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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:
A WRAP-UP OF CHRISTMAS EVE
AND CHRISTMAS DAY
SERVICES AT YOUR LOCAL CHURCHES
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EverythingCroton: A WRAP-UP OF CHRISTMAS SERVICES AT YOUR LOCAL CHURCHES
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THE HOMECOMING, A CHRISTMAS STORY
This was the pilot movie for "The Waltons" (which began its long run in September 1972), recounting the events of one day -- Christmas Eve, 1933 -- in the lives of a rural American mountain family. Later called "The Homecoming -- A Christmas Story," it won a Christopher Award as well as Emmy nominations for actress Patricia Neal, director Fielder Cook and author Earl Hamner, Jr (who based the story apparently on his own youthful recollections and was the model for "John-Boy"). Hamner previously had written the story in another form which turned up on the screen as "Spencer's Mountain" (1963) with Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara as the parents. When "The Waltons" turned up as a series, Michael Learned, Ralph Waite and Will Geer took over the roles created by Patricia Neal, Andrew Duggan and Edgar Bergen, while most of the others in the cast continued in the parts they originated. SEE THE MOVIE AT The Waltons' Homecoming A Christmas Story (1971)
ASSORTED AVIAN REQUESTS: ***A reader recently spotted a beautiful pheasant out at Croton Point and wondered if we had anything else about them in the archives. Indeed we do...from 1926---SEPTEMBER 1926, PHEASANT EXPERIMENT AT CROTON POINT
***A reader loves the area's Osprey population and requests an index of Osprey posts here at the blog. It's on the to-do list but for now you may enjoy: CROTON IS OSPREY CENTRAL 2025
***A reader's daughter has fond memories of a class trip to Feed the Birds! It is believed from the details provided, this was the 2015 trip; see more at EverythingCroton: APRIL 2015: CET CLASS TRIP TO FEED THE BIRDS AND HERE IS THE 2017 TRIP AT EverythingCroton: APRIL 2017 CET CLASS TRIP TO CROTON'S OWN FEED THE BIRDS!
By special request, we've gathered up photos and ads from the 1950's and 1960's European Film Star Postcards site and the Everything Croton archives featuring movie and television stars celebrating Christmas----and added some new snaps from other sources too. Click on the photos and links.
