I love the 1966 TV film A Christmas Memory, which is a dramatization of a short story by Truman Capote. It was narrated by Capote and stared Geraldine Page. It's about a little boy who has been sent to live in Alabama with relatives in the 1930's. None of his relatives make much of an effort to make him feel at home, except for his cousin Sook, played by Page, who is an odd duck. The two of them spend the month of December flying kites, hunting in the woods for a Christmas tree, and making fruit cakes and mailing them off to people like Eleanore Roosevelt.
I also enjoyed the 1970's TV film The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, which inspired the series The Waltons.
Gary
I'm going to look for A Christmas Memory. I love Geraldine Page. The Trip to Bountiful is one of my favorites!
I also LOVED The Homecoming. I love Patricia Neal. My favorite episode of Little House on the Prarie was the one where she passed away. This was the note she wanted read at her funeral.
Remember me with smiles and laughter,
for that is how I will remember you all
If you can only remember with tears,
then don't remember me at all