The Homecoming

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

A HOLIDAY DRAMA/COMEDY ADAPTED BY Christopher Sergel

DIRECTED BY PENNY NASH

Adapted from the book by Earl Hamner Jr. (which was later adapted into the television show The Waltons), the story follows the Spencer family, living at the foot of a Virginia mountain, in the time of the Great Depression. With his father having to take the only available job a long way from home. Clay-Boy is stuck with unusual responsibility for his brothers and sisters and worried because his father is long overdue in getting home. The climactic ending reveals the understanding and strength of a loving family.