How can this not have any comments?

MY GRANDMOTHER LOVED THE SHOW...I USED TO WATCH IT WITH HER A LOT...NEVER SAW THIS THOUGH...MAYBE ONE DAY A DVD OR VHS WILL FALL IN MY PATH...WOULDNT MIND CHECKING IT OUT.

I’m wondering that too. This was such a warm and nostalgic special that I must watch every year. Even my husband likes it and he isn’t a big fan of the Waltons.
Kinda fun to see all the young kid actors in probably one of their first tv roles. I love that opening scene of them walking thru the snow in the pasture. They use one of the still shots from that scene on the Waltons opening credits. Where the Hamners lived in Virginia is close to some of our relatives....just beautiful area so must have been great to roam around outside as a kid.

Added to the list for this Christmas.

I think my favorite scene is the one in which Patricia Neal's character wonders with great suspicion what John Boy is so secretive about in his room. The implication is she assumes it must be nudie pics or similar masturbation material but is rather relieved to find out it's just his private journal in which he writes down all his powerful feelings. It's a touching scene nicely acted by Neal and Richard Thomas.