Victor French credited as playing...
Isaiah Edwards
- Isaiah Edwards: Well, you may say I made his acquaintance when I came out of the saloon... uh... when I was coming out of the hotel in Independence.
- Charles Ingalls: Independence? You went all the way to Independence in this blizzard? You gotta be mad!
- Isaiah Edwards: Well, that's been said before. Well anyway, there he was. There he was just a standing there with his pack mule.
- Laura Ingalls: Reindeer!
- Isaiah Edwards: Well, he uses a pack mule out here. It's more practical. Well, I recognized him right away. Recognized him by his big, white beard and big, round belly. Although he wasn't jolly enough to be doing any ho ho hoing. Well the ol' gent, you see, he just... he just brightened right up when he seen me. 'Hello Edwards,' he says. He says you remember them pair of red mittens I give you when you was just a sprig in Tennessee? ' 'Ohhhhh... kept me warm many winters!' says I. He says uh... hear you're living down on the Verdigris River now. Yeah. He says you don't happen to know them Ingalls girls, do ya?
- Laura Ingalls: And you said yes!
- Isaiah Edwards: Sure did, right away! Well, to make a long story short, Ol' Santa says he's mighty worried about being able to cross the street with the weather being bad and him not being so spry anymore. So he asked me to fetch those presents to you.
- Caroline Ingalls: Laura! Just what do you think you're doing?
- Laura Ingalls: Laura! Just what do you think you're doing?
- Caroline Ingalls: Spit? Do you consider that a worthy accomplishment, Mr. Edwards?
- Isaiah Edwards: Well, I don't know how worth it is, ma'am, but it sure comes in handy in a stiff breeze.