The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

A gentle, nostalgic holiday drama that feels like a warm fireside story, with a quiet undercurrent of worry and hope.

Directed by

Fielder Cook

Genres

Drama, Family, Tv movie

Starring

Patricia Neal, Richard Thomas, Edgar Bergen

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.

How it feels

Warm, earnest and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.

About

Family, parenthood, faith, coming-of-age

Content

No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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