12.09.2015

Thursday, December 9, 1965: 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'


Even Christmas threatens to add a bit of "good grief" to the worrisome world of Charlie Brown when the wispy-haired youngster and his "Peanuts" friends, favorites of millions of comic-strip readers throughout the world, make their debut as stars of a television special in "A Charlie Brown Christmas," animated-cartoon presentation in color Thursday, Dec. 9 on the CBS television network (7:30-8:00 pm).
     -- from Nashua (N.H.) Telegraph, December 3, 1965: @
     -- Image from The Vernon (Texas) Daily Record, December 8

* TV Guide, December 9, 1965: @
* Reviews by Associated Press (Cynthia Lowry) and United Press International (Rick DuBrow): @
* " 'A Charlie Brown Christmas': The Making of a Tradition" (Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez, 2000): @
* "A Charlie Brown Religion: Exploring the Spiritual Life and Work of Charles M. Schulz" (Stephen J. Lind, 2015): @ 

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