Okay it's official ------- 'TIS the season now

GREAT long article here about the Charlie Brown Christmas special.

The Christmas classic that almost wasn't
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20051206/en_usatoday/thechristmasclassicthatalmostwasnt

When CBS bigwigs saw a rough cut of A Charlie Brown Christmas in November 1965, they hated it.


Good grief, were they wrong. The first broadcast was watched by almost 50% of the nation's viewers. "When I started reading the reviews, I was absolutely shocked," says Melendez, 89. "They actually liked it!"

Erin Kane, 36, is eager for her 3-year-old son Tommy to watch the program for the first time tonight in their Boston home. "The Christmas season doesn't start," Kane says, "until Charlie Brown is on."

"It's a tradition, along with White Christmas, A Christmas Carol and It's a Wonderful Life," says Marion Hull, 77, who toured the exhibit on Friday. "It's simple, it tells a simple story, and it's something that both adults and children can get something out of."

And I keep missing it, maybe I'll watch it tonight.

:thumbsup:

It was on last night.

:eyes:

for the annual "shit" post on a Christmas thread

:P

There was a picture of Christina Applegate here.

he loved it. :thumbsup:
says it was much better than the halloween special.

Memories. Good ones!

And now I have a daughter of my own to watch these wonderful holiday specials with!

:loveya: