756 - The colored church. Uh. 1302 01:07:27,798 --> 01:07:31,343 - Is that a problem? - Hmm? Nah. 1303 01:07:31,384 --> 01:07:33,512 I just don't like the idea of being preached to. 1304 01:07:33,553 --> 01:07:36,139 Never stepped foot in any church, no matter what kind. 1305 01:07:36,181 --> 01:07:40,894 Well, at any rate, we gotta swing by the house first. 1306 01:07:40,936 --> 01:07:44,231 - What for? 1307 01:07:44,272 --> 01:07:50,028 - Santa Claus... is coming to the Waltons. 1308 01:07:50,070 --> 01:07:51,530 Hope you've been good. 1309 01:07:51,571 --> 01:07:53,031 - You got something back there for me? 1310 01:07:53,073 --> 01:07:54,741 - Hey, hey, keep your eyes on the road. 1311 01:08:02,415 --> 01:08:06,920 - Among God's first words in the Bible, "Let there be light." 1312 01:08:06,962 --> 01:08:10,715 And on this day, we celebrate the birth of another light. 1313 01:08:10,757 --> 01:08:13,927 One that can bring us out of our own darkness. 1314 01:08:13,969 --> 01:08:16,221 Now, remember that as you pass your light 1315 01:08:16,263 --> 01:08:19,307 on to the person next to you. 1316 01:08:19,349 --> 01:08:21,143 Sister Harriet? Brother William? 1317 01:08:21,184 --> 01:08:22,769 - Thanks, Reverend. 1318 01:08:22,811 --> 01:08:24,938 We'll be singing "Silent Night." 1319 01:08:24,980 --> 01:08:29,526 ♪ Mmmm ♪ 1320 01:08:29,568 --> 01:08:35,490 - ♪ Silent night ♪ 1321 01:08:35,532 --> 01:08:41,204 - ♪ Holy night ♪ 1322 01:08:41,246 --> 01:08:47,085 - ♪ All is calm ♪ 1323 01:08:47,127 --> 01:08:52,757 - ♪ And all is bright ♪ 1324 01:08:53,925 --> 01:08:59,222 - BOTH: ♪ Round yon virgin ♪ 1325 01:08:59,264 --> 01:09:04,477 ♪ Mother and child ♪ 1326 01:09:05,604 --> 01:09:10,942 ♪ Holy infant ♪ 1327 01:09:10,984 --> 01:09:16,781 ♪ So tender and mild ♪ 1328 01:09:17,824 --> 01:09:23,747 ♪ Sleep in heavenly ♪ 1329 01:09:23,788 --> 01:09:28,960 ♪ Peace ♪ 1330 01:09:30,003 --> 01:09:35,884 ♪ Sleep in heavenly ♪ 1331 01:09:35,926 --> 01:09:40,013 ♪ Peace ♪ 1332 01:09:40,055 --> 01:09:43,516 - [gasps] - Merry Christmas, Livy. 1333 01:09:43,558 --> 01:09:54,277 - ♪ 1334 01:09:54,319 --> 01:09:56,029 - Daddy! - Daddy! 1335 01:09:56,071 --> 01:09:59,366 - OLIVIA: [laughing] 1336 01:09:59,407 --> 01:10:01,034 - ♪ 1337 01:10:01,076 --> 01:10:04,037 - Behold the light given to us. 1338 01:10:04,079 --> 01:10:06,665 The miracle of Christmas. 1339 01:10:06,706 --> 01:10:08,500 - [indistinct chatter] 1340 01:10:08,541 --> 01:10:11,294 - Come, everyone, sing with us. 1341 01:10:11,336 --> 01:10:17,259 - ALL: ♪ Silent night ♪ 1342 01:10:17,300 --> 01:10:23,265 ♪ Holy night ♪ 1343 01:10:23,306 --> 01:10:28,478 ♪ All is calm ♪ 1344 01:10:28,520 --> 01:10:33,942 ♪ And all is bright ♪ 1345 01:10:35,235 --> 01:10:41,074 ♪ Round yon virgin ♪ 1346 01:10:41,116 --> 01:10:46,288 ♪ Mother and child ♪ 1347 01:10:47,080 --> 01:10:52,168 ♪ Holy infant ♪ 1348 01:10:52,210 --> 01:10:57,757 ♪ So tender and mild ♪ 1349 01:10:58,466 --> 01:11:04,180 ♪ Sleep in heavenly ♪ 1350 01:11:04,222 --> 01:11:09,602 ♪ Peace ♪ 1351 01:11:10,395 --> 01:11:16,318 ♪ Sleep in heavenly ♪ 1352 01:11:16,359 --> 01:11:21,531 ♪ Peace ♪♪ 1353 01:11:23,616 --> 01:11:26,244 - WALTONS: ♪ Joyful all ye nations rise ♪ 1354 01:11:26,286 --> 01:11:28,663 ♪ Join the triumph of the skies ♪ 1355 01:11:28,705 --> 01:11:31,249 ♪ With the angelic host proclaim ♪ 1356 01:11:31,291 --> 01:11:33,668 ♪ Christ is born in Bethlehem ♪ 1357 01:11:33,710 --> 01:11:36,379 ♪ Hark the herald angels sing ♪ 1358 01:11:36,421 --> 01:11:40,175 ♪ Glory to the newborn king ♪♪ 1359 01:11:40,216 --> 01:11:42,427 - Hey! - Hey! 1360 01:11:42,469 --> 01:11:44,262 - What's that on the porch? 1361 01:11:44,304 --> 01:11:48,224 - Why, it's a sack. Huh? 1362 01:11:48,266 --> 01:11:50,310 I wonder if Santa came by while we were gone. 1363 01:11:50,352 --> 01:11:51,644 What do you think? 1364 01:11:51,686 --> 01:11:53,021 It's a hunch. 1365 01:11:53,063 --> 01:11:54,439 - John. - What do you think? 1366 01:11:54,481 --> 01:11:58,777 - [indistinct chatter] 1367 01:11:58,818 --> 01:12:01,071 - I believe Santa said that one was for Jim-Bob. 1368 01:12:01,112 --> 01:12:02,572 - Oh! 1369 01:12:02,614 --> 01:12:05,325 - Get it! Get it! - I think on Christmas. 1370 01:12:05,367 --> 01:12:08,161 - [laughing] 1371 01:12:08,203 --> 01:12:09,454 - Who's got something? - [harmonica notes] 1372 01:12:09,496 --> 01:12:13,166 - Oh, that sounded great! - I love it! 1373 01:12:13,208 --> 01:12:14,793 - What? What's next? - Okay, here we go! 1374 01:12:14,834 --> 01:12:16,628 - Wow! Lincoln Logs! 1375 01:12:16,669 --> 01:12:23,468 - ♪ 1376 01:12:23,510 --> 01:12:26,846 - Dahling! I'm ready for my close-up. 1377 01:12:26,888 --> 01:12:31,059 - [indistinct chatter] 1378 01:12:31,101 --> 01:12:34,187 - [cheers and applause] 1379 01:12:34,229 --> 01:12:37,023 - I bet I know who Santa got this one for. 1380 01:12:37,065 --> 01:12:39,109 - ♪ 1381 01:12:39,150 --> 01:12:41,236 - Oh! 1382 01:12:41,277 --> 01:12:42,821 Well, look at that. 1383 01:12:42,862 --> 01:12:47,033 - [laughing] 1384 01:12:47,075 --> 01:12:49,994 - [gasps] - Wow. 1385 01:12:50,036 --> 01:12:51,871 - Look what I got! 1386 01:12:51,913 --> 01:12:54,874 You were right, John-Boy! You were right! 1387 01:12:54,916 --> 01:13:00,922 - ♪ 1388 01:13:00,964 --> 01:13:02,715 - John-Boy, would you see if there's one in there 1389 01:13:02,757 --> 01:13:04,551 with--with the green ribbon on it? 1390 01:13:04,592 --> 01:13:06,761 - Yeah, I'll look for it. 1391 01:13:06,803 --> 01:13:08,680 - John Walton, you've outdone yourself. 1392 01:13:08,721 --> 01:13:10,765 - I've done nothing of the sort. This is all Santa. 1393 01:13:10,807 --> 01:13:13,685 Looks like Santa brought you something too. 1394 01:13:13,726 --> 01:13:17,522 - Oh! What in the world? - What? 1395 01:13:17,564 --> 01:13:21,734 - [indistinct chatter] 1396 01:13:21,776 --> 01:13:24,696 - Oh! 1397 01:13:24,737 --> 01:13:27,699 Tulip bulbs. 1398 01:13:27,740 --> 01:13:30,702 Oh, John! 1399 01:13:30,743 --> 01:13:33,872 - North Pole's a little short on flowers but, um, 1400 01:13:33,913 --> 01:13:34,873 come springtime. 1401 01:13:34,914 --> 01:13:38,209 - ♪ 1402 01:13:38,251 --> 01:13:39,878 - [laughs] 1403 01:13:39,919 --> 01:13:42,630 - Now, I think there should be one more in that sack. 1404 01:13:42,672 --> 01:13:44,007 - Yeah? - Why don't you go ahead 1405 01:13:44,048 --> 01:13:45,467 and open it, John-Boy? 1406 01:13:49,762 --> 01:13:52,140 - I wonder what this is. - Okay. All right. 1407 01:13:58,938 --> 01:14:00,190 - Uh, wh-- 1408 01:14:00,231 --> 01:14:03,776 - What is it, son? 1409 01:14:03,818 --> 01:14:06,196 - It's just that when I went lookin' for you, 1410 01:14:06,237 --> 01:14:11,367 I made a promise to God that-- 1411 01:14:11,409 --> 01:14:13,703 [chuckles]-- I made a promise to God 1412 01:14:13,745 --> 01:14:15,288 that if I found you safe and alive, 1413 01:14:15,330 --> 01:14:17,749 that I would give up my writing dream. 1414 01:14:17,790 --> 01:14:23,588 And I would just take care of the family and support us. 1415 01:14:23,630 --> 01:14:28,593 - John-Boy...I'm no expert on religion. 1416 01:14:31,346 --> 01:14:34,682 But I don't think the Lord works that way. 1417 01:14:34,724 --> 01:14:40,104 He's given you a dream... and he ain't gonna want it back. 1418 01:14:40,146 --> 01:14:41,648 He wants you to see it through. 1419 01:14:45,818 --> 01:14:49,697 You keep writing. - Okay. 1420 01:14:49,739 --> 01:15:01,376 - ♪ 1421 01:15:01,417 --> 01:15:02,794 - Alright. 1422 01:15:02,835 --> 01:15:11,719 - ♪ 1423 01:15:25,358 --> 01:15:27,735 - What's that you got in your hand? 1424 01:15:27,777 --> 01:15:32,115 - [sighs] It's a Christmas present from John-Boy. 1425 01:15:32,156 --> 01:15:35,577 It's filled with his writing. 1426 01:15:35,618 --> 01:15:38,871 - Whoa. How about that? 1427 01:15:44,002 --> 01:15:46,254 [groans] - What? 1428 01:15:47,213 --> 01:15:48,798 - [sighs] 1429 01:15:51,718 --> 01:15:54,345 - Did you mean what you said, John? 1430 01:15:54,387 --> 01:15:57,348 Working the farm? 1431 01:15:57,390 --> 01:16:00,727 You'll stay? 1432 01:16:03,479 --> 01:16:05,898 - Try sending me away. 1433 01:16:05,940 --> 01:16:17,535 - ♪ 1434 01:16:17,577 --> 01:16:21,539 - You must have spent your entire paycheck 1435 01:16:21,581 --> 01:16:24,042 playing Santa Claus. 1436 01:16:24,083 --> 01:16:26,085 - Oh, most anyway. 1437 01:16:26,127 --> 01:16:31,633 - Oh, what are we gonna live on this week? 1438 01:16:31,674 --> 01:16:36,137 - Love, woman. Love. 1439 01:16:36,179 --> 01:16:42,185 - ♪ 1440 01:16:44,228 --> 01:16:46,397 - NARRATOR: Love and acceptance were the most important gifts 1441 01:16:46,439 --> 01:16:49,025 we received that Christmas. 1442 01:16:49,067 --> 01:16:52,070 I had given up on my dream when I prayed to save my daddy 1443 01:16:52,111 --> 01:16:54,072 to save my family. 1444 01:16:54,113 --> 01:16:58,785 But in the end, saving my family gave me back my dream. 1445 01:16:58,826 --> 01:17:01,829 My brothers and sisters went on to live their dreams, too. 1446 01:17:01,871 --> 01:17:05,041 Jim-Bob became a professor of architecture at Cornell. 1447 01:17:05,083 --> 01:17:07,877 Jason, a bluegrass producer in Nashville. 1448 01:17:07,919 --> 01:17:10,755 Erin, a casting director in LA. 1449 01:17:10,797 --> 01:17:13,216 And Mary Ellen became the first female pilot 1450 01:17:13,257 --> 01:17:15,718 for the US Postal Service. 1451 01:17:15,760 --> 01:17:17,762 I eventually moved away 1452 01:17:17,804 --> 01:17:20,765 and became the writer I dreamed of being. 1453 01:17:20,807 --> 01:17:24,102 But no matter where we find ourselves as the years go by, 1454 01:17:24,143 --> 01:17:27,438 Walton's Mountain remains our lasting home. 1455 01:17:27,480 --> 01:17:29,440 My sister Elizabeth lives there still 1456 01:17:29,482 --> 01:17:31,442 with her son and his family. 1457 01:17:31,484 --> 01:17:33,778 She often visits our family cemetery, 1458 01:17:33,820 --> 01:17:37,824 just like my grandpa did with me and Mary Ellen. 1459 01:17:37,865 --> 01:17:42,203 And as we learned from Grandpa that long past Christmas Eve, 1460 01:17:42,245 --> 01:17:44,539 family is, well... 1461 01:17:44,580 --> 01:17:47,458 everything is family. 1462 01:17:47,500 --> 01:17:56,843 - ♪ 1463 01:17:56,884 --> 01:17:59,470 - Watch your step, Great-Grandma Elizabeth. 1464 01:18:04,767 --> 01:18:08,271 - Well, here we are. 1465 01:18:08,312 --> 01:18:12,692 - ♪ 1466 01:18:12,734 --> 01:18:17,989 - Toby, he would have been your great-great uncle. 1467 01:18:18,030 --> 01:18:26,289 - ♪ 1468 01:18:26,330 --> 01:18:29,041 - I love you, John-Boy. 1469 01:18:29,083 --> 01:18:41,095 - ♪ 1470 01:18:53,107 --> 01:19:02,617 ♪ 1471 01:19:02,658 --> 01:19:03,951 - MARY-ELLEN: Merry Christmas, Momma! 1472 01:19:03,993 --> 01:19:05,828 - OLIVIA: Merry Christmas, Mary Ellen! 1473 01:19:05,870 --> 01:19:07,580 Merry Christmas, Erin! 1474 01:19:07,622 --> 01:19:09,415 - JASON: Merry Christmas, Jim-Bob. 1475 01:19:09,457 --> 01:19:10,875 - JIM-BOB: Merry Christmas, Jason! 1476 01:19:10,917 --> 01:19:12,835 - ELIZABETH: Merry Christmas, Daddy! 1477 01:19:12,877 --> 01:19:14,712 - JOHN: Merry Christmas, Elizabeth. 1478 01:19:14,754 --> 01:19:16,547 - JOHN-BOY: Merry Christmas, Momma. 1479 01:19:16,589 --> 01:19:19,175 - OLIVIA: Merry Christmas, John-Boy. 1480 01:19:22,428 --> 01:19:26,140 - ♪♪ 1481 01:19:29,435 --> 01:19:36,567 - ♪ 1482 01:20:01,175 --> 01:20:06,138 ♪♪ 1483 01:20:07,139 --> 01:20:08,516 - ♪