A Charlie Brown Christmas
Original airdate: December 9, 1965.
It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown
Original airdate: November 27, 1992.
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The old holiday classic. Charlie Brown feels depressed despite the upcoming holiday season. Taking Lucy's advice at the neighborhood psychiatric booth, he takes charge of the local Christmas play, or at least he tries to, as the gang seems more interested in dancing onstage than rehearsing. Charlie Brown decides that a tree would help things better, but instead of a glorious looking Christmas tree, he picks out a baby tree, much to the chagrin of the gang. Linus eases the tension by quoting the second chapter of the Gospel of Luke (verses 8 through 14, for the record). Inspired again, Charlie Brown goes out to decorate his little tree, but one ornament is a little too heavy for the branches. After leaving, the rest of the gang, led by Linus and wanting to make things up to Charlie Brown, show up and decorate the tree, turning it into a beautiful Christmas tree. Cue "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", and the show's over.
It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown debuted on CBS in late 1992, focusing on Charlie Brown trying to sell wreaths door to door, and later, selling his comic book collection to buy a pair of gloves for a girl named Peggy Jean. Peppermint Patty frets over her Christmas book report, and the whole gang takes part in another Christmas play, where Sally ruins the whole thing by messing up her one line.
Recommended.
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