The Long Walk Home for Christmas
Aired: Dec 20th, 1952. Stranded forty miles from Dodge after his horse breaks a leg on Christmas Eve, Marshal Matt Dillon shoulders his saddle and sets out on foot. A chance encounter with a drifting stranger named Cowley turns into a wistful conversation about what Christmas means in a frontier town, as Dillon recalls last year's holiday warmth back home. A gentle, reflective detour from Gunsmoke's usual gunplay, steeped in frontier nostalgia and quiet heart.
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