Movie Description

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

(1971)

Overview

It's Christmas Eve, early 1930s on Walton's Mountain. As the family prepares for the holiday, they anxiously await Pa's return home from his job in the city some 50 miles away. He is late, and Ma and the grandparents hear on the radio a report of a bus accident that worries them. Oldest son John-Boy must step up to help grandfather cut down a Christmas tree, and upon learning the concern about Daddy sets out to find him.

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Original TitleThe Homecoming: A Christmas Story

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1971-12-19

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 01h 39m

Production CompaniesCBS

Genres

  • Drama
  • Family
  • TV Movie