The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971 TV Movie)

Judy Norton: Mary Ellen Walton

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Quotes 

• Mary Ellen : Mama, do you think I'm pretty?

  Olivia Walton : No. I think you're beautiful.

  Mary Ellen : [Kisses Olivia on the neck]  Thank you, Mama.

  Olivia Walton : You're welcome, Mary Ellen.

• Elizabeth : Good night, John Boy.

  John-Boy : Good night, Elizabeth. Good night, Daddy.

  John : Good night, Son. Good night, Mary Ellen.

  Mary Ellen : Good night, Daddy. Good night, Mama.

  Olivia : Good night, Mary Ellen. Good night, Jim Bob.

  Jim Bob : Good night, Mama. Good night, Erin.

  Erin : Good night, Jim Bob. Good night, Ben.

  Ben : Good night, Erin. Good night, everybody.

• Claudie : Got another one?

  Mary Ellen : [Quoting a Bible verse]  What has man profited if he gains the whole world and loses a soul.

  Claudie : Too hard to remember.

  Mary Ellen : Jesus wept.

• Mary Ellen : I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

  Grandma : If this Depression gets any worse, you may have to.

• Jim-Bob Walton : What's the matter with Mary Ellen?

  John-Boy : Well, she's just crazy, everybody goes crazy when you're 13.

  Mary Ellen : The world is a big round ball! 8,000 miles smack through the middle! Walton's Mountain is just a tiny speck on it!

• Mary Ellen : Let Erin help you, she's such a prissy-butt.

  Erin : I am not a prissy-butt!

  Olivia : Would you girls stop arguing and get busy? GO!