What Is Christmas All About Charlie Brown
That evening featured the debut of a charlie brown christmas on the cbs television network based on my favorite comic strip peanuts by creator charles schulz.
What is christmas all about charlie brown. At one point charlie brown looks over at. Have you watched a charlie brown christmas. That s what christmas is all about charlie brown this scene is probably the most well known in the classic peanuts story a charlie brown christmas it airs every year on abc as part of their christmas programming and is something that most of us grew up watching and make our kids watch annually. December 9 1965 is when the tv animated special a charlie brown christmas premiered on the cbs network.
If we are honest with ourselves we are all charlie brown christmas trees in a lot full of fake shiny pink aluminum ones. A charlie brown christmas and all of the other charlie brown specials will no longer air on regular tv. Gee i didn t know they still made wooden christmas trees says linus. It s a personal favorite to watch every holiday season.
A charlie brown christmas. Linus explains what christmas is all about. It has continued to be loved by successive generations for half a century. The pinnacle scene in the program is when linus recites the gospel of luke second chapter verses 8 to 14 after which he says that s what christmas is all about charlie brown.
The morning of december 9th 1965 found me one week away from my 16th birthday approaching nearly not fast enough at the time as you may well imagine. Charlie brown s love for this imperfect tree is a lot like god s love for us. I thought i might use this 1965 classic to remind us of what christmas is really all about. 8 and there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field keeping watch over their flock by ni.
A clip from a charlie brown christmas 1965 with additional music from the original score edited in by me. No longer will the plebeian masses without access to paid platform tv be able to bask in the sweetness the purity the spirituality that was the annual ritual of a charlie brown christmas. All throughout the episode charlie brown and his friends consistently misunderstand christmas. Apple tv has purchased the rights so it will only air on their platform going forward.
It airs every year on abc as part of their christmas programming and is something that most of us grew up watching and make our kids watch annually.