Christmas at Plum Creek

Yay its Christmas and it also marks the first holiday special on little house on the prairie series not taking the pilot into consideration. also it introduces a brand new character Mrs Amanda Whipple. And the second third animal star Bunny(laura's horse) who was born in the pilot episode. since its the ingals first Christmas in walnut grove they all want it to be special. They all want to get each other something but the problem of always is they all don't have that much money.So they all are going have to make a plan to make something for everyone themselves.Caroline and Mary accidentally decides on the same gift for Charles, oh the blush on Christmas morning when Caroline realizes that.Laura does a trade with Mr oleson and Charles do some work for Mr oleson in a trade for something. Unknowingly he and laura traded for the same gift for Caroline aah sigh!!! This episode is sweet and light fun. In the end all works out and the family could not have been happier. Continue to episode 16

Sorry but whoever gave this episode one star clearly doesn't understand. I grew up in the 70s when things were more simple and traditional. I read the Little House books and watched the series when it came out. These stories were based on Lara Ingalls factual life growing up with much hardship in the late 1800s. This episode is on my annual list of favorite Christmas shows and movies. It shows what real love and sacrifice is all about, something people of today's instant, modern and selfish world can't comprehend. I've been watching this for over 40 years and it makes me cry every time. How many can honestly say they would sacrifice so much.

We don't get too many real life winter episodes in LHOTP. It seems to always be hot, when it reality they would have lots of hard winters. In this episode, the snow is melting though I do believe they got snow on Christmas Eve.

There was nothing amazing or dramatic in this episode, really. The sweetness of what Laura did for her family is kinda neat, but there's really nothing one can't live without. Nellie is her own self person as usual. I'm always amazed that Nels let her have the horse...

One thing in this episode that really annoys me is the fact that Mary and Laura say Thank you on Christmas morning about fifty times. I mean, it is polite to say thank you, but it was really over-played in this episode!

We meet a new semi-regular character - the widow, Mrs. Wipple begins her stint in this episode as Walnut Grove's seamstress. Bunny is also a temporary player. He gets a few episode this season and next season before he meets his tragic end in death.

All in all, it's a good episode, though not as dramatic as most of them.