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* BigBrotherBully: Almanzo's brother Royal is shown to have been this one Christmas Eve during his flashback, telling him there was no Santa Claus. This attitude cost him his Christmas presents that year.



* NiceToTheWaiter: In Hester Sue's flashback, her father's boss/master seemed to be nice enough to him, even giving him an angel doll so he could present his daughter. Her father decides to dress as Santa Claus to prove his daughter even Black kids could get presents form old St. Nick.
* NobodyPoops: The Ingalls, Wlder and Kendall families are all stuck inside the little house for a whole night, with the outhouse unavailable duo to the blizzard. And yet the issue of how they'll attend their bodily functions with no space for privacy is never approached.



* YouAreNotMyFather: Caroline, of all people, initially had this attitude towards her stepfather Frederick. It didn't help that she was still mourning her deceased father when her mother remarried and she saw it as an act of betrayal to his memory. Her flashback to her first Christmas with Frederick shows how she finally warmed up to him after he told her how he was her father's friend, and then gave her a necklace made from a gift his father had given him year earlier. Caroline wears that necklace every Christmas Eve as a reminder of Frederick, and the night she finally accepted him.

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* YouAreNotMyFather: Caroline, of all people, initially had this attitude towards her stepfather Frederick. It didn't help that she was still mourning her deceased father when her mother remarried and she saw it as an act of betrayal to his memory. Her flashback to her first Christmas with Frederick shows how she finally warmed up to him after he told her how he was her father's friend, friend and he too mourned her father, and then gave her a necklace made from a gift his her father had given him a year earlier. Caroline wears that necklace every Christmas Eve as a reminder of Frederick, and the night she finally accepted him.
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* YouAreNotMyFather: Caroline of all people had this attitude towards her stepfather at first. It didn't help that she was still mourning her deceased father when her mother remarried and she saw it as an act of betrayal to his memory. Her flashback to her first Christmas with him shows how she finally warmed up to him after he told him how he was her father's friend and then gave her a necklace her father had given him year earlier. Caroline wears that necklace every Christmas Eve as a remindal to him, and the night she finally accepted him.

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* YouAreNotMyFather: Caroline Caroline, of all people people, initially had this attitude towards her stepfather at first.Frederick. It didn't help that she was still mourning her deceased father when her mother remarried and she saw it as an act of betrayal to his memory. Her flashback to her first Christmas with him Frederick shows how she finally warmed up to him after he told him her how he was her father's friend friend, and then gave her a necklace her made from a gift his father had given him year earlier. Caroline wears that necklace every Christmas Eve as a remindal to him, reminder of Frederick, and the night she finally accepted him.

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* SnowedIn: Literally – the snow is so deep it nearly is to the top of the front door; Charles and Almanzo have to climb out the second-story window to get to the barn.

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* SnowedIn: Literally – the snow is so deep it nearly is to the top of the front door; Charles and Almanzo have to climb out the second-story window to get to the barn.barn.
* YouAreNotMyFather: Caroline of all people had this attitude towards her stepfather at first. It didn't help that she was still mourning her deceased father when her mother remarried and she saw it as an act of betrayal to his memory. Her flashback to her first Christmas with him shows how she finally warmed up to him after he told him how he was her father's friend and then gave her a necklace her father had given him year earlier. Caroline wears that necklace every Christmas Eve as a remindal to him, and the night she finally accepted him.
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* PutOnABus: After making their last regular appearances in part 1 of the season opener, Adam and Mary depart for good after this episode.

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* PutOnABus: After making their last regular appearances in part 1 of the season opener, Adam and Mary depart for good after following this episode.
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* PutOnABus: After making their last regular appearances in part 1 of the season opener, Adam and Mary depart for good after this episode.
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There were four flashback segments in this episode—Caroline, Almanzo, Laura, and Hester-Sue.


* ClipShow: The Christmas story from the original pilot movie is shown as Laura recalls the family's Christmas (with Mr. Edwards) while living on the little house in Kansas; it is the only non-original material shown of the three "flashback" segments.

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* ClipShow: The Christmas story from the original pilot movie is shown as Laura recalls the family's Christmas (with Mr. Edwards) while living on the little house in Kansas; it is the only non-original material shown of the three four "flashback" segments.
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* SnowedIn: Literally – the snow is so deep it nearly is to the top of the front door; Charles and Almonzo have to climb out the second-story window to get to the barn.

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* SnowedIn: Literally – the snow is so deep it nearly is to the top of the front door; Charles and Almonzo Almanzo have to climb out the second-story window to get to the barn.
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* ShoutOut: To the novel "The Long Winter," particularly with the large snow drifts burying part of the house.
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* ClipEpisode: The Christmas story from the original pilot movie is shown as Laura recalls the family's Christmas (with Mr. Edwards) while living on the little house in Kansas.

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* ClipEpisode: ClipShow: The Christmas story from the original pilot movie is shown as Laura recalls the family's Christmas (with Mr. Edwards) while living on the little house in Kansas.Kansas; it is the only non-original material shown of the three "flashback" segments.
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* ClipEpisode: The Christmas story from the original pilot movie is shown as Laura recalls the family's Christmas (with Mr. Edwards) while living on the little house in Kansas.
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* EndlessWinter: The severe blizzard, which piles snow drifts up to the Ingalls' cabin's second floor(!), is an allusion to the real-life severe winter of 1880-1881 that struck the upper Midwestern United States. The winter is chronicled in Laura Ingalls Wilder's novel "The Long Winter."

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* EndlessWinter: The severe blizzard, which piles snow drifts up to the Ingalls' cabin's second floor(!), is an allusion to the real-life severe winter of 1880-1881 that struck the upper Midwestern United States. The winter is chronicled in Laura Ingalls Wilder's novel "The Long Winter.""
* SnowedIn: Literally – the snow is so deep it nearly is to the top of the front door; Charles and Almonzo have to climb out the second-story window to get to the barn.
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* ChristmasEpisode: During a fierce blizzard, the family recalls past favorite Christmases.

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* ChristmasEpisode: During a fierce blizzard, the family recalls past favorite Christmases.Christmases.
* EndlessWinter: The severe blizzard, which piles snow drifts up to the Ingalls' cabin's second floor(!), is an allusion to the real-life severe winter of 1880-1881 that struck the upper Midwestern United States. The winter is chronicled in Laura Ingalls Wilder's novel "The Long Winter."
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* ChristmasEpisode: During a fierce blizzard, the family recalls past favorite Christmases.

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