A minor key is not necessarily depressing to me.
I purchased the album below as a young adult and it got me into jazz music in a big way. Not too long after that, I was buying Miles Davis and John Coltrane albums. It was a phase I went through.
I like the fact there is a real Christian message in the Christmas show.
But, still think Peanuts are overrated. It is so depressing (including the Christmas tunes for this show are in minor, depressing key), and sad how Charlie Brown is treated. I like it OK, but it’s just too sad to be really great, especially for kids. Those other brats constantly haranguing on him, and his dog also making fun of him plenty.
Did you never read the Peanuts comic strip. Schultz had very differing personality types through out. The music was wonderful.
Did you miss the message of love and salvation that it showed???
You are the Charlie Brown if this thread
Sometimes the point of a show like this one is that a child can empathize with the character. Knowing you are not the only one that crap happens to can help a child grow.
My Granddaughter loves every song on the Christmas Album. She's 7 now but she has loved it since she was 2. Whenever we drive her somewhere she asks for it to be played no matter what month or season. It's always a Peanuts Christmas for her.
A minor key is not necessarily depressing to me.
I purchased the album below as a young adult and it got me into jazz music in a big way. Not too long after that, I was buying Miles Davis and John Coltrane albums. It was a phase I went through.
As an adult I see it a bit more troubling. They marked Charlie Brown as a loser and they all gang-uped on him.
As a child it was a bit upsetting. As an adult I ask myself how this storyline was even green-lighted.
But to tell a story of forgiveness and redemption you have to first tell the dark side of the story.
I still find it kind of sad but in the end Lucy and the gang discover they were mean to Charlie Brown and they all sing 'Hark, the Herold Angles Sing' and discover the joy of Christmas together.
I do get where you're coming from but it's a story about redemption so there has to be something the kids need to change about themselves.
The music follows the same kind of pattern. A bit sad at first but in the end joyful.
The first song, 'Christmastime is Here' is bitter sweet and evokes a sense of nostalgia.
I don't like most contemporary pop Christmas songs. I like traditional music that mentions Jesus and the actual meaning of Christmas (Silent Night, God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen). They were written by people who were celebrating Christ and not looking to cash in and sell albums.
But I do like this soundtrack.