{"id":49703,"date":"2022-12-14T22:20:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T03:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=49703"},"modified":"2022-12-14T21:51:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T02:51:07","slug":"classic-holiday-moments-a-charlie-brown-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=49703","title":{"rendered":"Classic Holiday Moments: A Charlie Brown Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tvwybofO7UY\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>&#8220;Charlie Brown is a blockhead, but he did get a nice tree.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was almost 60 years ago that Charlie Brown first discovered the true meaning of the holiday season when <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=a+charlie+brown+christmas&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/a><\/em> made its debut. Is there a more iconic Yuletide special then this one? No, no there is not. The first TV special based on Charles Schulz&#8217;s beloved <em>Peanuts<\/em> comic strip, <em>A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/em> follows luckless Chuck as he has an existential crisis brought on by the commercialization of the holiday season and by his duties directing a Christmas play. There are many reasons why this remains the high-water mark for Christmas specials &#8212; Vince Guaraldi&#8217;s jazzy, timeless score (which ranges from the slow beauty of &#8220;Christmas Time Is Here&#8221; to the frenetic wonder of his iconic signature tune &#8220;Linus and Lucy&#8221;), Linus&#8217; speech about the true meaning of Christmas, Lucy&#8217;s attempts to offer psychiatric advice, etc, but the real reason this special has resonated with audiences across the years is that it is a piece of television magic that is absolutely perfect from start to finish &#8212; reflective of the joy that the season is supposed to be bring. And that&#8217;s exactly why we love it so.<\/p>\n<p><em>An earlier version of this post ran in 2019. Tell us what your favorite moment from this special is below, or tweet it to us at @moviesunlimited!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Charlie Brown is a blockhead, but he did get a nice tree.&#8221; It was almost 60 years ago that Charlie Brown first discovered the true meaning of the holiday season when A Charlie Brown Christmas made its debut. 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