Mrs Timmons grabs the handle of a boiling cast iron pot on the stove without any potholder or cloth to protect her hand.
A gust of wind blasts the post office Christmas tree but does not extinguish the candle flames.
The final scene shows the villagers singing "O Little Town of Bethlehem" to Ralph Vaughan Williams' tune "Forest Green". This music was written for the "English Hymnal" in 1906, but in earlier scenes the date stamp shown on some envelope close-ups at the Post Office shows the figures '94' quite clearly, indicating the year to be 1894.