Thursday, December 11, 2025

Christmas Western Spotlight: Daniel Boone “The Christmas Story”

 


This season two episode premiered on December 23, 1965.

A blizzard sends settlers to the central fort for refuge, provisions are low and an expectant Indian couple arrive to discover there is no room at the inn and are relegated to an animal stall.

The story stops leaning on the nativity there and rather provides us with a tale of survival, suspicion, and a moral about prejudice in the end.

On one, hand minor stuff, on the other, Fess Parker’s calm integrity as Daniel Boone and a script a tick or two above standard fare make this not bad Yuletide Western viewing.

My first experience with Parker as Boone as opposed to Davy Crockett. It won’t be my last.

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Christmas Western Spotlight: Daniel Boone “The Christmas Story”

  This season two episode premiered on December 23, 1965. A blizzard sends settlers to the central fort for refuge, provisions are low and...