{"id":10284,"date":"2023-12-10T22:56:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T03:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/?p=10284"},"modified":"2025-06-08T05:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T09:04:04","slug":"the-homecoming-a-christmas-story-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/the-homecoming-a-christmas-story-1971\/","title":{"rendered":"The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Genre<\/strong>:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/genre\/holiday\/christmas\/\" title=\"View all posts in Christmas\" target=\"_self\">Christmas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/genre\/drama\/\" title=\"View all posts in Drama\" target=\"_self\">Drama<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/genre\/family\/\" title=\"View all posts in Family\" target=\"_self\">Family<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Year<\/strong>:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/year\/1971\/\" title=\"View 1971\"  target=\"_self\">1971<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>MPAA Rated:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>G<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Viewer Rating:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><span id=\"post-ratings-10284\" class=\"post-ratings\" data-nonce=\"db5faeb8a9\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_10284_1\" src=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_off.gif\" alt=\"1 Star\" title=\"1 Star\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(10284, 1, '1 Star');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(0, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_10284_2\" src=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_off.gif\" alt=\"2 Stars\" title=\"2 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(10284, 2, '2 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(0, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_10284_3\" src=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_off.gif\" alt=\"3 Stars\" title=\"3 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(10284, 3, '3 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(0, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_10284_4\" src=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_off.gif\" alt=\"4 Stars\" title=\"4 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(10284, 4, '4 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(0, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_10284_5\" src=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_off.gif\" alt=\"5 Stars\" title=\"5 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(10284, 5, '5 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(0, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/> (No Ratings Yet)<br \/><span class=\"post-ratings-text\" id=\"ratings_10284_text\"><\/span><\/span><span id=\"post-ratings-10284-loading\" class=\"post-ratings-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" class=\"post-ratings-image\" \/>Loading...<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>IMDB Rating:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>8.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Homecoming: A Christmas Story<\/strong> is a heartwarming movie that served as the pilot for the beloved series \u201cThe Waltons.\u201d Set on Christmas Eve in 1933, the story follows the Walton family as they prepare for the holiday amidst the Great Depression. The family becomes increasingly worried when John Walton, the father, has not yet returned home from his job in another part of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The eldest son, John-Boy, is sent out to find him, leading to a series of touching and eye-opening experiences.\u00a0The film beautifully captures themes of family love, resilience, and the true spirit of Christmas.<\/p>\n<h2>Watch online for free<\/h2>\n<div class=\"su-youtube su-u-responsive-media-yes\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/umEEnFtmV0I?\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture\" title=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=umEEnFtmV0I\">Youtube<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8zai0f1SJgY\">Youtube<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/therokuchannel.roku.com\/details\/1d19a6ae0b725d24b3676faa34ed01d6\/the-waltons-a-christmas-story\">Roku<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Christmas Eve, early 1930s on Walton&#8217;s Mountain. As the family prepares for the holiday, they anxiously await Pa&#8217;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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,3,4],"tags":[95],"class_list":["post-10284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas","category-drama","category-family","tag-95","wpcat-116-id","wpcat-3-id","wpcat-4-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10284"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10893,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10284\/revisions\/10893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}