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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:07,130 - Hi. I'm Richard Thomas. 2 00:00:07,170 --> 00:00:09,510 And I'd like to share a story with you. 3 00:00:09,550 --> 00:00:13,600 It's a story about a family--an American family 4 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:16,810 living through a time of great social upheaval 5 00:00:16,850 --> 00:00:19,060 and economic hardship. 6 00:00:19,100 --> 00:00:21,900 It's a story that takes place in 1933. 7 00:00:21,940 --> 00:00:26,780 But it made its mark on our country in 1972. 8 00:00:26,820 --> 00:00:30,530 And now, in the 21st century, 9 00:00:30,570 --> 00:00:33,410 it may be more resonant than ever before. 10 00:00:33,450 --> 00:00:37,290 But mostly, it's a story about human kindness, 11 00:00:37,330 --> 00:00:40,080 and compassion, and love. 12 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:43,880 It's a story about family-- and one in particular. 13 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:48,260 A family that I was very proud to be a part of 50 years ago, 14 00:00:48,300 --> 00:00:50,670 and I still feel a part of today. 15 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:53,640 A family called The Waltons. 16 00:01:02,390 --> 00:01:04,360 - NARRATOR: My boyhood home in the Blue Ridge Mountains 17 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:08,940 of Virginia was a place I've always treasured. 18 00:01:08,980 --> 00:01:12,990 A world full of mystery and wonder. 19 00:01:13,030 --> 00:01:16,200 But when the stock market crashed in 1929, 20 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:17,700 businesses collapsed. 21 00:01:17,740 --> 00:01:19,370 Families split apart. 22 00:01:19,410 --> 00:01:23,170 And folks started giving up on their dreams. 23 00:01:23,210 --> 00:01:25,040 Our local mill closed, 24 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:28,380 and Daddy had to find work 90 miles away. 25 00:01:28,420 --> 00:01:30,760 And he could only be with us once a month. 26 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:34,010 To make matters worse, he wasn't given the weekend off 27 00:01:34,050 --> 00:01:37,220 that Christmas in 1933. 28 00:01:37,260 --> 00:01:40,430 I was 17 years old back then. 29 00:01:40,470 --> 00:01:43,890 And I wanted to be a writer more than anything in the world. 30 00:01:43,940 --> 00:01:47,480 My daddy expected me to fill his shoes while he was gone. 31 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:49,940 And I wanted to prove myself to him. 32 00:01:49,980 --> 00:01:54,070 But I prayed I wouldn't have to give up my dream in the process. 33 00:01:54,110 --> 00:01:55,570 During the Depression, 34 00:01:55,610 --> 00:01:59,870 sometimes it seemed like dreams were all we had. 35 00:01:59,910 --> 00:02:02,710 - [birds chirping] 36 00:02:04,670 --> 00:02:06,460 - [groans] 37 00:02:06,500 --> 00:02:12,920 - ♪ 38 00:02:12,970 --> 00:02:16,720 - Well, look at you. 39 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:18,600 A little Christmas miracle. 40 00:02:18,640 --> 00:02:21,520 - ♪ 41 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:23,560 - Just not the one I was hoping for. 42 00:02:25,980 --> 00:02:29,020 Oh Lord, please watch over John. 43 00:02:29,060 --> 00:02:31,110 - [door opens] 44 00:02:31,150 --> 00:02:32,860 - What is it, Elizabeth? 45 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:35,070 - I was teaching Geraldine to fly 46 00:02:35,110 --> 00:02:36,820 by swinging her over my head. 47 00:02:36,860 --> 00:02:38,910 - Oh, honey... 48 00:02:38,950 --> 00:02:42,370 that's nothing that a little needle and a thread can't fix. 49 00:02:42,410 --> 00:02:46,370 I will have her good as new before the day is out, okay? 50 00:02:46,420 --> 00:02:49,790 - I wish Daddy was here. - OLIVIA: [sighs] 51 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,460 I know. 52 00:02:52,500 --> 00:02:54,220 Grandma and Grandpa are coming for breakfast. 53 00:02:54,260 --> 00:02:55,760 How 'bout that, huh? 54 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,300 Oh, okay. Well, then, you need to go get dressed 55 00:02:58,340 --> 00:03:00,300 so you're ready when they get here. 56 00:03:05,020 --> 00:03:07,940 - [thunder rumbling] 57 00:03:07,980 --> 00:03:10,520 - MAN ON RADIO: Yesterday, President Roosevelt promised 58 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:12,230 the Electric Home and Farm Authority will bring 59 00:03:12,270 --> 00:03:15,610 cheap electricity to millions in the Tennessee Valley. 60 00:03:15,650 --> 00:03:17,610 And we have a cold front with possible storms 61 00:03:17,660 --> 00:03:20,660 coming through the tri-county area. 62 00:03:20,700 --> 00:03:24,200 Travel advisories are going out, so stay close to home, folks. 63 00:03:24,250 --> 00:03:26,160 Now back to our Christmas Eve program. 64 00:03:26,210 --> 00:03:28,460 - [instrumental "Jingle Bells"] 65 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:29,250 - Hey, is that another drawing of a doll? 66 00:03:29,250 --> 00:03:33,750 - It's to hang on the tree, Santa's gonna bring one to me. 67 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:36,970 - JIM-BOB: Dream on, Sis. 68 00:03:37,010 --> 00:03:38,220 - What do you know? 69 00:03:38,260 --> 00:03:39,590 - Santa's probably out of work too! 70 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:40,840 - MAN: Mrs. Walton! - [knocking at door] 71 00:03:40,890 --> 00:03:42,100 - Coming! 72 00:03:42,140 --> 00:03:43,680 - What is that you're building? 73 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:46,930 - A Christmas cottage with cotton for snow on the roof. 74 00:03:46,980 --> 00:03:49,270 It's for above the fireplace. - How about in the fireplace? 75 00:03:49,310 --> 00:03:50,940 - Erin, you wanna get your nose out of that magazine 76 00:03:50,980 --> 00:03:52,610 and give me a hand? 77 00:03:52,650 --> 00:03:54,230 - I've got news. 78 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:55,690 Dan Wilson just dropped off a telegram. 79 00:03:55,730 --> 00:03:57,820 Where's John-Boy? - Where do you think? 80 00:03:57,860 --> 00:04:00,200 Upstairs scribbling secrets in his room again. 81 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,830 - John-Boy, get down here! 82 00:04:02,870 --> 00:04:04,200 - JOHN-BOY: I'm coming, Mom. 83 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:08,210 - ["Jingle Bells" on radio] 84 00:04:08,250 --> 00:04:09,540 - I was just cleaning up my room. 85 00:04:09,580 --> 00:04:10,750 - Good lord. 86 00:04:10,790 --> 00:04:14,210 - Enough, you two. It's from your daddy. 87 00:04:14,250 --> 00:04:15,920 He's coming home today! 88 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:17,880 - What? - Are you serious? 89 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:19,380 - Whoa! 90 00:04:19,430 --> 00:04:21,050 - He talked to his boss into moving his shift. 91 00:04:21,090 --> 00:04:24,350 He's got the whole weekend off. He'll be here by late mornin'. 92 00:04:24,390 --> 00:04:26,140 John-Boy, you gotta get your brothers and sisters 93 00:04:26,180 --> 00:04:27,560 all squared away. You have finish your chores 94 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,020 before Grandma and Grandpa get here. 95 00:04:30,060 --> 00:04:32,190 We got to get the house ready for Daddy's homecoming. 96 00:04:32,230 --> 00:04:34,060 And I've got breakfast to cook. - Yes, ma'am. 97 00:04:34,110 --> 00:04:36,110 - ♪ 98 00:04:36,150 --> 00:04:37,440 - You heard her. We've gotta make this 99 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:38,990 the best Christmas ever, okay? 100 00:04:39,030 --> 00:04:41,320 Now, Erin, put that magazine away and help Mary Ellen. 101 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:43,240 Jim-Bob, clean up that mess up, please. 102 00:04:43,280 --> 00:04:45,240 - It's not a mess. It's a decoration. 103 00:04:45,280 --> 00:04:46,990 - Where's Jason? - He's out in the barn 104 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,080 splitting wood for the stove. 105 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,210 - Move it...now. - What are you doing? 106 00:04:52,250 --> 00:04:54,040 - I'ma go tell Jason the news! 107 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:56,550 - Hey. That's Daddy's old jacket. 108 00:04:56,590 --> 00:04:58,460 - Well, he's not wearing it, is he? 109 00:05:00,220 --> 00:05:02,470 - What do you want me to do, John-Boy? 110 00:05:02,510 --> 00:05:04,800 - Well, I think you should finish your drawing, 111 00:05:04,850 --> 00:05:06,470 and I'll put it in a prime spot on the tree 112 00:05:06,510 --> 00:05:08,220 where Santa will see it. 113 00:05:08,270 --> 00:05:10,640 - Thanks, John-Boy. 114 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:14,310 - ♪ 115 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:16,940 - NARRATOR: I was excited that Daddy was coming home. 116 00:05:16,980 --> 00:05:18,860 But I was also nervous. 117 00:05:18,900 --> 00:05:21,400 We'd argued before he left because he thought that becoming 118 00:05:21,450 --> 00:05:25,200 a writer was interfering with my responsibilities. 119 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:28,620 I wanted him to see that I was doing my part to make Christmas 120 00:05:28,660 --> 00:05:30,620 perfect for the whole family. 121 00:05:30,660 --> 00:05:33,790 - [rooster crowing] - [chickens clucking] 122 00:05:36,460 --> 00:05:38,460 - Hey, got some great news for ya today. 123 00:05:38,500 --> 00:05:40,630 - Huh? - Daddy's coming home. 124 00:05:40,670 --> 00:05:42,470 - Don't give me that. - Yeah, it's true. 125 00:05:42,510 --> 00:05:44,050 Momma just got a telegram from him. 126 00:05:44,090 --> 00:05:45,680 He must've kicked up quite a fuss. 127 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,220 - [laughs] Damn! When's he getting in? 128 00:05:48,260 --> 00:05:49,560 - Late mornin'. 129 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:52,560 Geez, it's freezing out here, huh? 130 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:54,810 - [cow moos] - What? 131 00:05:57,690 --> 00:06:00,530 I will take that dime. - No, you won't. It's Daddy's. 132 00:06:03,650 --> 00:06:06,070 That's how he holds 'em, right? 133 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:08,200 - Yup. You look just like him. 134 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:12,000 I can almost picture you at the lathe in the machine shop. 135 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:14,210 - You know that's not for me. 136 00:06:14,250 --> 00:06:15,540 - Man's gotta earn a living. 137 00:06:15,580 --> 00:06:16,920 - Get off it, all right? 138 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:18,670 I don't need to hear that from you too. 139 00:06:18,710 --> 00:06:20,250 - There's nothing wrong with learning a trade if it means 140 00:06:20,300 --> 00:06:22,010 it keeps your family fed. Okay? 141 00:06:22,050 --> 00:06:24,260 That is a man's responsibility. 142 00:06:24,300 --> 00:06:26,470 - So is thinkin' for yourself, Jason! 143 00:06:26,510 --> 00:06:29,050 - [chickens clucking] 144 00:06:29,100 --> 00:06:31,100 - You and Daddy get in another fight before he left? 145 00:06:32,890 --> 00:06:36,020 - Yeah, he was upset I didn't finish painting the shed yet. 146 00:06:36,060 --> 00:06:38,650 He said my chores came first and writing was wasting my time. 147 00:06:38,690 --> 00:06:41,980 - Well, yeah, it does. Doesn't it? 148 00:06:43,530 --> 00:06:45,820 - [chickens clucking] 149 00:06:54,330 --> 00:06:56,710 - [coughs] Geez! 150 00:06:56,750 --> 00:06:58,880 [coughs] God, what an awful thing to do to your body! 151 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:02,670 [coughs] Oh, stupid! What is Daddy thinking? 152 00:07:02,710 --> 00:07:04,010 - You mean besides wondering why 153 00:07:04,050 --> 00:07:06,800 his oldest son is throwing his future away? 154 00:07:06,840 --> 00:07:08,930 - Why do you always take Daddy's side? 155 00:07:08,970 --> 00:07:10,470 [coughs] 156 00:07:13,180 --> 00:07:15,850 - Hey. Hey, I filled that. You're stealing the glory! 157 00:07:15,890 --> 00:07:18,900 - Oh yeah? Tough luck, little brother. 158 00:07:18,940 --> 00:07:21,860 - NARRATOR: Daddy had convinced Jason he should learn a trade, 159 00:07:21,900 --> 00:07:25,150 even though becoming a musician was his dream. 160 00:07:25,190 --> 00:07:26,490 I think Jason was a bit jealous 161 00:07:26,530 --> 00:07:29,700 that I was stubbornly hanging on to mine. 162 00:07:29,740 --> 00:07:31,030 - Yeah? 163 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,540 - [grunting] 164 00:07:37,580 --> 00:07:39,080 - That's a good one. 165 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:45,170 - ♪ 166 00:07:50,470 --> 00:07:53,470 - [grunting] 167 00:07:53,510 --> 00:07:54,970 - Okay, I get it! 168 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,100 - Yeah? Better luck next time. 169 00:07:59,140 --> 00:08:04,610 - ♪ 170 00:08:06,150 --> 00:08:12,070 - [thunder rumbling] 171 00:08:13,530 --> 00:08:16,200 - [bird squawking] 172 00:08:18,580 --> 00:08:23,210 - [food frying] 173 00:08:23,250 --> 00:08:26,380 - Grandma! I'm so glad you're here. 174 00:08:26,420 --> 00:08:29,880 - Well, we all have to be somewhere. 175 00:08:29,930 --> 00:08:33,100 - All right, I take that back. I'm not glad to see you at all. 176 00:08:33,140 --> 00:08:35,310 - OLIVIA: Your grandma brought some of her cranberry jam. 177 00:08:35,350 --> 00:08:36,470 It's your daddy's favorite. 178 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:38,520 - Oh, perfect timing. - Mm-hmm! 179 00:08:38,560 --> 00:08:40,390 - That's a good load of stove wood. 180 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:42,480 - Yes, ma'am. 181 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:44,360 Jason did the work. 182 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:46,690 - I can't slice any more off that bone, 183 00:08:46,730 --> 00:08:48,490 but it'll still do for soup. 184 00:08:48,530 --> 00:08:50,110 - It's a good thing. 185 00:08:50,150 --> 00:08:52,820 It's the last of the ham from the hog John butchered. 186 00:08:52,860 --> 00:08:55,830 - What are we gonna eat for Christmas dinner? 187 00:08:55,870 --> 00:08:57,410 - Uh, maybe I'll wring Gretchen's neck 188 00:08:57,450 --> 00:08:59,410 and we'll have stew and dumplings. 189 00:08:59,450 --> 00:09:01,160 - Okay, Momma, she's a laying hen. 190 00:09:01,210 --> 00:09:02,790 - The boy's right. 191 00:09:02,830 --> 00:09:05,500 You put Gretchen in a stew, what you gonna do for eggs? 192 00:09:05,540 --> 00:09:07,250 Unless you're planning to lay them yourself. 193 00:09:07,300 --> 00:09:10,170 - Maybe I'm just feeling a little reckless this Christmas. 194 00:09:10,220 --> 00:09:11,760 - [food frying] 195 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:12,760 - Oh! 196 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:26,770 - ♪ 197 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,360 - I don't like the look of that. 198 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:34,530 - [thunder rumbling] 199 00:09:34,570 --> 00:09:37,950 - Where you headed? - Hickory Creek on Route 29. 200 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:41,620 Once I'm there, it's a six-mile hitchhike home, if I'm lucky. 201 00:09:41,660 --> 00:09:42,750 - That's some trip. 202 00:09:42,790 --> 00:09:44,290 Hope the roads hold up. 203 00:09:44,330 --> 00:09:46,750 The man on the radio said there's a cold front coming. 204 00:09:46,790 --> 00:09:49,840 It's gonna be a bad one. 205 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:52,050 - I'll have to take my chances. 206 00:09:52,090 --> 00:09:53,470 - Could be icy roads. 207 00:09:53,510 --> 00:09:55,680 You might want to stay here in Charlottesville. 208 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:57,260 Tackle the trip home in the morning. 209 00:09:57,300 --> 00:09:58,850 - No way, my friend! 210 00:09:58,890 --> 00:10:01,350 It's Christmas Eve. Family's waitin'. 211 00:10:01,390 --> 00:10:04,940 I still got Santa visits to tend to before the day's out. 212 00:10:04,980 --> 00:10:05,980 - WOMAN: Next! 213 00:10:08,270 --> 00:10:11,570 Name? - John Walton. 214 00:10:11,610 --> 00:10:13,900 - Thank you for the food we eat. 215 00:10:13,950 --> 00:10:16,620 Thank you for the world so sweet. 216 00:10:16,660 --> 00:10:19,030 Thank you for the birds that sing. 217 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:22,200 Thank you, God, for everything. Amen. 218 00:10:22,250 --> 00:10:24,580 - Amen, Sister Jen shot a rooster, killed a hen, 219 00:10:24,620 --> 00:10:26,170 hen died, the rooster cried. 220 00:10:30,250 --> 00:10:34,930 - Slow down, everybody. This is not a free-for-all. 221 00:10:34,970 --> 00:10:37,760 - Grandpa, why do you always end prayers that way? 222 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:39,550 - He won't even tell me. 223 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:41,350 - It's not very religious. 224 00:10:41,390 --> 00:10:42,770 - Daddy's not so religious either. 225 00:10:42,810 --> 00:10:44,980 - He's religious. He's just not churchgoing. 226 00:10:45,020 --> 00:10:46,600 - What does it matter, anyway? 227 00:10:46,650 --> 00:10:47,850 I like the way it sounds, Grandpa. 228 00:10:47,900 --> 00:10:49,820 - Thank you, Mary Ellen! 229 00:10:49,860 --> 00:10:51,900 - John-Boy, I want you to take the kids down to the barn later 230 00:10:51,940 --> 00:10:53,990 and crack some walnuts for my applesauce cake. 231 00:10:54,030 --> 00:10:55,530 - Yes, ma'am. 232 00:10:55,570 --> 00:10:57,860 - So, you are gonna make applesauce cake? 233 00:10:57,910 --> 00:11:00,080 - Well, I am now, I wouldn't want to disappoint your daddy. 234 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:02,160 It wouldn't be Christmas for him without it. 235 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:04,620 Oh, I've gotta go to Ike's and buy some sugar. 236 00:11:04,660 --> 00:11:06,790 - Sugar's not cheap these days. 237 00:11:06,830 --> 00:11:08,920 - Her money to mind, Grandma. 238 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:11,130 - I want to go to Ike's with you, Momma! 239 00:11:11,170 --> 00:11:12,670 - I don't guess there's a certain doll 240 00:11:12,710 --> 00:11:15,050 you might want to take a look at, hm? 241 00:11:16,680 --> 00:11:17,970 - [laughs] 242 00:11:18,010 --> 00:11:22,640 - ♪ 243 00:11:22,680 --> 00:11:26,480 - [fire crackling] 244 00:11:29,190 --> 00:11:31,650 - What is that you're drawing there, pumpkin? 245 00:11:31,690 --> 00:11:33,730 - It's a red bird. 246 00:11:33,780 --> 00:11:35,740 - It truly is that. Heh! 247 00:11:35,780 --> 00:11:38,160 That's one fine red bird. 248 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:41,530 - I wish my daddy could fly. - Oh, is that so? 249 00:11:41,580 --> 00:11:43,700 - He'd be with us right now. That's for sure. 250 00:11:43,740 --> 00:11:46,000 - He'll be home by noon. 251 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,710 Plenty of time to beat that storm that's headin' this way. 252 00:11:48,750 --> 00:11:51,130 - Storm? - Yeah. 253 00:11:51,170 --> 00:11:54,300 Snow flurries, sleet, maybe some black ice. 254 00:11:54,340 --> 00:11:57,010 - How do you know that, Grandpa? 255 00:12:00,220 --> 00:12:03,010 - Look right there, in that-- See that tooth back there? 256 00:12:03,050 --> 00:12:05,720 [mumbles] Right there right in the back, that one? 257 00:12:05,770 --> 00:12:07,980 It aches when a storm is coming. 258 00:12:08,020 --> 00:12:10,900 - He heard it on the radio. 259 00:12:10,940 --> 00:12:13,360 Tell her the truth, old man. 260 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:15,440 - I felt it in my tooth first. 261 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:16,780 - Did they say when it would hit? 262 00:12:16,820 --> 00:12:20,530 - Oh, nightfall, I reckon. 263 00:12:20,570 --> 00:12:23,530 John will be home well before then. 264 00:12:23,580 --> 00:12:25,740 Don't you worry, Livy. 265 00:12:25,790 --> 00:12:28,830 - [bird chirping] 266 00:12:28,870 --> 00:12:30,620 - [bus motor running] 267 00:12:30,670 --> 00:12:32,670 - Well, I'm glad you could get it. 268 00:12:32,710 --> 00:12:33,670 - ♪ 269 00:12:33,710 --> 00:12:35,420 - [horn honks] 270 00:12:35,460 --> 00:12:37,920 - I gotta run. Thank you, sir! 271 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:39,260 - STORE OWNER: Thank you. Merry Christmas. 272 00:12:39,300 --> 00:12:43,050 - Merry Christmas! Hey, hey, wait! Wait! 273 00:12:44,430 --> 00:12:47,640 Wait! Hey! Stop the bus! 274 00:12:47,680 --> 00:12:52,230 Stop the bus! Hey! Hey! Stop the bus! 275 00:12:52,270 --> 00:12:54,020 Ooh. [laughs] 276 00:12:54,060 --> 00:12:55,820 - Hop on. 277 00:12:55,860 --> 00:12:57,650 - Thanks, bud. - Thank you. 278 00:12:57,690 --> 00:12:59,990 - You've saved my family's Christmas. 279 00:13:08,290 --> 00:13:13,330 - Ooh-wee, looks like we're in for a lot of stops. 280 00:13:13,380 --> 00:13:15,790 - Well, holiday traffic and bad roads. 281 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:17,590 - Yeah. - Where you headed? 282 00:13:17,630 --> 00:13:21,220 - Hickory Creek. - Me too. Welcome aboard. 283 00:13:21,260 --> 00:13:23,890 Name's Elmer. - John. Good to meet ya. 284 00:13:23,930 --> 00:13:26,220 - Hey, likewise. - Whew! 285 00:13:33,100 --> 00:13:37,860 - ♪ 286 00:13:37,900 --> 00:13:41,190 - [birds chirping] 287 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:44,990 - Do you ever knock? 288 00:13:44,990 --> 00:13:48,410 - That pack horse library lady's coming up the road. 289 00:13:48,450 --> 00:13:50,330 - Is that one of her books? - Yeah, yeah. 290 00:13:50,370 --> 00:13:53,250 It's, uh, a history about this English guy. 291 00:13:53,290 --> 00:13:56,130 Uh, and it says "history" right on the cover, okay? 292 00:13:56,170 --> 00:13:58,040 Now, get out. Get out. Go. - You're nervous. 293 00:13:58,090 --> 00:14:00,840 - Get out, seriously! - You're nervous! 294 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:03,050 - I'm not nervous! - Yes, you are! 295 00:14:03,090 --> 00:14:12,100 - ♪ 296 00:14:12,140 --> 00:14:13,390 - [sighs] 297 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:19,320 - ♪ 298 00:14:21,030 --> 00:14:23,610 - [girls giggling] 299 00:14:23,650 --> 00:14:26,240 - ♪ 300 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:27,990 - [horse neighs] 301 00:14:28,030 --> 00:14:32,830 - [birds chirping] 302 00:14:32,870 --> 00:14:34,330 - Hey, Maggie! 303 00:14:34,370 --> 00:14:36,000 I didn't know you were working Christmas Eve. 304 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:38,840 - Well, I won't be back until spring and I wanted to drop 305 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:40,500 something off before I left for school. 306 00:14:40,550 --> 00:14:42,170 - Spring? 307 00:14:42,210 --> 00:14:45,340 - Edith Card is gonna take my route until then. 308 00:14:45,380 --> 00:14:46,510 - Oh. 309 00:14:46,550 --> 00:14:47,840 - Fair warning. 310 00:14:47,890 --> 00:14:50,260 She's a bear for collecting late fees. 311 00:14:50,310 --> 00:14:51,890 - I was gonna ask you about "Tom Jones." 312 00:14:51,930 --> 00:14:53,770 You know, I hadn't gotten all the way through it yet. 313 00:14:53,810 --> 00:14:55,850 - Don't worry. That's my own copy. 314 00:14:55,890 --> 00:14:57,770 The library wouldn't carry it. 315 00:14:57,810 --> 00:15:00,150 - Yeah, I was wondering. Um... 316 00:15:00,190 --> 00:15:02,690 him and Molly, they're-- that's a little, uh-- 317 00:15:02,730 --> 00:15:03,860 - Racy? - Yeah. 318 00:15:03,900 --> 00:15:05,950 - [laughs] Yeah, I know. 319 00:15:05,990 --> 00:15:08,740 Just wait 'til you get to his dinner with Mrs. Waters. 320 00:15:08,780 --> 00:15:10,030 - You actually read that in school? 321 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:11,790 - World Lit class. 322 00:15:11,830 --> 00:15:14,290 The professor said it was one of the earliest English novels. 323 00:15:14,330 --> 00:15:17,540 And since I'm certain that one day you'll write a novel, 324 00:15:17,580 --> 00:15:19,960 thought you'd like to see where it all began. 325 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,210 - So you don't mind if I hold on to it a little longer? 326 00:15:22,250 --> 00:15:25,220 - No. I'll pick it up in the spring. 327 00:15:25,260 --> 00:15:27,380 Meantime, I brought you another. 328 00:15:31,100 --> 00:15:32,560 Something different. 329 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:35,390 Kipling is President Roosevelt's favorite author. 330 00:15:35,430 --> 00:15:39,310 And this is a collection of his stories and poems. 331 00:15:39,350 --> 00:15:41,110 - Well, thanks for keeping me stocked up. 332 00:15:41,150 --> 00:15:44,070 You know, all we gots the Bible, the Farmer's Almanac, 333 00:15:44,110 --> 00:15:47,610 and the Sears Roebuck catalog. - Well, this one's 334 00:15:47,650 --> 00:15:49,660 the library copy, so you got three weeks before 335 00:15:49,700 --> 00:15:52,200 Edith comes gunning for you. 336 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:53,830 - I'll make sure I get through it. 337 00:15:53,870 --> 00:15:55,500 - [laughs] 338 00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:59,120 - You're kidding me. What? 339 00:15:59,170 --> 00:16:00,880 - It's just a little bookmark. 340 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:04,250 I think "JB Walton" is a good name for an author. 341 00:16:06,300 --> 00:16:09,430 Merry Christmas. - I don't know what to say. 342 00:16:09,470 --> 00:16:11,340 I mean, if I would've known that you were coming, 343 00:16:11,390 --> 00:16:12,600 I could've gotten you something-- 344 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:14,100 - Oh, stop. 345 00:16:14,140 --> 00:16:16,270 No, it wasn't meant to be a gift exchange. 346 00:16:16,310 --> 00:16:18,140 - You know what? You stay right there. 347 00:16:18,180 --> 00:16:24,190 - ♪ 348 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:34,620 ♪ 349 00:16:34,660 --> 00:16:36,290 - This! 350 00:16:36,330 --> 00:16:39,580 This is a story I wrote, and it is yours to keep. 351 00:16:39,620 --> 00:16:41,120 - But what about this contest? 352 00:16:41,170 --> 00:16:43,000 - I'll just copy another one from the original. 353 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,090 Don't worry about it. But I would be really grateful 354 00:16:45,130 --> 00:16:49,470 if you gave me your thoughts on it. 355 00:16:49,510 --> 00:16:52,590 - MAGGIE: Of course. - JOHN-BOY: Yeah. 356 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:56,560 - Wouldn't hurt to get a female perspective on things, right? 357 00:16:57,470 --> 00:16:59,060 - Absolutely. 358 00:17:00,690 --> 00:17:01,770 - BOTH: [laughing] 359 00:17:01,810 --> 00:17:03,150 - Oh! 360 00:17:03,190 --> 00:17:15,240 - ♪ 361 00:17:17,950 --> 00:17:19,250 - See you next spring. 362 00:17:19,290 --> 00:17:20,790 - I'll be lookin' out for ya. 363 00:17:20,830 --> 00:17:26,460 - ♪ 364 00:17:26,500 --> 00:17:27,960 - Merry Christmas! 365 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:38,180 - ♪ 366 00:17:38,220 --> 00:17:40,640 - That looked to me like two worms wrapped around a fishhook. 367 00:17:43,980 --> 00:17:47,650 - BOTH: [laughing] - Oh my gosh! 368 00:17:52,530 --> 00:17:56,620 - [plays banjo] 369 00:17:58,950 --> 00:18:01,120 - Don't get any shells in there, or someone will break a tooth. 370 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:03,290 - Oh yeah, it's also bad luck, I've heard. 371 00:18:03,330 --> 00:18:06,170 - Yup, you and your superstitions. 372 00:18:06,210 --> 00:18:09,050 - You know, this would go a lot faster if you'd help us 373 00:18:09,090 --> 00:18:11,550 instead of fooling with that thing. 374 00:18:11,590 --> 00:18:14,220 - You should be happy I'm not charging you to play. 375 00:18:14,260 --> 00:18:16,220 - You can take your banjo and shove it, Jason. 376 00:18:16,260 --> 00:18:19,220 - Oh! - Erin, don't be such an ass. 377 00:18:19,260 --> 00:18:20,810 - Oh, watch your mouth, Mary Ellen. 378 00:18:20,850 --> 00:18:23,310 - Me? What about Daddy? He says that stuff all he wants. 379 00:18:23,350 --> 00:18:24,810 - Well, he's Daddy, ain't he? 380 00:18:24,850 --> 00:18:27,400 - Well, you're not. So quit acting like a boss man. 381 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:29,150 - I didn't ask to be in charge, all right? 382 00:18:29,190 --> 00:18:30,360 I got better things to do. 383 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:33,820 - Oh yeah? Scribble scribble. 384 00:18:33,860 --> 00:18:35,070 - Quit moping, all right? 385 00:18:35,110 --> 00:18:36,660 You had no right to say that to Erin. 386 00:18:36,700 --> 00:18:39,740 - She's just jealous that I'm gonna be a Hollywood star 387 00:18:39,780 --> 00:18:42,580 and marry someone with enough money to get me whatever I want. 388 00:18:42,620 --> 00:18:45,580 - Dead wrong, sister. I'm never getting married. 389 00:18:45,620 --> 00:18:47,750 I'm gonna be an aviator like Amelia Earhart. 390 00:18:47,790 --> 00:18:50,750 I'm gonna fly right out of here and travel all over the world, 391 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:52,510 make all kinds of adventures, 392 00:18:52,550 --> 00:18:55,300 with nobody telling me what to do. 393 00:18:55,340 --> 00:18:57,720 - What kind of adventures? 394 00:18:57,760 --> 00:18:59,760 - [cow moos] - I don't know, that's what... 395 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:01,390 makes them adventures. 396 00:19:01,430 --> 00:19:03,350 - You could fly Santa's sleigh. That'd be an adventure. 397 00:19:03,390 --> 00:19:04,890 - Santa's not coming this year. 398 00:19:04,930 --> 00:19:06,690 - Hey, you don't know that, Erin. 399 00:19:06,730 --> 00:19:08,980 And don't say it to Elizabeth, all right? 400 00:19:09,020 --> 00:19:12,360 Guys, we can still make wishes. Miracles can still happen. 401 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:15,030 'Cuz this Christmas is gonna be the best ever no matter what. 402 00:19:15,070 --> 00:19:16,950 So, Jim-Bob, what's your wish? 403 00:19:16,990 --> 00:19:18,240 - An Erector set. 404 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:19,820 - Great, just what we need. 405 00:19:19,870 --> 00:19:22,200 Another thing of Jim-Bob's with pieces to step on. 406 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:23,830 - I heard that! - [cow moos] 407 00:19:23,870 --> 00:19:26,370 - And I hope you catch a cold and sneeze your brains out. 408 00:19:26,410 --> 00:19:29,210 - Shut up, little pipsqueak! - That's enough, Mary Ellen. 409 00:19:29,250 --> 00:19:30,880 What is wrong with you? 410 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:34,670 - She's just worried Santa won't bring her breasts for Christmas. 411 00:19:34,710 --> 00:19:36,340 - [laughs] 412 00:19:36,380 --> 00:19:39,970 - [chickens clucking] 413 00:19:40,010 --> 00:19:41,430 - Anybody else? - Hey! 414 00:19:41,470 --> 00:19:43,140 Sit down with the rest of us and shut your mouth. 415 00:19:43,180 --> 00:19:44,720 - Is that an order? - Yes, it is! 416 00:19:44,770 --> 00:19:46,310 - Well, then you better find yourself a waitress because 417 00:19:46,350 --> 00:19:47,940 I don't take orders. 418 00:19:47,980 --> 00:19:50,520 - [laughs] - Ooh. 419 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:52,070 - ♪ 420 00:19:52,110 --> 00:19:53,980 - JOHN-BOY: Where do you think you're going? 421 00:19:54,030 --> 00:19:57,240 Huh? Hey, get back here! 422 00:19:58,110 --> 00:20:10,330 - ♪ 423 00:20:30,350 --> 00:20:42,370 ♪ 424 00:21:02,090 --> 00:21:14,310 ♪ 425 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:21,070 - GRANDPA: Hey, Mary Ellen? Will you give me a hand? 426 00:21:21,110 --> 00:21:22,740 - Be right there! 427 00:21:22,780 --> 00:21:28,830 - ♪ 428 00:21:33,710 --> 00:21:34,790 - Whoo! 429 00:21:34,830 --> 00:21:36,920 - It's so cold. Let's get in there. 430 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:38,800 Oh, good girl. 431 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:40,420 Oh, Rose! 432 00:21:40,470 --> 00:21:42,260 You're doing a little last-minute Christmas shopping? 433 00:21:42,300 --> 00:21:44,340 - Candles for service tonight. 434 00:21:44,390 --> 00:21:46,430 How are you doing, Elizabeth? 435 00:21:46,470 --> 00:21:48,720 - Fine, Miss Rose. Where's Claudie? 436 00:21:48,770 --> 00:21:50,600 - Oh, he's with his daddy getting the church set up. 437 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:51,270 - Oh, yes. 438 00:21:51,270 --> 00:21:53,770 - I hear there's more weather on the way, Livy. 439 00:21:53,810 --> 00:21:55,480 You all are welcome to come to our Christmas Eve service 440 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:58,070 if the storm kicks up. It's a short walk. 441 00:21:58,110 --> 00:22:00,110 - That's so kind, Rose. Thank you. 442 00:22:00,150 --> 00:22:01,780 - What are friends for? 443 00:22:01,820 --> 00:22:03,280 - You mean besides looking out for each other's children? 444 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:04,950 I still think you get the short end of that stick. 445 00:22:04,990 --> 00:22:06,280 - Oh, not so. 446 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:07,660 We do just fine, don't we, Elizabeth? 447 00:22:07,700 --> 00:22:09,450 - Yes, ma'am. 448 00:22:09,490 --> 00:22:11,620 - Oh, no, no, no, you come back here, young lady, 449 00:22:11,660 --> 00:22:13,830 and wait a minute. I wanna ask Rose something. 450 00:22:13,870 --> 00:22:19,710 Um, you haven't by chance seen John here in town, have you? 451 00:22:19,750 --> 00:22:21,170 - Sure haven't. 452 00:22:21,210 --> 00:22:22,670 He's not back from Charlottesville yet? 453 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:26,470 - No. Um, we thought he'd be here by noon, so... 454 00:22:26,510 --> 00:22:28,680 - Winter travel, I suspect. Always delays. 455 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,350 I am sure he's fine. - Yeah. 456 00:22:31,390 --> 00:22:33,270 - Mind if I drop by a bit later? 457 00:22:33,310 --> 00:22:36,020 I have a little Christmas cheer I want to deliver. 458 00:22:36,060 --> 00:22:37,560 - Oh-- - Oh, not that kind. 459 00:22:37,610 --> 00:22:40,570 [laughs] I noticed the Baldwin sisters are inside. 460 00:22:40,610 --> 00:22:42,150 - Yeah, I bet they're pleased as punch 461 00:22:42,190 --> 00:22:44,820 now that Prohibition's done. - Mm-hmm. 462 00:22:44,860 --> 00:22:47,620 - I will have a warm slice of applesauce cake waiting for ya. 463 00:22:47,660 --> 00:22:49,160 We'll see you in a little bit. 464 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:50,910 - [giggling] 465 00:22:51,990 --> 00:22:55,540 - Momma, if her church is closer to us than our church, 466 00:22:55,580 --> 00:22:58,080 how come we don't always go to Rose's church? 467 00:23:00,210 --> 00:23:05,220 - Well, uh, you see, um... 468 00:23:05,260 --> 00:23:08,180 our family has always been members of First Baptist Church. 469 00:23:08,220 --> 00:23:09,680 And Rose's husband, 470 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:11,970 he's a preacher over at Calvary Bible Church, 471 00:23:12,010 --> 00:23:13,640 so that's where she goes. 472 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,310 But...since we were already members of First Baptist Church, 473 00:23:16,350 --> 00:23:18,600 we don't have to go to Calvary Bible. 474 00:23:18,650 --> 00:23:19,940 - Oh. 475 00:23:21,690 --> 00:23:26,650 - But that doesn't mean we can't go, 'cause you know what? 476 00:23:26,700 --> 00:23:30,200 Everybody's welcome in any of God's houses. 477 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:33,200 Hm? - Mm-hmm. 478 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:36,250 - Right. Let's get inside. 479 00:23:36,290 --> 00:23:38,250 - How does that look to you, ladies, huh? 480 00:23:38,290 --> 00:23:39,460 - Very fresh. - All right, good. 481 00:23:39,500 --> 00:23:41,000 And here's your cookies. 482 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:44,710 - And that is a baker's dozen? - Absolutely. 483 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:47,380 - Olivia Walton and [unintelligible]! 484 00:23:47,430 --> 00:23:49,220 - A Christmas miracle. 485 00:23:49,260 --> 00:23:50,510 - Miss Emily, Miss Maimie. 486 00:23:50,550 --> 00:23:53,680 - And you must be? - Elizabeth. 487 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:56,810 - She has your eyes. - And your teeth. 488 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:01,270 - Um, we're looking for your husband. 489 00:24:01,310 --> 00:24:02,900 - So am I. 490 00:24:02,940 --> 00:24:04,820 - He can fix anything. - And he's a good customer. 491 00:24:04,860 --> 00:24:06,650 - Oh, which brings us to our problem. 492 00:24:06,690 --> 00:24:08,910 - Rest his soul, Papa's recipe machine has become-- 493 00:24:08,950 --> 00:24:11,160 - Cantankerous. Something is blocking the flow. 494 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:13,200 - Like a kidney stone. 495 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,410 - Oh, how those bedeviled Pa. 496 00:24:15,450 --> 00:24:17,580 - We think the copper coil needs to be replaced. 497 00:24:17,620 --> 00:24:19,620 - And John is just the man to do the job. 498 00:24:19,670 --> 00:24:21,540 - Well, I will tell him when I see him. 499 00:24:21,580 --> 00:24:23,090 - Your groceries, ladies! 500 00:24:23,130 --> 00:24:25,760 - EMILY: It's so nice to see you, Mrs. Walton. 501 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,380 And we'll call on you later this evening 502 00:24:28,420 --> 00:24:31,510 with your order of the Christmas recipe! 503 00:24:31,550 --> 00:24:33,470 - It's famous. - I look forward to it. 504 00:24:33,510 --> 00:24:36,060 - Merry Christmas, everyone! - Merry Christmas! 505 00:24:36,100 --> 00:24:39,440 - Ladies! I hope you haven't been naughty. 506 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:41,270 Santa's watchin' you know? 507 00:24:41,310 --> 00:24:43,980 - Charlie Sneed! [laughs] 508 00:24:44,020 --> 00:24:45,780 - Will you tell Santa we're gonna leave a jar 509 00:24:45,820 --> 00:24:47,610 of the recipe by the fireplace? 510 00:24:47,650 --> 00:24:49,320 - I'm sure he'll be pleased. 511 00:24:49,360 --> 00:24:50,910 - BALDWIN SISTERS: [laughing] 512 00:24:50,950 --> 00:24:53,160 - Oh, hey there, Livy. - Charlie. 513 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:54,780 - Glad I bumped into ya. 514 00:24:54,830 --> 00:24:56,660 Got a big grudge rematch with the sheriff 515 00:24:56,700 --> 00:24:58,450 on Ike's pool table tonight. 516 00:24:58,500 --> 00:25:00,790 John's free to join, if he'd like. 517 00:25:00,830 --> 00:25:03,750 We could use an impartial referee. 518 00:25:03,790 --> 00:25:04,790 - Charlie! 519 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,340 - Well, as a matter of fact, um, 520 00:25:07,380 --> 00:25:09,470 John ain't back from Charlottesville yet. 521 00:25:09,510 --> 00:25:12,590 - No? Hm. 522 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:15,640 I'm--I'm sure he'll be along. 523 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:16,930 When you're through here with Livy, 524 00:25:16,970 --> 00:25:18,680 dig me up a box of shells for my Winchester? 525 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,060 .30-06. - You got it. 526 00:25:20,100 --> 00:25:21,600 - In the meantime, I'm gonna go make sure 527 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:26,150 that thing's on the level for tonight. 528 00:25:26,190 --> 00:25:30,320 - ♪ 529 00:25:30,360 --> 00:25:31,700 - IKE: What can I do for you, Livy? 530 00:25:31,740 --> 00:25:35,990 - I would love a pound of sugar, please, Ike. 531 00:25:36,030 --> 00:25:38,790 - IKE: You don't wanna get between him and a cue ball. 532 00:25:38,830 --> 00:25:41,830 - I can see that! - [laughs] 533 00:25:41,870 --> 00:25:44,830 Kind of like your little Elizabeth and that doll. 534 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:47,960 Every time she comes in here, she heads straight to it. 535 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:51,090 - Yeah, well, hard to explain the Depression 536 00:25:51,130 --> 00:25:52,930 to a five-year-old, Ike. 537 00:25:56,180 --> 00:25:59,850 - I--I--I understand, Livy. 538 00:25:59,890 --> 00:26:03,020 But, uh, Merry Christmas anyway? 539 00:26:03,060 --> 00:26:05,100 - Thanks, Ike. 540 00:26:05,150 --> 00:26:08,360 - All right. Oh, and, uh, some change for you. 541 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,440 - Thank you kindly. - You're welcome. 542 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:12,610 - Yes, yes, yes. Hey, Elizabeth! 543 00:26:14,910 --> 00:26:18,080 One's got a higher purpose. [laughs] 544 00:26:18,120 --> 00:26:21,750 - Thank you. - It's the least I can do. 545 00:26:21,790 --> 00:26:25,540 Let's go. Thank you kindly. Let's go! 546 00:26:25,580 --> 00:26:27,000 - All right, Merry Christmas, y'all. 547 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:28,000 - Merry Christmas! 548 00:26:33,010 --> 00:26:45,020 - ♪ 549 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:48,900 - Oh, let's go fix your doll. 550 00:26:48,940 --> 00:26:51,530 Oh, Sheriff Bridges, am I glad to see you. 551 00:26:51,570 --> 00:26:52,990 - How do you do, Mrs. Walton? 552 00:26:53,030 --> 00:26:54,530 - OLIVIA: I wonder if you've seen my husband. 553 00:26:54,570 --> 00:26:55,820 He'd be on the road from Hickory Creek. 554 00:26:55,860 --> 00:26:57,490 He's running pretty late. 555 00:26:57,530 --> 00:26:59,580 - No, ma'am. I've been up country, 556 00:26:59,620 --> 00:27:00,910 trying to catch that poacher 557 00:27:00,950 --> 00:27:02,120 who's been hunting without a license. 558 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:03,330 - Well, I hear everything he shoots, 559 00:27:03,370 --> 00:27:04,830 he gives to those in need. 560 00:27:04,870 --> 00:27:07,170 - [chuckles] He's some kind of backwoods Robin Hood, 561 00:27:07,210 --> 00:27:08,830 but he's breaking the law. 562 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:10,750 And what he doesn't give away, he takes to Charlottesville 563 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:12,710 and sells for cash money. 564 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:16,260 Bet no one told you that. 565 00:27:16,300 --> 00:27:21,600 - Well, then, um, good luck. - Thank you, ma'am. 566 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:23,770 And I'll keep an eye out for John. 567 00:27:23,810 --> 00:27:25,810 - Thanks, Sheriff. Merry Christmas. 568 00:27:25,850 --> 00:27:37,860 - ♪ 569 00:27:38,910 --> 00:27:42,950 - Winchester 70. Pretty nice, huh? 570 00:27:42,990 --> 00:27:45,370 - Depends on what it's used for. 571 00:27:45,410 --> 00:27:49,290 - Oh, target practice mostly. You ready for tonight, Sheriff? 572 00:27:49,330 --> 00:27:52,800 - Glad I ran into you, Charlie. Maybe Ike could fill in for me. 573 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:54,090 I can't make it tonight. 574 00:27:54,130 --> 00:27:58,050 - Why? - Pressing county business. 575 00:27:58,090 --> 00:28:00,260 - What's that? - Can't discuss it. 576 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:04,270 - Well, that's too bad. 577 00:28:04,310 --> 00:28:06,640 I'll save your favorite cue for you in case you change your mind 578 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:08,520 or finish your business early. 579 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:11,480 - Oh, don't worry, Charlie. 580 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:13,400 I'll catch up with you soon enough. 581 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:25,450 - ♪ 582 00:28:34,590 --> 00:28:41,800 ♪ 583 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:43,510 - You're up next, John. 584 00:28:43,550 --> 00:28:47,310 - [motor starts] 585 00:28:47,350 --> 00:28:52,150 - ♪ 586 00:28:55,730 --> 00:28:57,820 - I'd hold back some on that nutmeg. 587 00:28:57,860 --> 00:29:00,110 - [bird chirping] 588 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:05,700 - It's your recipe. Don't mind me. 589 00:29:05,740 --> 00:29:09,080 I've just been makin' it for 40 years. 590 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:11,750 - I don't see why I have to do the lunch dishes. 591 00:29:11,790 --> 00:29:15,250 - You are the oldest. - John-Boy's the oldest! 592 00:29:15,290 --> 00:29:17,210 - You're the oldest girl. 593 00:29:17,250 --> 00:29:19,260 - Being a girl should have nothing to do with it! 594 00:29:19,300 --> 00:29:22,220 It's not a fair way to hand out chores! 595 00:29:22,260 --> 00:29:23,760 Momma! 596 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,680 - You and your grandma can work this out. 597 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:29,350 - If life were fair, Mary Ellen, 598 00:29:29,390 --> 00:29:31,520 I'da had your pretty face. 599 00:29:34,770 --> 00:29:39,820 - [orchestral music on radio] 600 00:29:39,860 --> 00:29:41,820 - "Nelson County gossip. 601 00:29:41,860 --> 00:29:44,740 "Hiriam Buggywell's old sow pig Petunia 602 00:29:44,780 --> 00:29:48,080 "gave birth to 14 babies last week. 603 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:50,160 "Mother and children are all doing just fine, 604 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:52,410 except for the one that was eaten." 605 00:29:52,460 --> 00:29:54,040 [laughs] 606 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:56,250 - Erin! Look what you did! 607 00:29:56,290 --> 00:29:58,000 - What is all this fuss? 608 00:29:58,050 --> 00:29:59,460 - Erin wrecked my village! 609 00:29:59,510 --> 00:30:00,970 - That's not a village. 610 00:30:01,010 --> 00:30:03,970 That's a--a beaver dam without the mud. 611 00:30:04,010 --> 00:30:06,970 - MAN ON RADIO: Now for Nelson County news and weather. 612 00:30:07,010 --> 00:30:09,010 Well, folks, it looks like a nasty cold front 613 00:30:09,060 --> 00:30:11,100 will move in by nightfall. 614 00:30:11,140 --> 00:30:14,440 Expect some flurries and possible sleet later today. 615 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:17,940 Stay off those icy roads. Driving could be treacherous. 616 00:30:17,980 --> 00:30:19,360 Instead of going out, 617 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:21,440 stay home by the fire this Christmas Eve and-- 618 00:30:21,490 --> 00:30:21,900 - [Grandpa switches radio off] 619 00:30:24,660 --> 00:30:26,620 - I bet old John just picked up 620 00:30:26,660 --> 00:30:30,450 some overtime yesterday and slept in. 621 00:30:30,490 --> 00:30:32,620 He'll beat this storm. 622 00:30:32,660 --> 00:30:36,960 - ♪ 623 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:41,260 - I better go cut us a Christmas tree while I can. 624 00:30:41,300 --> 00:30:43,840 Where is John-Boy? 625 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:45,130 - NARRATOR: As the tension increased 626 00:30:45,180 --> 00:30:47,600 with every hour Daddy hadn't returned, 627 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,890 I still felt responsible for realizing my family's dreams 628 00:30:50,930 --> 00:30:52,390 that Christmas. 629 00:30:52,430 --> 00:30:54,640 I couldn't make Mary Ellen into a pilot 630 00:30:54,690 --> 00:30:56,440 or Jason into a musician. 631 00:30:56,480 --> 00:31:00,230 But I was determined to make Elizabeth's dream come true. 632 00:31:00,270 --> 00:31:06,160 - ♪ 633 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:08,160 - NARRATOR: With what little money I had, 634 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:13,000 I was resolved to find some way to get her a doll. 635 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:14,660 - OLIVIA: John-Boy, get down here! 636 00:31:14,710 --> 00:31:16,460 - Comin' Momma! 637 00:31:16,500 --> 00:31:25,130 - ♪ 638 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:32,220 - John-Boy! - JOHN-BOY: I'm coming. 639 00:31:32,260 --> 00:31:34,520 - [bird chirping] 640 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:36,350 - Oh, if it isn't the prince! 641 00:31:36,390 --> 00:31:38,150 - Why are you always raggin' on me, Mary Ellen? 642 00:31:38,190 --> 00:31:39,980 - I don't know. It seems natural. 643 00:31:40,020 --> 00:31:41,940 - Enough, you two. John-Boy, 644 00:31:41,980 --> 00:31:44,230 I want you to go with Grandpa to cut a Christmas tree. 645 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:45,950 - Great. - Wait, I wanna go too. 646 00:31:45,990 --> 00:31:48,860 - You kidding me? That's always been my job. 647 00:31:48,910 --> 00:31:51,030 - Well, John-Boy, times are changing. 648 00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:52,410 Mary Ellen wants to go-- 649 00:31:52,450 --> 00:31:54,040 - But-- - No buts. 650 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:55,450 - Well, if you're coming, get your gear. 651 00:31:55,500 --> 00:31:56,710 We're not waitin' on ya. 652 00:31:56,750 --> 00:31:59,040 - ♪ 653 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:01,710 - [birds chirping] 654 00:32:01,750 --> 00:32:13,970 - ♪ 655 00:32:16,980 --> 00:32:18,270 - Hmm-mm. - Why? 656 00:32:18,310 --> 00:32:19,270 - No. 657 00:32:19,310 --> 00:32:25,070 - ♪ 658 00:32:25,110 --> 00:32:28,990 - ♪ O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree ♪ 659 00:32:30,530 --> 00:32:33,580 - [bird squawking] 660 00:32:33,620 --> 00:32:38,250 - ♪ 661 00:32:38,290 --> 00:32:41,040 - NARRATOR: I never stopped being enchanted by the beauty 662 00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:43,000 of Walton's Mountain. 663 00:32:47,010 --> 00:32:51,220 Even in the cold of winter, it was a magical place. 664 00:32:51,260 --> 00:33:00,270 - ♪ 665 00:33:00,310 --> 00:33:02,350 - NARRATOR: On our hike to where Grandpa had spotted 666 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:05,730 his Christmas tree years ago... 667 00:33:05,770 --> 00:33:09,280 we stopped at our family's cemetery, 668 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:12,110 a place I'd only been to once before. 669 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:24,210 - ♪ 670 00:33:33,390 --> 00:33:35,260 - I've never been here before, Grandpa. 671 00:33:35,300 --> 00:33:40,310 - Well, not much reason to yet. 672 00:33:40,350 --> 00:33:45,900 This is where your grandma and me will wind up one day. 673 00:33:45,940 --> 00:33:49,360 - Are these all Waltons? - Yeah. 674 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:52,610 These are all your people, Mary Ellen. 675 00:33:52,650 --> 00:33:57,580 Generations of mothers and fathers and some babies. 676 00:33:57,620 --> 00:34:00,330 Some of the older graves are marked by stone, 677 00:34:00,370 --> 00:34:03,420 but all their names are in the family Bible. 678 00:34:03,460 --> 00:34:05,630 - This place is so strange. 679 00:34:07,710 --> 00:34:10,670 But it's so... 680 00:34:10,710 --> 00:34:12,470 beautiful. 681 00:34:12,510 --> 00:34:15,590 How did we come to get Walton's Mountain, Grandpa? 682 00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:21,060 - Well, your great-great granddaddy, my granddaddy, 683 00:34:21,100 --> 00:34:24,770 came through here in the summer of 1725. 684 00:34:24,810 --> 00:34:28,610 The way it was told to me, he saved the life of a young boy 685 00:34:28,650 --> 00:34:32,030 who was almost drowned in a swollen creek up the way. 686 00:34:32,070 --> 00:34:33,950 - Through Fork's Creek, right, Grandpa? 687 00:34:33,990 --> 00:34:35,530 - GRANDPA: That's right. 688 00:34:35,570 --> 00:34:37,570 And it turns out that young boy was the grandson 689 00:34:37,620 --> 00:34:41,080 of a chief of the Monacan Indian tribe. 690 00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:44,790 And they had been here forever. 691 00:34:44,830 --> 00:34:49,290 The chief told my granddaddy that he could settle here 692 00:34:49,340 --> 00:34:54,050 as long as he lived in harmony and used the bounty of the land 693 00:34:54,090 --> 00:34:58,970 to spread kindness to the world. 694 00:34:59,010 --> 00:35:00,560 - I never heard that story before. 695 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:02,520 - It's all true. 696 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:04,980 The Waltons have been raising families here 697 00:35:05,020 --> 00:35:08,940 and taking care of the land ever since. 698 00:35:08,980 --> 00:35:10,730 In the hardest of times, we never let it go. 699 00:35:10,770 --> 00:35:14,110 Never sold, even when the soapstone company came in 700 00:35:14,150 --> 00:35:17,990 and bought up almost everything around us. 701 00:35:18,030 --> 00:35:22,660 I like to come here every now and then just to feel my roots. 702 00:35:24,870 --> 00:35:29,670 No matter where your dreams take you in this world, Mary Ellen, 703 00:35:29,710 --> 00:35:31,630 you'll always be a Walton. 704 00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:38,760 And you will find that... 705 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:41,890 family... 706 00:35:41,930 --> 00:35:44,020 well, family is... 707 00:35:44,060 --> 00:35:56,280 - ♪ 708 00:36:10,250 --> 00:36:13,880 - [thunder rumbling] 709 00:36:18,470 --> 00:36:22,180 - ♪ 710 00:36:22,220 --> 00:36:26,060 - Oh, how I wish it were springtime again. 711 00:36:26,100 --> 00:36:29,980 Forsythia blooming by the fence. 712 00:36:30,020 --> 00:36:32,650 Tulips coming up from the snow. 713 00:36:32,690 --> 00:36:36,650 - ♪ 714 00:36:36,690 --> 00:36:38,820 - Don't worry about John, daughter. 715 00:36:38,860 --> 00:36:40,450 I know my boy. 716 00:36:40,490 --> 00:36:43,580 He'll be here soon enough, you'll see. 717 00:36:53,880 --> 00:37:01,010 - ♪ 718 00:37:01,050 --> 00:37:03,390 - [birds squawking] 719 00:37:05,390 --> 00:37:07,810 - You two rest here a minute. 720 00:37:07,850 --> 00:37:10,440 I'm gonna go get my bearings. 721 00:37:13,860 --> 00:37:15,360 - John-Boy? 722 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:19,990 I have a confession to make. 723 00:37:22,860 --> 00:37:24,370 I read your secret notepad. 724 00:37:24,410 --> 00:37:27,370 - What? Are you serious, 725 00:37:27,410 --> 00:37:28,790 Mary Ellen? - I read what you wrote. 726 00:37:28,830 --> 00:37:31,210 I saw--I saw myself, I saw Jason and the others. 727 00:37:31,250 --> 00:37:33,380 And it touched me! It really did. 728 00:37:33,420 --> 00:37:35,670 Look, I'm sorry that I've been ragging on you. 729 00:37:35,710 --> 00:37:38,380 You're not just a scribbler, John-Boy. 730 00:37:38,420 --> 00:37:42,050 I had no idea how good you were. 731 00:37:42,090 --> 00:37:45,180 - [tree rustling] 732 00:37:45,220 --> 00:37:46,470 - You see that tree we're after? 733 00:37:46,510 --> 00:37:48,390 - Oh, I was hoping to get a glimpse of 734 00:37:48,430 --> 00:37:50,560 that big ol' white buck folks talk about. 735 00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:52,140 - Yeah, I've heard the stories. 736 00:37:52,190 --> 00:37:55,060 - Yeah, I never laid eyes on him myself. 737 00:37:55,110 --> 00:37:58,030 But I'm always on the lookout. 738 00:37:58,070 --> 00:38:00,150 Some folks say it's no such thing. 739 00:38:00,190 --> 00:38:03,160 Others say it's a ghost. 740 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:05,660 I'd give anything to see him just one time. 741 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:11,330 You know they say the man who spots him is changed forever. 742 00:38:11,370 --> 00:38:13,370 - Looks like you're out of luck, Grandpa. 743 00:38:13,420 --> 00:38:15,420 - Maybe this time. 744 00:38:15,460 --> 00:38:20,210 But in that case, right there's your tree. 745 00:38:20,260 --> 00:38:23,430 I've been keeping an eye on that thing for years. 746 00:38:23,470 --> 00:38:25,430 - Must be near 6 feet, Grandpa. 747 00:38:28,060 --> 00:38:30,060 - It's beautiful. I love it. 748 00:38:38,820 --> 00:38:50,450 - ♪ 749 00:38:59,090 --> 00:39:06,680 - ♪ 750 00:39:09,810 --> 00:39:12,680 - I'm not used to making some many stops on this run. 751 00:39:12,720 --> 00:39:14,730 I think I could've hitched it faster. 752 00:39:16,730 --> 00:39:19,020 - Just be glad you're not outside 753 00:39:19,060 --> 00:39:22,650 or in one of those cars we passed slid off in a ditch. 754 00:39:22,690 --> 00:39:25,280 - [chuckles] I guess so. 755 00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:27,740 How long you've been farming, Elmer? 756 00:39:27,780 --> 00:39:29,320 - Always. 757 00:39:29,370 --> 00:39:31,790 - Tough way to make a living lately. 758 00:39:31,830 --> 00:39:35,250 - Yeah, what isn't? But I get by. 759 00:39:35,290 --> 00:39:39,630 - I got cow, a couple hogs, a laying hen, 760 00:39:39,670 --> 00:39:41,460 and a pretty good garden. 761 00:39:41,500 --> 00:39:43,260 With me being away so much, it's--it's 762 00:39:43,300 --> 00:39:45,010 hard on my wife, Livy. 763 00:39:46,380 --> 00:39:48,430 I've been thinking of quitting the mill and 764 00:39:48,470 --> 00:39:50,470 going full out into farming. 765 00:39:50,510 --> 00:39:52,600 - Well, it's sink or swim. 766 00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:54,270 At least you're your own boss. 767 00:39:54,310 --> 00:39:57,690 If you own your own place, well... 768 00:39:57,730 --> 00:39:59,560 you're not at the mercy of the damn bank. 769 00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:02,020 - True, and no more travel. 770 00:40:03,570 --> 00:40:05,650 I got a big family to support. 771 00:40:05,690 --> 00:40:07,740 - Sometimes you just gotta take the leap 772 00:40:07,780 --> 00:40:13,080 and fix things on the way down, you know what I mean? 773 00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:17,210 - Yeah, I guess so. 774 00:40:17,250 --> 00:40:18,870 - [sighs] 775 00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:21,330 Anyway, wake me up when we get to Hickory Creek, will ya? 776 00:40:21,380 --> 00:40:23,590 - Sure. 777 00:40:23,630 --> 00:40:26,170 - BUS DRIVER: Well, folks, we got some icy roads up ahead. 778 00:40:26,210 --> 00:40:28,050 Gonna have to make a little detour. 779 00:40:29,380 --> 00:40:30,970 - [fire crackling] 780 00:40:31,010 --> 00:40:34,510 - [instrumental "Jingle Bells" on radio] 781 00:40:41,940 --> 00:40:44,940 - Okay. Great-Grandma's star's on the tree now officially, 782 00:40:44,980 --> 00:40:47,570 which means that decorating can now begin. 783 00:40:47,610 --> 00:40:50,030 - Don't stop shaking now, Jim-Bob, 784 00:40:50,070 --> 00:40:51,450 or you'll burn them again. 785 00:40:51,490 --> 00:40:52,910 - Grandpa, my arm hurts. 786 00:40:52,950 --> 00:40:55,410 - Well, that's why God gave you two of them. 787 00:40:55,450 --> 00:40:57,080 - How about the lights, John-Boy? 788 00:40:57,120 --> 00:41:00,580 - Well, one bulb doesn't work, so the whole string don't work. 789 00:41:00,620 --> 00:41:02,580 It's like finding a black cat in a coal mine. 790 00:41:02,630 --> 00:41:04,170 - Who needs lights? We got popcorn. 791 00:41:04,210 --> 00:41:06,460 - How will Santa see without Christmas lights? 792 00:41:06,510 --> 00:41:08,590 - Don't worry, he's used to, uh, working in the dark. 793 00:41:08,630 --> 00:41:10,050 - We gonna leave him cornflakes again? 794 00:41:10,090 --> 00:41:12,510 - You bet. - And a carrot for the reindeer. 795 00:41:12,550 --> 00:41:14,930 - Okay, most of the old dime store ornaments, 796 00:41:14,970 --> 00:41:16,680 they look great, and tinsel's up in the attic. 797 00:41:16,720 --> 00:41:18,810 - We don't need tinsel. We got popcorn strings. 798 00:41:18,850 --> 00:41:20,440 - Not at the rate you're going. 799 00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:22,270 - It's Jim-Bob's fault. He's burned too many. 800 00:41:22,310 --> 00:41:25,440 - Get your stupid butt over here and you make the popcorn. 801 00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:27,030 Let me do the stringing. 802 00:41:27,070 --> 00:41:28,860 - You watch your mouth, son. - You're not my daddy. 803 00:41:28,900 --> 00:41:29,990 - And glad of it. 804 00:41:30,030 --> 00:41:34,740 - [shouting] 805 00:41:34,780 --> 00:41:36,790 - Hey, hey, hey! Let's not be grabby, all right? 806 00:41:36,830 --> 00:41:39,290 Be respectful. Right, Grandpa? 807 00:41:39,330 --> 00:41:42,210 - Mind your brother. 808 00:41:42,250 --> 00:41:45,960 - You heard him. Okay? 809 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:47,420 - What's that? 810 00:41:47,460 --> 00:41:48,920 - It's a blue jay's nest with an egg in it. 811 00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:51,090 I found it on a hike with Daddy. - A rotten egg? 812 00:41:51,130 --> 00:41:53,510 - It's not rotten. I blew all the stuff out of it. 813 00:41:53,550 --> 00:41:55,760 Clean as a whistle. - It's got bird poop on it. 814 00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:57,810 Who wants that smelly thing on our tree? 815 00:41:57,850 --> 00:41:59,980 - I do. And Daddy will wanna see it. 816 00:42:00,020 --> 00:42:01,600 We talked about it. 817 00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:03,600 - Yeah, Santa's gonna take one whiff of that bird poop 818 00:42:03,650 --> 00:42:05,400 and go right back up the chimney. 819 00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:07,610 - [cries] - Lay off, Mary Ellen, Jason. 820 00:42:07,650 --> 00:42:09,990 - Thank you! - JASON: Now what? 821 00:42:10,030 --> 00:42:11,150 - [crying] 822 00:42:11,190 --> 00:42:12,820 - Hey, what's wrong? 823 00:42:12,860 --> 00:42:16,620 - Santa's not gonna come because of Mary Ellen's stinky nest! 824 00:42:16,660 --> 00:42:18,490 - Look at what you've done! Made Elizabeth cry. 825 00:42:18,540 --> 00:42:19,950 - That's not my fault. I just want this-- 826 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:21,910 - It is your fault! You're the one that brought-- 827 00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:23,670 - [shouting] 828 00:42:23,710 --> 00:42:26,210 - Hey, hey, everyone, shut up! It's Christmas Eve, damn it! 829 00:42:26,250 --> 00:42:27,630 - What's all this racket? 830 00:42:27,670 --> 00:42:30,510 - John-Boy said "damn it." 831 00:42:30,550 --> 00:42:32,670 - [sighs] Grandpa! 832 00:42:32,720 --> 00:42:35,590 - He took the words right out of my mouth. 833 00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:36,600 - [knocking at door] 834 00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:38,140 - It's Daddy! 835 00:42:38,180 --> 00:42:49,190 - ♪ 836 00:42:50,570 --> 00:42:52,240 - Merry Christmas! 837 00:42:54,740 --> 00:42:56,570 - [sighs] Hi, Charlie. 838 00:42:56,620 --> 00:42:58,830 - Gosh, guys. - Is it something I said? 839 00:43:04,410 --> 00:43:06,170 - I'm sorry. 840 00:43:06,210 --> 00:43:08,340 The kids just thought it might be their daddy. 841 00:43:08,380 --> 00:43:11,130 - Ain't that rascal back yet? - We're starting to get worried. 842 00:43:11,170 --> 00:43:14,720 - We both know John won't let a little weather stop him. 843 00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:16,550 In fact, it wouldn't surprise me 844 00:43:16,590 --> 00:43:18,220 if he was over at the Baldwin sisters' place 845 00:43:18,260 --> 00:43:20,390 sampling their recipe right now. 846 00:43:20,430 --> 00:43:24,640 - I won't have you talking that way about my son, Charlie. 847 00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:26,480 - He drinks, doesn't he? 848 00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:29,190 - He takes a drink. There's a difference. 849 00:43:29,230 --> 00:43:30,900 - OLIVIA: Can I pour you a cup of coffee, Charlie? 850 00:43:30,940 --> 00:43:32,650 Oh, or a piece of applesauce cake? 851 00:43:32,690 --> 00:43:34,650 - It still hasn't been frosted. 852 00:43:34,690 --> 00:43:37,360 - [laughs] That's all right. I can't stay but a minute. 853 00:43:37,410 --> 00:43:40,370 Got my pool game over at Ike's tonight to get ready for. 854 00:43:43,240 --> 00:43:45,120 [loudly] Can you keep a secret, Mrs. Walton? 855 00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:49,130 - ♪ 856 00:43:49,170 --> 00:43:51,090 - Good. 857 00:43:51,130 --> 00:43:53,630 - Charlie Sneed! 858 00:43:53,670 --> 00:43:55,670 He grates on my last nerve. - Grandma, be polite. 859 00:43:55,720 --> 00:43:57,510 - He treats me like I am deaf! 860 00:43:57,550 --> 00:43:59,090 - I know, but just be quiet. 861 00:43:59,140 --> 00:44:00,760 [gasps] 862 00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:02,560 - CHARLIE: I knew y'all wouldn't get a chance to go hunting 863 00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:04,270 before Christmas. 864 00:44:04,310 --> 00:44:06,100 But I knew you'd appreciate a little meat on the table. 865 00:44:06,140 --> 00:44:08,520 - I thought the hunting season was over. 866 00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:10,190 - It is! 867 00:44:10,230 --> 00:44:15,110 - Aren't you scared of breaking the law on Christmas Eve? 868 00:44:15,150 --> 00:44:17,700 - What better time to share the Lord's bounty? 869 00:44:17,740 --> 00:44:20,910 - That's right, it's God's gift. Right, Charlie? 870 00:44:20,950 --> 00:44:23,200 Ah, and the answer to my prayers! 871 00:44:23,240 --> 00:44:24,660 We are more than grateful. 872 00:44:24,700 --> 00:44:27,210 I'm gonna start cooking him tonight! 873 00:44:27,250 --> 00:44:29,120 - My pleasure, ma'am. 874 00:44:29,170 --> 00:44:32,040 - Just imagine when John Walton walks through that door 875 00:44:32,090 --> 00:44:35,670 and he smells a Christmas turkey in the oven! 876 00:44:35,710 --> 00:44:38,380 You don't know how grateful we are, Charlie. 877 00:44:38,430 --> 00:44:40,300 This year in particular. 878 00:44:40,340 --> 00:44:42,050 - Poaching on Christmas. 879 00:44:44,850 --> 00:44:47,850 - Now you remember... 880 00:44:47,890 --> 00:44:49,480 [laughs] 881 00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:53,190 - [jazzy Christmas music plays] 882 00:44:53,230 --> 00:44:55,150 - Off I go. [laughs] 883 00:44:55,190 --> 00:44:56,860 - ♪ 884 00:44:56,900 --> 00:44:58,490 - Ah! 885 00:45:05,330 --> 00:45:10,540 - [sighs] We there already? 886 00:45:10,580 --> 00:45:12,750 - I'll see what's going on. 887 00:45:14,540 --> 00:45:17,170 Hey, man, it's Christmas Eve. You gotta get this bus moving. 888 00:45:17,210 --> 00:45:18,840 - BUS DRIVER: Sir, you need to sit down. 889 00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:20,840 We've got a vehicle in a ditch up here. 890 00:45:22,930 --> 00:45:24,890 - What did you find out? 891 00:45:24,930 --> 00:45:26,560 - The highway's blocked until 892 00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:31,440 they can get some old delivery truck towed out of a ditch. 893 00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:34,190 You hungry? - Could be. 894 00:45:34,230 --> 00:45:36,690 - ♪ 895 00:45:36,730 --> 00:45:39,240 - Ah. All right, appreciate it. 896 00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:42,360 - I got these from a guy on the corner in Charlottesville. 897 00:45:42,410 --> 00:45:43,820 He's been out of work a while. 898 00:45:43,870 --> 00:45:47,450 - Hm. We're damn lucky, you and me. 899 00:45:47,490 --> 00:45:49,370 - I'd say. 900 00:45:50,750 --> 00:45:52,620 Hey. - Hm? 901 00:45:52,670 --> 00:45:54,330 - Wanna take a peek at my family? 902 00:45:54,380 --> 00:45:55,960 - Yeah. 903 00:45:56,000 --> 00:46:03,680 - ♪ 904 00:46:03,720 --> 00:46:05,180 - Look at this. 905 00:46:05,220 --> 00:46:08,470 - ALVIN: [chuckles] It's a good-looking bunch. 906 00:46:08,520 --> 00:46:10,770 - Thoroughbreds one and all. 907 00:46:10,810 --> 00:46:12,140 - [chuckles] 908 00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:17,150 - Damn lucky. 909 00:46:19,480 --> 00:46:20,820 - I wish you didn't have to go. 910 00:46:20,860 --> 00:46:23,070 - We have to get home by dark. 911 00:46:23,110 --> 00:46:26,280 - Don't you wanna stay and make sure Daddy gets home safely? 912 00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:30,080 - We will see him tomorrow night at supper. 913 00:46:33,410 --> 00:46:34,790 - Merry Christmas, John-Boy. 914 00:46:34,830 --> 00:46:37,250 - I love you, Grandma. - Love you, too. 915 00:46:37,290 --> 00:46:38,840 Come on, let's go. 916 00:46:43,630 --> 00:46:45,260 - Merry Christmas! 917 00:46:45,300 --> 00:46:46,550 - GRANDPA: Merry Christmas! - GRANDMA: Merry Christmas! 918 00:46:46,590 --> 00:46:47,550 - GRANDPA: We'll see you at supper. 919 00:46:50,470 --> 00:46:51,560 - [sighs] 920 00:46:53,430 --> 00:46:56,520 - [music on radio plays] 921 00:46:58,060 --> 00:47:00,110 - Momma? 922 00:47:00,150 --> 00:47:02,490 Do you miss your folks more at Christmas time? 923 00:47:02,530 --> 00:47:05,950 - Mm, truly I do. 924 00:47:05,990 --> 00:47:08,370 It's a special time for families. 925 00:47:11,830 --> 00:47:14,120 You'd have liked my folks. 926 00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:16,250 You're as strong-willed as my momma. 927 00:47:16,290 --> 00:47:20,460 - Really? - [laughs] Sure enough. 928 00:47:20,500 --> 00:47:24,090 [sighs] You know she didn't want me marrying your daddy. 929 00:47:27,260 --> 00:47:29,140 - How come you never told me that before? 930 00:47:29,180 --> 00:47:30,970 - Well, 'cause it never came up in conversation before. 931 00:47:31,010 --> 00:47:32,390 - Why did she object? 932 00:47:32,430 --> 00:47:35,810 - Well, for one thing, I was 17 years old. 933 00:47:35,850 --> 00:47:38,310 - That's John-Boy's age! - There you go. 934 00:47:38,350 --> 00:47:41,400 But that wasn't all, she didn't like me seeing an older boy 935 00:47:41,440 --> 00:47:43,150 with a bit of a reputation. 936 00:47:43,190 --> 00:47:46,150 Not the match for her churchgoing daughter. 937 00:47:46,200 --> 00:47:51,120 Oh, but I fell so hard for your daddy...right away. 938 00:47:53,450 --> 00:47:56,250 [sighs] We had to sneak off to get married. 939 00:47:57,210 --> 00:47:58,290 - Momma! 940 00:47:58,330 --> 00:48:01,920 - [laughs] I know! 941 00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:03,250 - You know, it seems to me like 942 00:48:03,300 --> 00:48:05,800 you're awfully strong-willed yourself. 943 00:48:05,840 --> 00:48:07,300 - When need be. 944 00:48:07,340 --> 00:48:10,390 - BOTH: [laughs] 945 00:48:10,430 --> 00:48:13,770 - The Baptist preacher that we found, he refused to marry us, 946 00:48:13,810 --> 00:48:15,310 until your daddy said... 947 00:48:15,350 --> 00:48:19,020 "You are not the only blankity-blank preacher 948 00:48:19,060 --> 00:48:21,770 in the world! We'll find us another!" 949 00:48:21,810 --> 00:48:24,610 That's all it took. [laughs] 950 00:48:28,240 --> 00:48:31,740 - I don't suppose I'll ever be getting married. 951 00:48:31,780 --> 00:48:33,200 Unless they invent a man 952 00:48:33,240 --> 00:48:35,290 who doesn't think he has to be the boss of me. 953 00:48:37,330 --> 00:48:42,170 I just don't wanna have to answer to anybody but myself. 954 00:48:42,210 --> 00:48:43,630 - I know. 955 00:48:43,670 --> 00:48:48,470 And boy do I worry for whoever you fall in love with. 956 00:48:48,510 --> 00:48:50,890 - ♪ 957 00:48:50,930 --> 00:48:53,600 - [knocking at door] - Oh. 958 00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:58,350 - ♪ 959 00:48:58,390 --> 00:49:01,850 - Well, hello, you two. Come in out of the cold. 960 00:49:01,900 --> 00:49:04,570 - Merry Christmas, Livy. - Hello, Miss Olivia. 961 00:49:04,610 --> 00:49:07,070 - Hi! - Hey, Claudie! 962 00:49:07,110 --> 00:49:08,490 Do you want to come see our tree? 963 00:49:08,530 --> 00:49:10,410 I cut it down myself! 964 00:49:10,450 --> 00:49:12,160 - Go on, then! 965 00:49:14,580 --> 00:49:17,410 We wanted to drop by before it got too late. 966 00:49:17,450 --> 00:49:18,660 Merry Christmas. 967 00:49:18,710 --> 00:49:21,870 - Thank you so much. You're so sweet. 968 00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:24,710 We will have this with Christmas dinner tonight. 969 00:49:24,750 --> 00:49:26,340 Now, you come with me. 970 00:49:26,380 --> 00:49:31,720 - ♪ 971 00:49:31,760 --> 00:49:33,220 - For you. 972 00:49:33,260 --> 00:49:34,470 - From your Christmas cactus? 973 00:49:34,510 --> 00:49:37,100 - The very one that my momma gave me. 974 00:49:37,140 --> 00:49:40,770 - Well, thank you, Livy. I'll take good care of it. 975 00:49:40,810 --> 00:49:42,150 - Mm. Do you have time for 976 00:49:42,190 --> 00:49:43,690 a little applesauce cake before you go? 977 00:49:43,730 --> 00:49:45,900 - I have to get back to Harth and help him finish up. 978 00:49:45,940 --> 00:49:47,820 - [sighs] 979 00:49:47,860 --> 00:49:50,240 - You heard from John yet? 980 00:49:50,280 --> 00:49:51,530 - [sighs] 981 00:49:53,610 --> 00:49:58,370 I can't let on in front of the kids, Rose, but... 982 00:49:58,410 --> 00:50:00,580 I'm scared sick. 983 00:50:00,620 --> 00:50:02,040 And people keep telling me all the reasons 984 00:50:02,080 --> 00:50:03,620 that I shouldn't be concerned. 985 00:50:03,670 --> 00:50:05,170 - But you are. 986 00:50:05,210 --> 00:50:09,010 - If anything happened to him, Rose... 987 00:50:09,050 --> 00:50:10,470 I don't think I could bear it. 988 00:50:10,510 --> 00:50:14,300 - That's not true, Livy. And you know it. 989 00:50:14,340 --> 00:50:15,010 - Hmm-mm. 990 00:50:15,050 --> 00:50:20,560 - I can't reassure you. But I can share your worry. 991 00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:22,770 - Hey, Momma! 992 00:50:22,810 --> 00:50:24,730 - Claudie says there's a missionary from Charlottesville 993 00:50:24,770 --> 00:50:28,440 handing out toys and presents from a truck near Ike's. 994 00:50:28,480 --> 00:50:30,490 Can we go? 995 00:50:30,530 --> 00:50:33,820 - I think you all are forgetting something. 996 00:50:33,860 --> 00:50:36,030 We do not take charity in this house. 997 00:50:36,070 --> 00:50:39,490 - You took Charlie Sneed's turkey. 998 00:50:39,540 --> 00:50:40,790 - [snickers] 999 00:50:40,830 --> 00:50:42,460 - That was the Lord's turkey. 1000 00:50:42,500 --> 00:50:46,250 And Charlie brought it to us on his behalf. 1001 00:50:46,290 --> 00:50:51,010 A gift from God is not charity. Am I right, Rose? 1002 00:50:51,050 --> 00:50:52,670 - You are indeed. 1003 00:50:52,720 --> 00:50:55,640 - Can we at least go just to watch other people get gifts? 1004 00:50:55,680 --> 00:50:57,260 - What fun would that be? 1005 00:50:57,300 --> 00:50:58,760 - It's something to do. - Yeah. 1006 00:50:58,810 --> 00:51:00,520 - Yeah, I mean, it sure beats listening to the radio 1007 00:51:00,560 --> 00:51:02,480 and waiting for Daddy to turn up. 1008 00:51:02,520 --> 00:51:05,060 - We won't take anything. Claudie will make sure of it. 1009 00:51:05,100 --> 00:51:09,070 Right, Claudie? - I'll make sure. 1010 00:51:09,110 --> 00:51:12,940 - Please, Momma? Please? 1011 00:51:12,990 --> 00:51:15,490 - Well, I guess there's no harm in watching. 1012 00:51:15,530 --> 00:51:17,370 - KIDS: [cheering] 1013 00:51:17,410 --> 00:51:20,080 - John-Boy! You keep an eye on Elizabeth. 1014 00:51:20,120 --> 00:51:21,740 - Yes, ma'am. 1015 00:51:21,790 --> 00:51:25,620 - [indistinct chatter] 1016 00:51:25,670 --> 00:51:27,380 - NARRATOR: I was glad my brothers and sisters would have 1017 00:51:27,420 --> 00:51:30,710 a nice distraction from worrying about Daddy. 1018 00:51:30,750 --> 00:51:33,460 I decided to make a contribution to the missionary lady 1019 00:51:33,510 --> 00:51:35,760 in exchange for choosing a present. 1020 00:51:35,800 --> 00:51:39,390 She assured me the large wrapped package I chose was a doll. 1021 00:51:39,430 --> 00:51:42,270 So I made my donation sight unseen, hoping 1022 00:51:42,310 --> 00:51:43,600 I could at least make 1023 00:51:43,640 --> 00:51:46,060 Elizabeth's Christmas wish come true. 1024 00:51:46,100 --> 00:51:48,560 - You ready? - Open it. 1025 00:51:48,600 --> 00:51:54,320 - ♪ 1026 00:51:54,360 --> 00:51:58,320 - [gasps] She's dead, John-Boy! 1027 00:51:58,360 --> 00:52:00,910 - Hey, it's okay. It's okay. - [crying] 1028 00:52:00,950 --> 00:52:02,660 - I'm sorry. It's okay. 1029 00:52:02,700 --> 00:52:04,910 - [crying] 1030 00:52:13,500 --> 00:52:16,380 - [sighs] 1031 00:52:16,420 --> 00:52:19,930 - ♪ 1032 00:52:19,970 --> 00:52:26,180 - [fire crackling] 1033 00:52:29,310 --> 00:52:35,360 - [orchestral music on radio plays] 1034 00:52:37,610 --> 00:52:41,370 - [fire crackling] 1035 00:52:41,410 --> 00:52:46,250 - ♪ 1036 00:52:54,840 --> 00:52:58,630 - Oh, John. 1037 00:52:58,670 --> 00:53:00,640 - MAN ON RADIO: Well, folks, here's your weather update 1038 00:53:00,680 --> 00:53:02,300 for Nelson County. 1039 00:53:02,350 --> 00:53:05,260 We're expecting 5 to 8 inches of snow 1040 00:53:05,310 --> 00:53:08,020 with gusting winds and poor visibility. 1041 00:53:08,060 --> 00:53:10,230 Roads are icy and slick 1042 00:53:10,270 --> 00:53:13,310 so officials urge you not to travel. 1043 00:53:13,360 --> 00:53:16,320 We've already had reports of a southwest bus skidding off 1044 00:53:16,360 --> 00:53:19,400 County Road 29 north of Hickory Creek. 1045 00:53:19,450 --> 00:53:23,030 Several injuries and one death have been reported. 1046 00:53:23,070 --> 00:53:26,370 Additional emergency crews on the way to help the injuried. 1047 00:53:26,410 --> 00:53:28,410 That's all the information we have for now. 1048 00:53:28,450 --> 00:53:30,920 But stayed tuned for-- - KIDS: [indistinct chatter] 1049 00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:33,170 - It's dark in here. 1050 00:53:33,210 --> 00:53:36,960 - Hey, Mama. Keep this between us. 1051 00:53:37,000 --> 00:53:39,300 I still believe in Santa, all right? 1052 00:53:39,340 --> 00:53:40,800 - Where's Claudie? 1053 00:53:40,840 --> 00:53:42,470 - He went back to the church. 1054 00:53:42,510 --> 00:53:44,260 - We'll join him there later. 1055 00:53:44,300 --> 00:53:46,310 - Aren't you worried about what some people might say? 1056 00:53:46,350 --> 00:53:48,350 - Who cares about that? 1057 00:53:48,390 --> 00:53:51,060 - No, I know. I'm just saying, you know-- 1058 00:53:51,100 --> 00:53:53,770 - Jason, sometimes change needs a shove. 1059 00:53:53,810 --> 00:53:56,190 We didn't raise you children to be sheep. 1060 00:53:56,230 --> 00:53:57,530 It's Christmas Eve. 1061 00:53:57,570 --> 00:53:59,360 We're going to Calvary Bible Church. 1062 00:53:59,400 --> 00:54:02,490 I need you dressed and ready by 7:15 sharp. 1063 00:54:02,530 --> 00:54:08,620 - ♪ 1064 00:54:20,380 --> 00:54:22,590 - [door opens] - Mama! 1065 00:54:23,880 --> 00:54:25,050 - You look like I caught you 1066 00:54:25,090 --> 00:54:26,430 with your hand in the cookie jar. 1067 00:54:26,470 --> 00:54:28,220 - I just want some privacy, Mama, that's all. 1068 00:54:28,260 --> 00:54:29,560 - What is so important that 1069 00:54:29,600 --> 00:54:31,980 you dash up here and start writing away? 1070 00:54:32,020 --> 00:54:34,270 - I just-- 1071 00:54:34,310 --> 00:54:36,020 I just like to sort things out on paper 1072 00:54:36,060 --> 00:54:38,230 when they're still fresh in my mind. 1073 00:54:38,270 --> 00:54:39,860 - And what are you sorting out just now? 1074 00:54:39,900 --> 00:54:43,200 - Thoughts. Ideas, you know, 1075 00:54:43,240 --> 00:54:45,200 stories I wanna write, 1076 00:54:45,240 --> 00:54:46,370 experiences I wanna capture. 1077 00:54:46,410 --> 00:54:48,780 - Why does it have to be so secret? 1078 00:54:48,830 --> 00:54:51,950 - Well, do you share everything that's welling up inside of you? 1079 00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:54,250 Look...I'm sorry. 1080 00:54:54,290 --> 00:54:56,540 I just want to be honest with my writing. 1081 00:54:56,580 --> 00:55:00,130 I know from some things that happened today 1082 00:55:00,170 --> 00:55:03,880 that if I can put my heart on paper, I can touch people. 1083 00:55:03,920 --> 00:55:07,760 And I will share it with you when the time is right, okay? 1084 00:55:07,800 --> 00:55:10,640 I promise. 1085 00:55:10,680 --> 00:55:14,520 - I believe in you, John-Boy. 1086 00:55:14,560 --> 00:55:16,270 And we will talk about this all later 1087 00:55:16,310 --> 00:55:20,570 but, honey, right now I need your help. 1088 00:55:20,610 --> 00:55:22,110 - Okay. 1089 00:55:22,150 --> 00:55:25,860 - The radio said... 1090 00:55:25,910 --> 00:55:29,280 a bus went off of the road north of Hickory Creek. 1091 00:55:29,330 --> 00:55:30,830 People are injuried and one man is dead. 1092 00:55:30,870 --> 00:55:32,450 - Daddy's bus? - I don't know for sure. 1093 00:55:32,500 --> 00:55:33,870 - I have to go find him. 1094 00:55:33,910 --> 00:55:36,580 - You have got to find Charlie Sneed, okay? 1095 00:55:36,620 --> 00:55:38,630 He's supposed to be up at Ike's playing pool. 1096 00:55:38,670 --> 00:55:41,340 I'll give you a dollar. You tell Charlie Sneed to drive you 1097 00:55:41,380 --> 00:55:43,300 to Hickory Creek in that old pick-up of his. 1098 00:55:43,340 --> 00:55:45,340 - I'll bring Daddy home. Don't you worry. 1099 00:55:45,380 --> 00:55:47,680 - And when you do, you meet us at Rose's church. 1100 00:55:47,720 --> 00:55:48,840 - Calvary Bible? 1101 00:55:48,890 --> 00:55:50,180 - We're going to services there tonight. 1102 00:55:50,220 --> 00:55:53,180 - Okay, whatever you say. - Son... 1103 00:55:53,220 --> 00:55:55,020 I know this is a heavy load. 1104 00:55:55,060 --> 00:55:56,140 - I won't let you down. 1105 00:55:56,190 --> 00:56:00,690 - ♪ 1106 00:56:11,030 --> 00:56:17,120 ♪ 1107 00:56:17,160 --> 00:56:18,830 - John-Boy! 1108 00:56:20,380 --> 00:56:24,090 Hey, um, Momma told me. 1109 00:56:24,130 --> 00:56:27,510 I just wanted you to take this. 1110 00:56:27,550 --> 00:56:31,350 - Your lucky rabbit's foot? 1111 00:56:31,390 --> 00:56:32,930 - Not that you'll need it. 1112 00:56:32,970 --> 00:56:34,220 - Thanks, Jason. 1113 00:56:34,270 --> 00:56:39,230 - ♪ 1114 00:56:39,270 --> 00:56:42,730 - You take care of the family while I'm gone, all right? 1115 00:56:42,770 --> 00:56:46,240 - Yeah. Yeah. 1116 00:56:46,280 --> 00:56:57,500 - ♪ 1117 00:57:03,420 --> 00:57:08,170 - [wind gusting] 1118 00:57:21,270 --> 00:57:23,270 - Oh! [laughs] 1119 00:57:23,310 --> 00:57:26,070 - [Christmas music on radio] 1120 00:57:26,110 --> 00:57:27,190 - Where's Charlie? 1121 00:57:27,230 --> 00:57:29,860 - Hey, John-Boy, come on back! 1122 00:57:29,900 --> 00:57:31,490 - Charlie, what the hell's going on? 1123 00:57:31,530 --> 00:57:33,320 - You ever seen such a messed-up situation? 1124 00:57:33,370 --> 00:57:34,910 - No, are you--are you arrested? 1125 00:57:34,950 --> 00:57:36,910 - Keep it down, you two, I'm trying to concentrate. 1126 00:57:36,950 --> 00:57:38,500 - He's visiting! 1127 00:57:38,540 --> 00:57:40,870 - There's no visiting privileges in Ike's pool room. 1128 00:57:40,920 --> 00:57:42,830 Get out. We're playing for groceries. 1129 00:57:42,880 --> 00:57:44,420 - Well, wait just a minute-- - God, 1130 00:57:44,460 --> 00:57:46,550 See what you made me do? 1131 00:57:46,590 --> 00:57:49,510 All right, talk all you want while Ike shoots. 1132 00:57:49,550 --> 00:57:51,050 It's only fair. 1133 00:57:51,090 --> 00:57:52,840 - Ran over a calf about a mile up the road, 1134 00:57:52,890 --> 00:57:54,600 threw it in the back of my pick-up 1135 00:57:54,640 --> 00:57:56,430 instead of letting him go to waste. 1136 00:57:56,470 --> 00:57:59,020 - First calf I ever saw with 10-point antlers. 1137 00:58:00,140 --> 00:58:01,440 - Uh. 1138 00:58:01,480 --> 00:58:02,600 - It was one of Glen Robin's animals. 1139 00:58:02,650 --> 00:58:04,270 I was gonna pay him for the damage 1140 00:58:04,310 --> 00:58:05,860 first thing in the morning! - First thing in the morning 1141 00:58:05,900 --> 00:58:07,940 you're gonna be waking up in the Lovington jail. 1142 00:58:07,980 --> 00:58:09,820 - Jail's no place for a man on Christmas. 1143 00:58:09,860 --> 00:58:12,200 - Should've thought about that one when you poached that buck. 1144 00:58:12,240 --> 00:58:13,280 - BALDWIN SISTERS: Yoo-hoo! 1145 00:58:13,320 --> 00:58:14,990 - Oh! Right here! 1146 00:58:15,030 --> 00:58:17,120 - Can't a man play a game of pool for five minutes without 1147 00:58:17,160 --> 00:58:18,160 being interrupted? 1148 00:58:18,200 --> 00:58:19,330 - Look, I need--I need your car. 1149 00:58:19,370 --> 00:58:20,620 Is your car out there? 1150 00:58:20,660 --> 00:58:22,710 - Hey, is that what I think it is? 1151 00:58:24,460 --> 00:58:26,500 - It's all legal now, Sheriff. 1152 00:58:26,540 --> 00:58:27,800 - As promised. 1153 00:58:27,840 --> 00:58:29,800 This one's for the groceries. 1154 00:58:29,840 --> 00:58:34,090 - And these are from us to celebrate our Lord's birthday. 1155 00:58:34,130 --> 00:58:35,640 - Oh, thank you, ladies. 1156 00:58:35,680 --> 00:58:37,850 - Charlie? - Long story. 1157 00:58:37,890 --> 00:58:39,720 - Yeah, my daddy hasn't come home yet. 1158 00:58:39,770 --> 00:58:41,310 And I was hoping that Charlie could drive me to Hickory Creek 1159 00:58:41,350 --> 00:58:42,480 to look for him. 1160 00:58:42,520 --> 00:58:43,890 - That ain't gonna happen, son. 1161 00:58:43,940 --> 00:58:45,650 Charlie's pick-up has my evidence in the back. 1162 00:58:45,690 --> 00:58:47,150 - Great, well, I gotta go find him. 1163 00:58:47,190 --> 00:58:48,480 - You better start walking. 1164 00:58:48,520 --> 00:58:50,320 - Walking? - On foot? 1165 00:58:50,360 --> 00:58:51,820 - It's awful out! 1166 00:58:51,860 --> 00:58:54,030 - Just one minute, John-Boy. I've got an idea. 1167 00:58:54,070 --> 00:58:56,990 - BALDWIN SISTERS: [indistinct chatter] 1168 00:58:57,030 --> 00:58:58,700 [laughing] 1169 00:59:00,370 --> 00:59:02,580 - What is it? - We've made a decision. 1170 00:59:04,290 --> 00:59:07,210 - You can take the judge's car. 1171 00:59:07,250 --> 00:59:09,670 - Merry Christmas! - I don't know what to say. 1172 00:59:09,710 --> 00:59:11,420 I don't think thank you would be good enough. 1173 00:59:11,460 --> 00:59:12,630 - Well, it's our pleasure, John-Boy. 1174 00:59:12,670 --> 00:59:14,090 You go find your daddy. 1175 00:59:14,130 --> 00:59:17,140 Just drop us off at our place and be on your way. 1176 00:59:17,180 --> 00:59:19,010 - Perhaps we could share a cup of eggnog? 1177 00:59:19,050 --> 00:59:21,680 - I really wish I could. I just gotta go find my daddy. 1178 00:59:21,720 --> 00:59:24,180 - Oh, we understand. - Absolutely. 1179 00:59:24,230 --> 00:59:26,020 - To the car! - Yeah. 1180 00:59:26,060 --> 00:59:27,730 - [door opens] 1181 00:59:29,860 --> 00:59:41,870 - ♪ 1182 00:59:56,720 --> 01:00:01,350 - ♪ The angels did say ♪ 1183 01:00:01,390 --> 01:00:05,430 ♪ Was to certain poor shepherds ♪ 1184 01:00:05,480 --> 01:00:09,480 ♪ In fields as they lay ♪ 1185 01:00:09,520 --> 01:00:11,110 - [singing stops] 1186 01:00:12,150 --> 01:00:15,650 - Well, some new voices! 1187 01:00:15,690 --> 01:00:17,740 Welcome, Waltons, come on in, have a seat. 1188 01:00:17,780 --> 01:00:19,820 Come on in. Have a seat. 1189 01:00:19,870 --> 01:00:22,410 Join us on the refrain. 1190 01:00:22,450 --> 01:00:26,580 - ♪ Noel, noel ♪ 1191 01:00:26,620 --> 01:00:31,340 ♪ Noel, noel ♪ 1192 01:00:31,380 --> 01:00:34,630 ♪ Born is the king ♪ 1193 01:00:34,670 --> 01:00:38,720 ♪ Of Israel ♪ 1194 01:00:40,050 --> 01:00:52,060 - ♪ 1195 01:01:05,700 --> 01:01:11,000 - [indistinct chatter] 1196 01:01:13,500 --> 01:01:15,050 - ♪ 1197 01:01:15,090 --> 01:01:16,880 - Whoa, what do you think you're doing, son? 1198 01:01:16,920 --> 01:01:18,300 - That's the bus from Charlottesville down there? 1199 01:01:18,340 --> 01:01:19,840 - Yeah, it sure is. 1200 01:01:19,880 --> 01:01:21,590 It hit a patch of black ice and skidded off the road. 1201 01:01:21,640 --> 01:01:22,930 - Well, my daddy may be in that bus! 1202 01:01:22,970 --> 01:01:24,470 - Whoa, whoa, whoa, listen, listen. 1203 01:01:24,510 --> 01:01:25,930 We already took a group of passengers to Hickory Creek. 1204 01:01:25,970 --> 01:01:27,520 He may be gone already. 1205 01:01:27,560 --> 01:01:29,140 We're still trying to get a passenger out 1206 01:01:29,180 --> 01:01:32,270 who got pinned up against a seat. Alright! 1207 01:01:32,310 --> 01:01:34,480 You can't go down there, son. It's not safe. 1208 01:01:34,520 --> 01:01:36,860 - JOHN-BOY: But my daddy-- - No buts! 1209 01:01:36,900 --> 01:01:39,990 Now, you can stay up here. But no one else is going down. 1210 01:01:40,030 --> 01:01:42,280 You hear me? - Yes, sir. 1211 01:01:42,320 --> 01:01:48,620 - ♪ 1212 01:01:48,660 --> 01:01:51,790 - [sobbing] 1213 01:01:51,830 --> 01:01:56,880 Dear God, please help me, okay? 1214 01:01:56,920 --> 01:02:00,220 I promise, if you spare my daddy's life, 1215 01:02:00,260 --> 01:02:04,090 I'll give up my dream to become a writer, okay? 1216 01:02:04,140 --> 01:02:07,310 In your name I pray, Jesus. Amen. 1217 01:02:07,350 --> 01:02:13,230 - ♪ 1218 01:02:18,400 --> 01:02:19,690 - [applause] 1219 01:02:19,740 --> 01:02:23,320 - The Lord speaks on love. - Yes! 1220 01:02:23,360 --> 01:02:27,580 - The Bible speaks often of God's acceptance of others. 1221 01:02:27,620 --> 01:02:29,950 - All right! - Yeah! 1222 01:02:30,000 --> 01:02:33,170 - But the Lord sees not as man sees. 1223 01:02:33,210 --> 01:02:36,130 But the Lord looks on to the heart. 1224 01:02:36,170 --> 01:02:37,290 - [shouting] 1225 01:02:37,340 --> 01:02:41,010 - And the heart is where you find love. 1226 01:02:41,050 --> 01:02:43,180 The heart! - CONGREGATION: The heart! 1227 01:02:43,220 --> 01:02:44,470 - Is where you find! 1228 01:02:44,510 --> 01:02:46,010 - CONGREGATION: Is where you find! 1229 01:02:46,050 --> 01:02:47,930 - L-O-V-E. 1230 01:02:47,970 --> 01:02:49,930 - CONGREGATION: L-O-V-E. 1231 01:02:49,970 --> 01:02:53,810 - [cheers and applause] 1232 01:02:57,690 --> 01:03:09,910 - ♪ 1233 01:03:21,170 --> 01:03:31,600 ♪ 1234 01:03:31,640 --> 01:03:33,600 - Oh, thank you, God. 1235 01:03:33,640 --> 01:03:34,940 - MAN: Good work, men. 1236 01:03:34,980 --> 01:03:38,270 - John-Boy! The hell you doing here? 1237 01:03:38,310 --> 01:03:41,020 - Looking for you. 1238 01:03:41,070 --> 01:03:43,150 - Elmer, you--you doin' all right? 1239 01:03:43,190 --> 01:03:45,240 - I'm better now thanks to you. 1240 01:03:45,280 --> 01:03:47,360 - I know you'd done the same for me, friend. 1241 01:03:47,410 --> 01:03:49,320 He's gonna take good care of you now, okay? 1242 01:03:49,370 --> 01:03:50,830 - Appreciate it. 1243 01:03:50,870 --> 01:03:53,540 Hey, John, you remember what I told you. Huh? 1244 01:03:53,580 --> 01:03:56,920 - ♪ 1245 01:03:56,960 --> 01:03:58,630 - MAN: Get the last ones up. 1246 01:03:58,670 --> 01:04:00,710 - ♪ 1247 01:04:00,750 --> 01:04:02,630 - What were you doing down there? 1248 01:04:02,670 --> 01:04:04,550 - Elmer's leg was pinned. 1249 01:04:04,590 --> 01:04:06,630 It was a two-man job to pry him out. 1250 01:04:06,680 --> 01:04:08,220 - You okay? - Yeah, 1251 01:04:08,260 --> 01:04:10,600 I twisted my damn ankle when the bus went off the road. 1252 01:04:10,640 --> 01:04:12,100 No big deal. 1253 01:04:12,140 --> 01:04:16,520 How in the world did you get here anyway? 1254 01:04:16,560 --> 01:04:17,980 - Courtesy of the Baldwin Sisters. 1255 01:04:18,020 --> 01:04:21,150 - [laughs] Well, I'll be damned. 1256 01:04:21,190 --> 01:04:26,070 [laughs] 1257 01:04:36,200 --> 01:04:37,960 Mighty nice when it calms down. 1258 01:04:41,540 --> 01:04:42,630 The stars and all. 1259 01:04:46,340 --> 01:04:48,050 [clears throat] 1260 01:04:48,090 --> 01:04:50,590 I wanna apologize for the run-in before I left. 1261 01:04:52,300 --> 01:04:56,640 I been feeling bad about it ever since. 1262 01:04:56,680 --> 01:04:58,940 - Me too. - No. 1263 01:04:58,980 --> 01:05:02,400 Sometimes I get too worked up for my own good. 1264 01:05:05,230 --> 01:05:07,360 I'm grateful for the way you've taken care of the family 1265 01:05:07,400 --> 01:05:08,860 while I've been gone. 1266 01:05:08,900 --> 01:05:12,990 It's time I told you so. 1267 01:05:13,030 --> 01:05:16,120 We might have our differences, but I admire your grit. 1268 01:05:19,250 --> 01:05:22,170 And sometimes being a man is standing up for yourself. 1269 01:05:23,420 --> 01:05:26,130 And by that measure, you've shown us all something. 1270 01:05:28,800 --> 01:05:30,380 I'm proud to be your daddy. 1271 01:05:33,850 --> 01:05:35,470 - Thank you. 1272 01:05:41,770 --> 01:05:43,650 I love you too. 1273 01:05:43,690 --> 01:05:49,530 - ♪ 1274 01:05:52,200 --> 01:06:03,080 - ♪ 1275 01:06:19,520 --> 01:06:21,270 - NARRATOR: Seeing the great white buck 1276 01:06:21,310 --> 01:06:23,440 had always been Grandpa's dream. 1277 01:06:23,480 --> 01:06:27,650 But that Christmas Eve, it appeared to Daddy and me. 1278 01:06:27,690 --> 01:06:30,400 - You saw that, right? 1279 01:06:30,440 --> 01:06:33,910 - That I did, John-Boy. That I did. 1280 01:06:33,950 --> 01:06:35,240 - NARRATOR: It meant that 1281 01:06:35,280 --> 01:06:37,160 a Walton family dream had come true. 1282 01:06:37,200 --> 01:06:39,490 Sometimes the realization that you've changed 1283 01:06:39,540 --> 01:06:41,250 comes flooding in on you. 1284 01:06:41,290 --> 01:06:45,750 All in the space of a day or an hour, or even a single moment. 1285 01:06:45,790 --> 01:06:47,290 That night, I realized 1286 01:06:47,340 --> 01:06:49,880 I'd passed the threshold into manhood. 1287 01:06:49,920 --> 01:06:55,010 And Daddy, it seemed, had a little revelation of his own. 1288 01:06:55,050 --> 01:06:57,470 - I've been mulling something over lately, John-Boy. 1289 01:06:58,560 --> 01:07:02,310 I don't wanna travel anymore for jobs, had enough of it. 1290 01:07:02,350 --> 01:07:04,270 I plan to start farming full-time. 1291 01:07:04,310 --> 01:07:06,650 Be my own boss for a change. 1292 01:07:06,690 --> 01:07:08,230 Think we can make do? 1293 01:07:08,270 --> 01:07:11,150 - I expect better than that. - [laughs] 1294 01:07:11,190 --> 01:07:12,650 What do you think your mother will say? 1295 01:07:14,450 --> 01:07:16,280 - Well, I think she'll say, uh... 1296 01:07:16,320 --> 01:07:18,950 "What took ya so damn long?" - [laughs] 1297 01:07:18,990 --> 01:07:20,410 Probably. 1298 01:07:22,330 --> 01:07:24,580 - We're supposed to meet up with them at Calvary Bible tonight. 1299 01:07:24,620 --> 01:07:27,750 - The colored church. Uh. 1300 01:07:27,790 --> 01:07:31,340 - Is that a problem? - Hmm? Nah. 1301 01:07:31,380 --> 01:07:33,510 I just don't like the idea of being preached to. 1302 01:07:33,550 --> 01:07:36,130 Never stepped foot in any church, no matter what kind. 1303 01:07:36,180 --> 01:07:40,890 Well, at any rate, we gotta swing by the house first. 1304 01:07:40,930 --> 01:07:44,230 - What for? 1305 01:07:44,270 --> 01:07:50,020 - Santa Claus... is coming to the Waltons. 1306 01:07:50,070 --> 01:07:51,530 Hope you've been good. 1307 01:07:51,570 --> 01:07:53,030 - You got something back there for me? 1308 01:07:53,070 --> 01:07:54,740 - Hey, hey, keep your eyes on the road. 1309 01:08:02,410 --> 01:08:06,920 - Among God's first words in the Bible, "Let there be light." 1310 01:08:06,960 --> 01:08:10,710 And on this day, we celebrate the birth of another light. 1311 01:08:10,750 --> 01:08:13,920 One that can bring us out of our own darkness. 1312 01:08:13,960 --> 01:08:16,220 Now, remember that as you pass your light 1313 01:08:16,260 --> 01:08:19,300 on to the person next to you. 1314 01:08:19,340 --> 01:08:21,140 Sister Harriet? Brother William? 1315 01:08:21,180 --> 01:08:22,760 - Thanks, Reverend. 1316 01:08:22,810 --> 01:08:24,930 We'll be singing "Silent Night." 1317 01:08:24,980 --> 01:08:29,520 ♪ Mmmm ♪ 1318 01:08:29,560 --> 01:08:35,490 - ♪ Silent night ♪ 1319 01:08:35,530 --> 01:08:41,200 - ♪ Holy night ♪ 1320 01:08:41,240 --> 01:08:47,080 - ♪ All is calm ♪ 1321 01:08:47,120 --> 01:08:52,750 - ♪ And all is bright ♪ 1322 01:08:53,920 --> 01:08:59,220 - BOTH: ♪ Round yon virgin ♪ 1323 01:08:59,260 --> 01:09:04,470 ♪ Mother and child ♪ 1324 01:09:05,600 --> 01:09:10,940 ♪ Holy infant ♪ 1325 01:09:10,980 --> 01:09:16,780 ♪ So tender and mild ♪ 1326 01:09:17,820 --> 01:09:23,740 ♪ Sleep in heavenly ♪ 1327 01:09:23,780 --> 01:09:28,960 ♪ Peace ♪ 1328 01:09:30,000 --> 01:09:35,880 ♪ Sleep in heavenly ♪ 1329 01:09:35,920 --> 01:09:40,010 ♪ Peace ♪ 1330 01:09:40,050 --> 01:09:43,510 - [gasps] - Merry Christmas, Livy. 1331 01:09:43,550 --> 01:09:54,270 - ♪ 1332 01:09:54,310 --> 01:09:56,020 - Daddy! - Daddy! 1333 01:09:56,070 --> 01:09:59,360 - OLIVIA: [laughing] 1334 01:09:59,400 --> 01:10:01,030 - ♪ 1335 01:10:01,070 --> 01:10:04,030 - Behold the light given to us. 1336 01:10:04,070 --> 01:10:06,660 The miracle of Christmas. 1337 01:10:06,700 --> 01:10:08,500 - [indistinct chatter] 1338 01:10:08,540 --> 01:10:11,290 - Come, everyone, sing with us. 1339 01:10:11,330 --> 01:10:17,250 - ALL: ♪ Silent night ♪ 1340 01:10:17,300 --> 01:10:23,260 ♪ Holy night ♪ 1341 01:10:23,300 --> 01:10:28,470 ♪ All is calm ♪ 1342 01:10:28,520 --> 01:10:33,940 ♪ And all is bright ♪ 1343 01:10:35,230 --> 01:10:41,070 ♪ Round yon virgin ♪ 1344 01:10:41,110 --> 01:10:46,280 ♪ Mother and child ♪ 1345 01:10:47,080 --> 01:10:52,160 ♪ Holy infant ♪ 1346 01:10:52,210 --> 01:10:57,750 ♪ So tender and mild ♪ 1347 01:10:58,460 --> 01:11:04,180 ♪ Sleep in heavenly ♪ 1348 01:11:04,220 --> 01:11:09,600 ♪ Peace ♪ 1349 01:11:10,390 --> 01:11:16,310 ♪ Sleep in heavenly ♪ 1350 01:11:16,350 --> 01:11:21,530 ♪ Peace ♪♪ 1351 01:11:23,610 --> 01:11:26,240 - WALTONS: ♪ Joyful all ye nations rise ♪ 1352 01:11:26,280 --> 01:11:28,660 ♪ Join the triumph of the skies ♪ 1353 01:11:28,700 --> 01:11:31,240 ♪ With the angelic host proclaim ♪ 1354 01:11:31,290 --> 01:11:33,660 ♪ Christ is born in Bethlehem ♪ 1355 01:11:33,710 --> 01:11:36,370 ♪ Hark the herald angels sing ♪ 1356 01:11:36,420 --> 01:11:40,170 ♪ Glory to the newborn king ♪♪ 1357 01:11:40,210 --> 01:11:42,420 - Hey! - Hey! 1358 01:11:42,460 --> 01:11:44,260 - What's that on the porch? 1359 01:11:44,300 --> 01:11:48,220 - Why, it's a sack. Huh? 1360 01:11:48,260 --> 01:11:50,310 I wonder if Santa came by while we were gone. 1361 01:11:50,350 --> 01:11:51,640 What do you think? 1362 01:11:51,680 --> 01:11:53,020 It's a hunch. 1363 01:11:53,060 --> 01:11:54,430 - John. - What do you think? 1364 01:11:54,480 --> 01:11:58,770 - [indistinct chatter] 1365 01:11:58,810 --> 01:12:01,070 - I believe Santa said that one was for Jim-Bob. 1366 01:12:01,110 --> 01:12:02,570 - Oh! 1367 01:12:02,610 --> 01:12:05,320 - Get it! Get it! - I think on Christmas. 1368 01:12:05,360 --> 01:12:08,160 - [laughing] 1369 01:12:08,200 --> 01:12:09,450 - Who's got something? - [harmonica notes] 1370 01:12:09,490 --> 01:12:13,160 - Oh, that sounded great! - I love it! 1371 01:12:13,200 --> 01:12:14,790 - What? What's next? - Okay, here we go! 1372 01:12:14,830 --> 01:12:16,620 - Wow! Lincoln Logs! 1373 01:12:16,660 --> 01:12:23,460 - ♪ 1374 01:12:23,510 --> 01:12:26,840 - Dahling! I'm ready for my close-up. 1375 01:12:26,880 --> 01:12:31,050 - [indistinct chatter] 1376 01:12:31,100 --> 01:12:34,180 - [cheers and applause] 1377 01:12:34,220 --> 01:12:37,020 - I bet I know who Santa got this one for. 1378 01:12:37,060 --> 01:12:39,100 - ♪ 1379 01:12:39,150 --> 01:12:41,230 - Oh! 1380 01:12:41,270 --> 01:12:42,820 Well, look at that. 1381 01:12:42,860 --> 01:12:47,030 - [laughing] 1382 01:12:47,070 --> 01:12:49,990 - [gasps] - Wow. 1383 01:12:50,030 --> 01:12:51,870 - Look what I got! 1384 01:12:51,910 --> 01:12:54,870 You were right, John-Boy! You were right! 1385 01:12:54,910 --> 01:13:00,920 - ♪ 1386 01:13:00,960 --> 01:13:02,710 - John-Boy, would you see if there's one in there 1387 01:13:02,750 --> 01:13:04,550 with--with the green ribbon on it? 1388 01:13:04,590 --> 01:13:06,760 - Yeah, I'll look for it. 1389 01:13:06,800 --> 01:13:08,680 - John Walton, you've outdone yourself. 1390 01:13:08,720 --> 01:13:10,760 - I've done nothing of the sort. This is all Santa. 1391 01:13:10,800 --> 01:13:13,680 Looks like Santa brought you something too. 1392 01:13:13,720 --> 01:13:17,520 - Oh! What in the world? - What? 1393 01:13:17,560 --> 01:13:21,730 - [indistinct chatter] 1394 01:13:21,770 --> 01:13:24,690 - Oh! 1395 01:13:24,730 --> 01:13:27,690 Tulip bulbs. 1396 01:13:27,740 --> 01:13:30,700 Oh, John! 1397 01:13:30,740 --> 01:13:33,870 - North Pole's a little short on flowers but, um, 1398 01:13:33,910 --> 01:13:34,870 come springtime. 1399 01:13:34,910 --> 01:13:38,200 - ♪ 1400 01:13:38,250 --> 01:13:39,870 - [laughs] 1401 01:13:39,910 --> 01:13:42,630 - Now, I think there should be one more in that sack. 1402 01:13:42,670 --> 01:13:44,000 - Yeah? - Why don't you go ahead 1403 01:13:44,040 --> 01:13:45,460 and open it, John-Boy? 1404 01:13:49,760 --> 01:13:52,140 - I wonder what this is. - Okay. All right. 1405 01:13:58,930 --> 01:14:00,190 - Uh, wh-- 1406 01:14:00,230 --> 01:14:03,770 - What is it, son? 1407 01:14:03,810 --> 01:14:06,190 - It's just that when I went lookin' for you, 1408 01:14:06,230 --> 01:14:11,360 I made a promise to God that-- 1409 01:14:11,400 --> 01:14:13,700 [chuckles]-- I made a promise to God 1410 01:14:13,740 --> 01:14:15,280 that if I found you safe and alive, 1411 01:14:15,330 --> 01:14:17,740 that I would give up my writing dream. 1412 01:14:17,790 --> 01:14:23,580 And I would just take care of the family and support us. 1413 01:14:23,630 --> 01:14:28,590 - John-Boy...I'm no expert on religion. 1414 01:14:31,340 --> 01:14:34,680 But I don't think the Lord works that way. 1415 01:14:34,720 --> 01:14:40,100 He's given you a dream... and he ain't gonna want it back. 1416 01:14:40,140 --> 01:14:41,640 He wants you to see it through. 1417 01:14:45,810 --> 01:14:49,690 You keep writing. - Okay. 1418 01:14:49,730 --> 01:15:01,370 - ♪ 1419 01:15:01,410 --> 01:15:02,790 - Alright. 1420 01:15:02,830 --> 01:15:11,710 - ♪ 1421 01:15:25,350 --> 01:15:27,730 - What's that you got in your hand? 1422 01:15:27,770 --> 01:15:32,110 - [sighs] It's a Christmas present from John-Boy. 1423 01:15:32,150 --> 01:15:35,570 It's filled with his writing. 1424 01:15:35,610 --> 01:15:38,870 - Whoa. How about that? 1425 01:15:44,000 --> 01:15:46,250 [groans] - What? 1426 01:15:47,210 --> 01:15:48,790 - [sighs] 1427 01:15:51,710 --> 01:15:54,340 - Did you mean what you said, John? 1428 01:15:54,380 --> 01:15:57,340 Working the farm? 1429 01:15:57,390 --> 01:16:00,720 You'll stay? 1430 01:16:03,470 --> 01:16:05,890 - Try sending me away. 1431 01:16:05,940 --> 01:16:17,530 - ♪ 1432 01:16:17,570 --> 01:16:21,530 - You must have spent your entire paycheck 1433 01:16:21,580 --> 01:16:24,040 playing Santa Claus. 1434 01:16:24,080 --> 01:16:26,080 - Oh, most anyway. 1435 01:16:26,120 --> 01:16:31,630 - Oh, what are we gonna live on this week? 1436 01:16:31,670 --> 01:16:36,130 - Love, woman. Love. 1437 01:16:36,170 --> 01:16:42,180 - ♪ 1438 01:16:44,220 --> 01:16:46,390 - NARRATOR: Love and acceptance were the most important gifts 1439 01:16:46,430 --> 01:16:49,020 we received that Christmas. 1440 01:16:49,060 --> 01:16:52,070 I had given up on my dream when I prayed to save my daddy 1441 01:16:52,110 --> 01:16:54,070 to save my family. 1442 01:16:54,110 --> 01:16:58,780 But in the end, saving my family gave me back my dream. 1443 01:16:58,820 --> 01:17:01,820 My brothers and sisters went on to live their dreams, too. 1444 01:17:01,870 --> 01:17:05,040 Jim-Bob became a professor of architecture at Cornell. 1445 01:17:05,080 --> 01:17:07,870 Jason, a bluegrass producer in Nashville. 1446 01:17:07,910 --> 01:17:10,750 Erin, a casting director in LA. 1447 01:17:10,790 --> 01:17:13,210 And Mary Ellen became the first female pilot 1448 01:17:13,250 --> 01:17:15,710 for the US Postal Service. 1449 01:17:15,760 --> 01:17:17,760 I eventually moved away 1450 01:17:17,800 --> 01:17:20,760 and became the writer I dreamed of being. 1451 01:17:20,800 --> 01:17:24,100 But no matter where we find ourselves as the years go by, 1452 01:17:24,140 --> 01:17:27,430 Walton's Mountain remains our lasting home. 1453 01:17:27,480 --> 01:17:29,440 My sister Elizabeth lives there still 1454 01:17:29,480 --> 01:17:31,440 with her son and his family. 1455 01:17:31,480 --> 01:17:33,770 She often visits our family cemetery, 1456 01:17:33,820 --> 01:17:37,820 just like my grandpa did with me and Mary Ellen. 1457 01:17:37,860 --> 01:17:42,200 And as we learned from Grandpa that long past Christmas Eve, 1458 01:17:42,240 --> 01:17:44,530 family is, well... 1459 01:17:44,580 --> 01:17:47,450 everything is family. 1460 01:17:47,500 --> 01:17:56,840 - ♪ 1461 01:17:56,880 --> 01:17:59,470 - Watch your step, Great-Grandma Elizabeth. 1462 01:18:04,760 --> 01:18:08,270 - Well, here we are. 1463 01:18:08,310 --> 01:18:12,690 - ♪ 1464 01:18:12,730 --> 01:18:17,980 - Toby, he would have been your great-great uncle. 1465 01:18:18,030 --> 01:18:26,280 - ♪ 1466 01:18:26,330 --> 01:18:29,040 - I love you, John-Boy. 1467 01:18:29,080 --> 01:18:41,090 - ♪ 1468 01:18:53,100 --> 01:19:02,610 ♪ 1469 01:19:02,650 --> 01:19:03,950 - MARY-ELLEN: Merry Christmas, Momma! 1470 01:19:03,990 --> 01:19:05,820 - OLIVIA: Merry Christmas, Mary Ellen! 1471 01:19:05,870 --> 01:19:07,580 Merry Christmas, Erin! 1472 01:19:07,620 --> 01:19:09,410 - JASON: Merry Christmas, Jim-Bob. 1473 01:19:09,450 --> 01:19:10,870 - JIM-BOB: Merry Christmas, Jason! 1474 01:19:10,910 --> 01:19:12,830 - ELIZABETH: Merry Christmas, Daddy! 1475 01:19:12,870 --> 01:19:14,710 - JOHN: Merry Christmas, Elizabeth. 1476 01:19:14,750 --> 01:19:16,540 - JOHN-BOY: Merry Christmas, Momma. 1477 01:19:16,580 --> 01:19:19,170 - OLIVIA: Merry Christmas, John-Boy. 1478 01:19:22,420 --> 01:19:26,140 - ♪♪ 1479 01:19:29,430 --> 01:19:36,560 - ♪ 1480 01:20:01,170 --> 01:20:06,130 ♪♪ 1481 01:20:07,130 --> 01:20:08,510 - ♪ 108316