The Vince Guaraldi Trio created one of the best Christmas soundtracks ever. Beautiful from start to finish.
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?”