From the first season, The Andy Griffith Show: The Christmas Story is a show I must watch every year at least three or four times. I love it that much, and it just isn’t Christmas without seeing this wonderful episode of this down home comedy show.
Andy Griffith and Don Knotts begin the
half-hour by talking about Barney playing Santa at the party. Knotts is this petite thing, so that adds to the fun.
The crux of the show is the town villain, store owner Ben Weaver, who starts off by wanting a man arrested. When Andy brings the man’s wife and child to the ...