TIME TRAVEL 
ARE YOU READY? The Canteen is about to embark on another journey back in time.
If you're brave enough, climb aboard, no ticket required……we're about to take off.
Come on, hop in, watch your step ...... The controls are set.
We have a different mode of transportation and we’re going to watch Christmas shows. 
Buckle up. Now don't be afraid....Santa's been flying for a very, very long time.......Here we goooooooooo.......LIFT OFF……..
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Landing with a gentle thump. Here we are - Grab your hot cocoa and sit in front the fire. The show is about to begin.
And, tonight’s Christmas Special is
A Charlie Brown Christmas
1965
Color - 25 minutes
Writing Credits – Charles M. Schulz. Directed by Bill Melendez
A Charlie Brown Christmas Cast
Ann Altieri .... Freida (voice) (uncredited)
Chris Doran .... Schroeder and Shermy (voice) (uncredited)
Sally Dryer .... Violet (voice) (uncredited)
Bill Melendez .... Snoopy (voice) (uncredited)
Karen Mendelson .... Lucy (voice) (uncredited)
Geoffrey Ornstein.... Pig-Pen (voice) (uncredited)
Peter Robbins .... Charlie Brown (voice) (uncredited)
Christopher Shea .... Linus van Pelt (voice) (uncredited)
Kathy Steinberg .... Sally Brown (voice) (uncredited)
Tracy Stratford .... Lucy Van Pelt (voice) (uncredited)
A Charlie Brown Christmas Tidbits
First animated Peanuts special.
The actors (all children) learned their lines phonetically, often not knowing what they meant, which led to the now familiar Peanuts delivery-style.
Linus's "the true meaning of Christmas" quote is Luke 2:8-14 from the King James translation of the Bible.
The version of the show broadcast on CBS-TV until 1997 and older video releases are edited; they leave out a scene where the gang throws snowballs at a can on a fence. The Paramount video release is thankfully complete and unedited!
The original broadcast included some brief animated sections which included the logo of Coca-Cola, the show's original sponsor. These have been edited out of subsequent broadcasts and the video release. Right after the opening title, Linus (or Charlie Brown, sources disagree) crashed into a sign advertising Coca-Cola after being tossed by Snoopy. (Look at current versions and you'll notice that we never see where Linus lands!) The closing carol originally included the complete verse (instead of fading out) with a final on-screen "Merry Christmas from your local bottler of Coca-Cola" right after the United Feature Syndicate credit at the end.
Won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Children's Program", and a Peabody Award for excellence in programming.
During his famed speech, Linus, who is well known to be dependent on his "Security Blanket", actually lets go of it when he recites these words: "Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy" which is from Luke 8:10.
Broke many of the rules prevalent for animated holiday specials during the 1960s: it didn't make use of a laugh track; real children were used for the character voices instead of adult actors imitating children's voices; and Biblical references were used to illustrate the true meaning of Christmas.
Bill Melendez tried to talk Charles Schulz out of using Biblical references (especially Linus's speech) in this special. Schulz reportedly won him over by saying, "If we don't do it, who will?"
Just before her remarks about Christmas being a big commercial racket, Lucy refers to Charlie Brown simply as "Charlie". This is the only time she does this in any of the TV specials; every other time it's "Charlie Brown".
That's the end of the ride for today. I hope you enjoyed this tv special.
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