The Waltons Christmas movie, The Homecoming 1971

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story is the pilot episode for The Waltons TV series. Aired as a movie in 1971 it stared Richard Thomas, Judy Norton, Kami Cotler, Andrew Duggan, David W. Harper, Mary Beth McDonough, Patricia Neal, Eric Scott, and Jon Walmsley.

During the Great Depression, on Christmas Eve 1933, the Waltons prepare for the holiday, but they are becoming increasingly worried because John Walton, who was forced to take work in another part of the state, has not yet returned home amid news on the radio of snow storms and accidents.