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Rich Stein (he/him)

Not sure that I agree with the premise — that this holiday cartoon special almost never made it to television, but posting because the Vince Guaraldi score should be played again and again. Some interesting content about the score/music in the article, too.
openculture.com/2024/12/how-a- v @openculture
#music #television #CharlieBrown #VinceGuaraldi #Peanuts #CharlesSchulz

Open CultureHow A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Its Beloved Soundtrack Album, Almost Never HappenedA Charlie Brown Christmas uses a cast of amateur child voice actors, deals with the theme of seasonal depression, and culminates in the recitation of a Bible verse, all to a jazz score. It was not, safe to say, the special that CBS had expected, to say nothing of its sponsor, the Coca-Cola Company.
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Annie Hsh 👾🖖☕

It's 59 years since 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' aired on December 9, 1965, and it still remains one of the most beloved holiday viewings for good reason.

There's something heartbreaking, bittersweet, but also, in a way, oddly hopeful in Charlie Brown's depression and the inevitable isolation and loneliness it brings. His inability to feel joy when others celebrate, and the sense of not belonging that comes with it. In him finding value and significance, and maybe even a little bit of empathy for the small, frail tree that nobody else wanted ("I think it needs me"). The ending and the beauty of accepting and loving different and imperfect things (and people) just as they are. The score by Vince Guaraldi.

A gem of a short TV special, that perhaps hits differently and even more poignantly when you watch it again as a grown adult.

"I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It's not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love."

Snippet from the ending of the short with Charlie Brown and the rest of the children all standing in the snow, surrounding the now decorated small tree, and smiling.
#aCharlieBrownChristmas#Peanuts#OTD
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