“That’s what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown!”
“A Charlie Brown Christmas” Charles Schulz (Charlie Brown Records) The 1966 Emmy and Peapody Award-winning, Primetime CBS-TV special that became an annual holiday ritual for kids of all ages. Repelled by the commercialism he sees around him, Charlie Brown tries to find the true meaning of Christmas.
The soundtrack by jazz composer Vince Guaraldi has become as well-known as the story itself. In particular, the instrumental “Linus and Lucy” has come to be regarded as the signature musical theme of the Peanuts specials. Additionally “Christmas Time is Here” has become a popular Christmas tune. A soundtrack album for the special was released by Fantasy Records and remains a perennial best-seller. (While the soundtrack contains some music that does not appear in the TV special, it also fails to include two musical themes which appear in the special. Both of those missing themes are, however, available on another album by the Vince Guaraldi Trio entitled Charlie Brown’s Holiday Hits.)
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December 19th, 2009 at 11:59 am
Is this worth anything? I just saw it and a couple others at a flea market for $1 each. I’m really trying to cut back on how much I buy, a few years ago I would have snatched them up without hesitation.
December 19th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
It was a Wednesday night just before Christmas in 1965 on our local C.B.S. affiliate when I first saw the “Charlie Brown Christmas Special”.
In elementary school, the “Peanuts Gang” had already been one of mine and many of my class mates favorite cartoon comic strip. But seeing the gang animated in color with voice caricaturization and listening to that WONDERFUL soundtrack music, solidified the present connection that had already been made with us! To me… this Christmas tradition is important as Charles Dickens, Irvin Berlin or maybe ol’ Santa Claus himself!
December 19th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Charlie Brown sure got it RIGHT and Amen!