In the midst of the depression, William Kamp (Brian Krause) and his family are struggling to get by, especially in the aftermath of his wife’s untimely death.
Eldest son Warren (James Gaisford) wants to work at
the local garage to help out financially, but his father is too proud to let
him, his sister Verna (Danielle C. Ryan) wants to go to college but as the oldest girl she had
to take on the roll as matriarch after her mother’s death.
Middle child Russel (Ethan Hunt) has to do his
share of the chores, Tom boy Ruthie (Ruby Jones) has to wear her sibling’s hand-me-downs but has a
constant companion in her dog Violet but bonds with new schoolteacher Miss Mayfield (Heather Beers) and Norman (Jacob Buster) battles with the
effects of polio and falls in love with a horse belonging to their surly neighbour
Mrs.
Rathbone (Nancy Stafford).
The children all
expect another Christmas without gifts or festivities but out of the blue their
father surprises them with one dollar in change and lets the children use it to
buy special gifts for each other.
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