Posted on 12/25/2019 5:51:18 AM PST by DoodleBob
This week A Charlie Brown Christmas aired on national prime time television for the 50th time. In a world where the latest greatest technology is outdated in a matter of months, and social media trends come and go in a matter of days, 50 years of anything becomes quite meaningful.
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Since I was kind of a bookworm and already had a blue blanket, I was chosen to play the part of Linus. As Linus, I memorized Luke 2:8-14, and that Scripture has been hidden in my heart ever since.
But while working so diligently to learn those lines, there is one important thing I didn’t notice then, and didn’t notice until now.
Right in the middle of speaking, Linus drops the blanket.
Charlie Brown is best known for his uniquely striped shirt, and Linus is most associated with his ever-present security blanket. Throughout the story of Peanuts, Lucy, Snoopy, Sally and others all work to no avail to separate Linus from his blanket. And even though his security blanket remains a major source of ridicule for the otherwise mature and thoughtful Linus, he simply refuses to give it up.
Until this moment. When he simply drops it.
In that climactic scene when Linus shares "what Christmas is all about," he drops his security blanket, and I am now convinced that this is intentional. Most telling is the specific moment he drops it: when he utters the words, "fear not" (at :39 seconds).
(Excerpt) Read more at crosswalk.com ...
Interesting,
Thanks.
A friend was sharing this with some youth at church. First time I’d heard that. Since then several have mentioned it.
Fear not.
Mrs DoodleBob mentioned it last night as we watched it with the little DoodleBobs. I kicked myself for never noticing it all these years...but then Jesus works miracles on His timetable.
Very good. Thanks for posting!
And Merry Christmas
And at that we can let go of our security blankets.
Never saw that before .... Thank you.
What a blessed vision!
Fear Not!
I will never forget how wonderfully shocked I was when I saw this film as a fifth grader, when it first appeared. The cynical, almost nihilistic dialog, combined with the avant-garde musical score, left me more and more depressed as the show went on. “What, I thought this was supposed to be funny?” And then, just when it couldn’t get more depressing, Linus’ reading hit me like a ton of bricks. Even back then it was shocking to hear scripture on TV. Wow.
The light is still with us, and the darkness has never mastered it!
Merry Christmas to one and all!
both parts of the article are great!
Thanks and Merry Christmas
Isn’t that the truth? God’s time is not our time. There are messages and miracles around us every day we are not yet ready to see. What may have vanished into insignificance is new for someone every minute of every day. We may forget that when we get old and don’t have children around us.
Merry Christmas
Good catch. Who needs a security blanket when you have The Security Blanket?
I love that! Thank you for sharing it. That is a huge revelation. Showing that Linus no longer needed his blanket when focusing on Christ.
Charlie Brown’s Christmas is one of my favorites I MUST watch every Christmas. Now you have added, which I didn’t think possible, to my enjoyment of it.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, DoodleBob!
(As in grand Peanuts Loud proclamation)
It is a profound recitation of Luke’s version of The Nativity. We all know it. Now we realize why.
Wow, never noticed that. Does seem to be a subtle but very intentional easter egg (as they say).
Just hearing it makes me feel strong emotion..thanks for posting it, FRiend, and...Merry Christmas to you and yours!
and here's Linus' first appearance almost 2 years later:
Towards the end,
Linus again releases his blanket (fears and insecurities)
and wraps it around the base of the Christmas Tree!
https://youtu.be/XHylubHRsbA
I never noticed that before. I am so bad at imagery in art.
But now that you see it, you cannot unsee it.
Linus is also the peanut that spends all night on Halloween waiting for the great pumpkin to return rather than go trick or treating
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