Sixty years ago tonight, on December 9, 1965, the soon-to-become-a-classic Christmas animated special “A Charlie Brown Christmas” aired on the CBS network for the first time. Happy 60th Anniversary to “A Charlie Brown Christmas”
As a 10-year old, I was a big fan of the “Peanuts” daily comic strip by Charles Schultz in the newspaper, so there was no doubt I was going to watch this 25-minute comic strip come to “life” on the TV screen. If I remember correctly, it aired from 7:30 to 8:00 pm in our home city of Miami.
The plot revolves around Charlie Brown feeling depressed during the start of the holiday season, and wondering what Christmas is really all about. He then tries to direct a neighborhood play with his friends, but he is laughed at for choosing a tiny, almost barren Christmas tree as a centerpiece.
“A Charlie Brown Christmas” aired on CBS during the holiday season for the next 35 years. While no longer on network television, “A Charlie Brown Christmas” IS available on AppleTV. It will be available to stream FOR FREE for viewers without a subscription this weekend, December 13-14, and at any time to AppleTV subscribers.
We are planning to watch it on Christmas Eve when the Florida kids and grandkids are visiting.
And here’s an interesting page I came across about 13 secrets behind “A Charlie Brown Christmas” only two of which I knew already (numbers 6 and 12, for the curious-minded among you).
Happy 60th Anniversary to “A Charlie Brown Christmas”
