I heard that even back in the ‘60’s when this cartoon was produced artist Charles Schultz had to fight network executives, who were hesitant about including Linus’s reading from the Gospel of Luke, fearing it was too slow, too religious and might alienate viewers.
Schultz believed it was essential to the special message about the true meaning of Christmas. Schultz stood firm and asked the producers; “If we don’t do it, who will?”
Yeah. Schulz said if you take out the Bible readings there’s no show, we don’t do it without it.