Charlie and Linus watch the snow fall while Linus sucks his thumb and holds his blanket in a custom image.
There aren’t many characters out there that have endured in pop culture as long as the Peanuts gang. Charles Schultz’s beloved cast of characters has been delighting readers alike ever since the original comic strips began running in the 1950s. However, many Peanuts fans were first introduced to characters like Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Snoopy, Sally, and Franklin through the series of animated holiday specials that have become yearly favorites for many families.
✕ Remove Ads Charlie Brown envisioned a play that would restore the true meaning of Christmas, but it seems like all his friends want to do is play holiday music and dance around. As he grows increasingly dispirited about the whole ordeal, Charlie Brown gives in to Lucy’s demands that the play needs an aluminum Christmas tree to set the right “mood” for the performance.
The ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ Scene Could Have Been Cut Close ✕ Remove Ads Shortly before A Charlie Brown Christmas was scheduled to be broadcast, a rough cut of the special screened for Schultz, his producers, and the hardworking team of animators. The reaction was unanimously positive, but CBS producers were cagey about the sequence involving Linus reading from scripture.
However, it would be hard to imagine what the special would have looked like without the moment that producers seemed so intent on removing. Linus’ monologue helped differentiate A Charlie Brown Christmas from other holiday animated specials, as it left a message that both children and adults could appreciate. While its success certainly inspired the Peanuts multimedia franchise as it exists today, A Charlie Brown Christmas isn’t just great because of what it spawned.
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