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A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) -- The award-winning Peanuts special returns.

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User Rating:
8.4/10   9,182 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Charles M. Schulz (written by)
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Release Date:
9 December 1965 (USA) more
Tagline:
That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown! (2008 DVD re-release) more
Plot:
Repelled by the commercialism he sees around him, Charlie Brown tries to find the true meaning of Christmas. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(25 articles)
13.4m tune in for 'Biggest Loser' finale
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Ratings: NBC feasts on 'Biggest Loser' finale
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Completely Irresistible more (89 total)
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Cast

  (Cast)
Ann Altieri ... Freida (voice) (uncredited)
Chris Doran ... Schroeder / Shermy (voice) (uncredited)
Sally Dryer ... Violet (voice) (uncredited)
Mimi Gibson ... Charlotte Braun (voice) (uncredited)
Bill Melendez ... Snoopy (voice) (uncredited)
Karen Mendelson ... Patty (voice) (uncredited)
Geoffrey Ornstein ... Pig-Pen (voice) (uncredited)
Peter Robbins ... Charlie Brown (voice) (uncredited)
Christopher Shea ... Linus Van Pelt (voice) (uncredited)
Kathy Steinberg ... Sally Brown (voice) (uncredited)
Tracy Stratford ... Lucy Van Pelt (voice) (uncredited)
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Runtime:
25 min | Argentina:30 min
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1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)

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Trivia:
Patty in this special is not Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt. The latter first appeared several years later in the strip. The former was phased out gradually, disappearing completely by the end of the 1970s, despite being one of the four original Peanuts characters. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: The cels of Lucy in her psychiatry stand are not properly aligned to the background, so that the cutoff line of her body overlaps the edge of the tabletop. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Charlie Brown: [Charlie Brown and Linus stop at a wall on their trip to the pond for ice skating] I think there must be something wrong with me, Linus. Christmas is coming, but I'm not happy. I don't feel the way I'm supposed to feel.
[begins to walk with Linus again]
Charlie Brown: I just don't understand Christmas, I guess. I like getting presents and sending Christmas cards and decorating trees and all that, but I'm still not happy. I always end up feeling depressed.
Linus Van Pelt: Charlie Brown, you're the only person I know who can take a wonderful season like Christmas and turn it into a problem. Maybe Lucy's right. Of all the Charlie Browns in the world, you're the Charlie Browniest.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Retarded Animal Babies (2003) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Oh, Tannebaum more

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21 out of 24 people found the following comment useful.
Completely Irresistible, 7 December 2004
10/10
Author: stevecliff (stevecliff@verizon.net) from Long Beach, CA

How can you not love it? I'm a 46-year-old Jewish agnostic, and this still makes me laugh and brings a tear to my eye after dozens of viewings; and I don't think it's just nostalgia. I think if you can't enjoy this, you might as well just pack it in. Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without this and the ORIGINAL Grinch. Too bad the follow-ups, with the exception of course of It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, have never matched its humor, charm and heart. Favorite funny line? Lucy complains about always getting toys and bikes and clothes. "What do you want?" Charlie Brown asks. "REAL ESTATE!" Favorite touching moment? The transformation of the scrawny tree into a beautiful one of course.

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