- Laura: I hate that Nellie Olsen!
- Caroline Ingalls: Laura! Don't say hate. Don't even think hate! I know you're angry but try and understand. I'm sure Nellie must have some fine qualities in her.
- Charles: You're mother's right. And on the way home, we'll try to think of one.
- Charles: Well, the prices are going up.
- Harriet Oleson: Of course, Mr. Ingalls. It's Christmas.
- Charles: Did the price of eggs go up too?
- Harriet Oleson: Of course not!
- Charles: Now I know what Dickens was talking about when he wrote about Ebenezer Scrooge.
- Caroline Ingalls: Charles Ingalls!