![]() ![]() There is a significant scene near the end of the special when, as Charlie Brown asks what Christmas is all about- amidst the over-commercialism, school plays, and Santa wish lists - his friend Linus recites the Nativity story from the Gospel of Luke, read from the familiar King James Bible. ![]() ![]() Along with producer Lee Mendelson, it took Shultz a day to outline the story for the sponsor Coca-Cola, weeks to write it, and six months to film.īiblical Reference in A Charlie Brown Christmas San Francisco Bay Area musician Vince Guaraldi, known at the time for his instrumental hit “Cast Your Fate To The Wind,” provided what was then an unusually melancholy jazz soundtrack along with traditional and classical music for the special. It is a staple of holiday viewing today, and Christmas is not complete without gathering the family and friends around the TV to watch it. Though this was not Schulz’s first TV special - that would be 1963’s “A Boy Named Charlie Brown” - nor the last, it would become the most enduring. The comic was hugely popular when the TV special debuted. ![]() Schulz, creator of the “Peanuts” comic strip. On December 9, 1965, A Charlie Brown Christmas premiered on CBS TV as a 30-minute animated Christmas special written by Charles M. ![]()
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