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A Charlie Brown Christmas

"That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown!"

When Charlie Brown complains about the overwhelming materialism that he sees amongst everyone during the Christmas season, Lucy suggests that he become director of the school Christmas pageant. Charlie Brown accepts, but it is a frustrating struggle. When an attempt to restore the proper spirit with a forlorn little fir Christmas tree fails, he needs Linus' help to learn the meaning of Christmas.

Top Cast

  • Peter Robbins

    Peter Robbins

    Charlie Brown (voice)

  • Christopher Shea

    Christopher Shea

    Linus Van Pelt (voice)

  • Tracy Stratford

    Tracy Stratford

    Lucy Van Pelt (voice)

  • Cathy Steinberg

    Cathy Steinberg

    Sally Brown (voice)

  • Chris Doran

    Chris Doran

    Schroeder / Shermy (voice)

  • Sally Dryer

    Sally Dryer

    Violet (voice)

  • Ann Altieri

    Ann Altieri

    Frieda (voice)

  • Geoffrey Ornstein

    Geoffrey Ornstein

    Pig-Pen (voice)

  • Karen Mendelson

    Karen Mendelson

    Patty (voice)

Overview

When Charlie Brown complains about the overwhelming materialism that he sees amongst everyone during the Christmas season, Lucy suggests that he become director of the school Christmas pageant. Charlie Brown accepts, but it is a frustrating struggle. When an attempt to restore the proper spirit with a forlorn little fir Christmas tree fails, he needs Linus' help to learn the meaning of Christmas.

Rating

7.7 / 10
783 Reviews
2 Popular

2 Reviews

  • Peter McGinn
    Peter McGinn
    9 Aug 26, 2020

    Another one of those classic old children’s Christmas shows I first watched who knows when, but probably when it first came out, and have seen a couple dozen more times since then. When dealing with a show I loved as a kid, I refuse to try to separate the adult viewer and rate it more harshly. The memory and the childish feelings I had for it are wrapped up in its value for me. For example, I am an atheist, so the nativity story doesn’t carry a religious message for me, but I can appreciate its function in the story, and I read a lot of other fictional mythical origin stories without being cynical. It is funny that our minds connect the jazz theme with Christmas, when it is, well, jazz. Also an oddity that Bill Melendez was the producer, director and voice (such as it was) for Snoopy. They used children for a lot of the voices, rather than adults simulating child voices. It would be interesting to learn how children nowadays respond to seeing this old show for the first time, after being exposed to many other modern shows and animation techniques, video games, etc.

  • GenerationofSwine
    GenerationofSwine
    10 Jan 12, 2023

    This is about the real meaning of Christmas...and the few haters of it are the pretentious that really don't like Christmas movies and are prejudiced against religion. If you get beyond that, it's a heart-warming story with a lot of little sub stories to keep kids and adults with ADHD focused on the screen. Really though, it's something to be cherished, respected, and loved.

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