Depressed at the commercialism he sees around him, Charlie Brown tries to find a deeper meaning to Christmas.
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Ann Altieri | ... | Frieda (voice) (uncredited) |
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Chris Doran | ... | Schroeder / Shermy (voice) (uncredited) |
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Sally Dryer | ... | Violet (voice) (uncredited) |
| Bill Melendez | ... | Snoopy (voice) (uncredited) | |
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Karen Mendelson | ... | Patty (voice) (uncredited) |
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Geoffrey Ornstein | ... | Pig-Pen (voice) (uncredited) |
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Peter Robbins | ... | Charlie Brown (voice) (uncredited) |
| Christopher Shea | ... | Linus Van Pelt (voice) (uncredited) | |
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Cathy Steinberg | ... | Sally Brown (voice) (uncredited) |
| Tracy Stratford | ... | Lucy Van Pelt (voice) (uncredited) | |
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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 paegent. Charlie Brown accepts, but it proves to be 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 what the real meaning of Christmas is. Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
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christmas tree | christmas | meaning of christmas | commercialism | ice skating |Taglines:
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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.
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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.
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Music by Vince Guaraldi
Performed by the The Vince Guaraldi Trio
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[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]
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Charlie Brown Theme(uncredited)
Music by Vince Guaraldi
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Charlie Brown saved my little soul. I assume I have one. Talk amongst yourselves. In 1965, my parents were transitioning from college graduates and fine people to bereft psychically-crippled people who were dysfunctional relicts living in Appalachia, with no direction, and a hellish road to nowhere. They were hung/strung out to dry by company policies which had no category for " special cases in need of emergency psychological help". Then came Charlie Brown's Christmas. What a great gift to me. A cool jazz soundtrack, and a hopeful story. This cartoon sings. It is a true work of art, however minor in the grand scheme of life. It is relentlessly hopeful. A child of ten needs a relentlessly hopeful message before hydra-headed reality descends upon him. Reality is negotiable, once you reach the age of majority. A life of crime is a choice for example. A life of accomplishment is also a choice. Charles Schultz's brilliant cartoon gave me a choice in the midst of my parents' psychic nightmare. I thank Charles Schulz. He saved my life.