TV Movie - Series Pilot. Charles and Caroline Ingalls move with their three young daughters, Mary, Laura, and Carrie from the big woods of Wisconsin to the open prairies of Kansas. Their closest neighbor, Isaiah Edwards, helps them settle on the prairie as they encounter fierce storms, destructive fires, and hostile Native American tribes. Ultimately, the government forces the family off the land in Kansas.

In this Two-hour special, The Ingalls' spend Thanksgiving reminiscing about their past years in Walnut Grove (via clips from previous episodes). This Thanksgiving special from season 6 of Little House on the Prairie has not been released on DVD Stories include: how their Little House came to be built on Plum Creek (from S01E01), Pa's 100 Mile Walk to get work (S01E03), Laura and her friend finding "gold" in a stream (S02E10), Laura's guilt over the loss of her baby brother (S01E13/14), Nellie's horse accident on Bunny (S03E02), the horse race (S03E03), the death of Grandma Ingalls' and visit by Grandpa Ingalls' (S03E06/07).

Charles is making a business trip from his hometown of Burr Oak, Iowa to Minnesota, and since he will be passing through Walnut Grove, he invites Albert to join him. Father and son pay a visit to college-bound Albert's ideal school for becoming a doctor, and although the tuition is high, it appears that Albert has a chance at a full scholarship. Later, while revisiting the hometown in which he grew up, Albert--who loves being back in his beloved childhood town--takes an interest in a beautiful girl named Michelle. Little Jason Carter longs to lock lips with classmate Amy Bryant, and the town faces crop-related financial issues, prompting Charles to offer his help. Through all the good and the bad, it all gets thrown into perspective when Albert, who has been fatigued and having frequent nosebleeds, visits a specialist and receives some absolutely devastating news that can either make or break the Walnut Grove community as it is known.

When Charles receives a 4-week paid vacation from his employer, he and Caroline decide to leave the younger children with an aunt and travel back to their beloved Walnut Grove for a visit. They are both delighted to reunite with Laura, her family and their friends, and they even get an opportunity to stay in their old house while John and Sarah Carter are out of town. Unfortunately, what begins as a joyously nostalgic trip down memory lane becomes an unimaginable battle when the Walnut Grove community learns that another man has legal ownership of the land. The coldhearted Mr. Lassiter is willing to let the current residents keep their homes and jobs, but only if they agree to work under his control--a compromise that nobody is about to accept. Armed with rifles, anger, and unprecedented determination, the townspeople take the fight as far as they can, but when Mr. Lassiter uses his upper hand in the matter to force them all out, they reach a unanimous, yet devastating solution to even

A trip to Mankato for some Christmas shopping flares into a nightmare when Laura and Almanzo's 2-year-old daughter Rose is kidnapped by Elsa Norris, an emotionally unstable young woman who is grieving the loss of her baby. Elsa brings the little girl home to her husband, and they care for her as their own. Laura, Almanzo, and Mr. Edwards search frantically for Rose and, along the way, are joined by young Samuel, an orphaned runaway who is searching for a family to call his own. Back in Walnut Grove, with his wife away for the time being, Nels jumps at the opportunity to teach his greedy daughter Nancy some important lessons about the true meaning of the season. Jason Carter will stop at nothing to afford a Christmas present for his mother, and John and Sarah do their best to make the holiday special for their boys, who may not have much to open on Christmas morning this year. Lastly, Mr. Montague--who is initially disgusted by the commercialism of Christmas--comes through for his frien

Based on the writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder and following the trials of the Ingalls family as they face the hardship of living on the American frontier in the late 1800s, LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE remains one of the most beloved television series of all time. This special volume collects two of the series' best Christmas episodes: "Christmas at Plum Creek" from season one, in which the family celebrates their first Christmas in their new home of Plum Creek; and "A Christmas They Never Forgot" from season eight, in which the family rides out a fierce snowstorm on Christmas Eve by exchanging favorite holiday memories.