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How to Watch 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' This Holiday Season It's been a Christmas staple for almost 60 years.
The Pioneer Woman ^ | December 11, 2024 | BY KELLY O'SULLIVAN

Posted on 12/24/2024 1:52:03 PM PST by artichokegrower

Everyone has a go-to Christmas movie! You know, that one festive film that sets you up for a cozy day curled up on the couch with cookies and milk. If you're searching for a starting point, A Charlie Brown Christmas is always a great pick. It's the perfect family-friendly Christmas movie to play at any holiday party, and that makes it a Christmas classic for a reason.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: charliebrown; charliebrownxmas; christmasmovie; vinceguaraldi
You might remember the days when you could watch the Peanuts holiday specials on PBS, but ever since Apple TV+ signed a deal with Peanuts Worldwide, they are now the sole holders of the Peanut franchise—with no other streaming service or television network able to show it.

With that said, you can still watch the holiday special on Apple TV+. It costs $9.99 a month to subscribe


Merry Christmas from Apple

1 posted on 12/24/2024 1:52:03 PM PST by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

They were on sale at Walmart this year on DVD. Not that expensive. Maybe $15 each.

If it’s your “go-to” Christmas media watch you’d be wise to own it and not be beholden to the whims of the $treaming $crooges of Chri$tmas every year.


2 posted on 12/24/2024 2:01:21 PM PST by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: artichokegrower; FRiends
I bought a number of 'Holiday Classics' on DVD for pennies on the dollar at Thrift Stores and Library sales. No commercials! No sponsors! Yay!

And I have watched 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' since the first year it aired - 1965! I'm not letting some LOSER at 'Corporate' dictate to me where or when I can watch it!

Besides, we'll be watching 'Die Hard,' tonight. A more recent but really fun Family Tradition! :)


3 posted on 12/24/2024 2:24:47 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: artichokegrower

https://archive.org/details/a-charlie-brown-christmas_202312


4 posted on 12/24/2024 2:29:10 PM PST by Ge0ffrey
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To: artichokegrower

I’m 78. Never seen it.


5 posted on 12/24/2024 2:34:33 PM PST by lewislynn
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To: lewislynn

Good. Don’t waste your time. Schulz lived in a fantasy world, no adults allowed.


6 posted on 12/24/2024 2:40:58 PM PST by Fungi
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To: lewislynn

👀 whatsie?! It’s a must watch!! I always shed a tear at the end because so many Americans have lost the true meaning of Christmas and the beautiful gift God gave us❤️….JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON 🙏🏻 never forget!


7 posted on 12/24/2024 2:41:40 PM PST by RoseofTexas
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To: artichokegrower

I believe the whole thing is on YouTube.

Screw Apple+.


8 posted on 12/24/2024 2:54:21 PM PST by simpson96
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On December 9, 1965, A Charlie Brown Christmas aired on TV screens across America and instantly captured the hearts and ears of a generation. Bolstering the animated special, based on Charles M. Schulz's immensely popular PEANUTS comic strip, was an engaging score from Bay Area jazz artist Vince Guaraldi, who brought characters like Charlie Brown, Lucy, and Snoopy to life through his evocative cues... Guaraldi's soundtrack, meanwhile, has since become one of the best-selling jazz albums in history, second only to Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, and regularly ranks among America's top-selling holiday albums every December.
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Time Is Here (Instrumental) | 6:02
Vince Guaraldi | 71.6K subscribers | 10,409,616 views | December 4, 2012
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Time Is Here (Instrumental) | 6:02 | Vince Guaraldi | 71.6K subscribers | 10,409,616 views | December 4, 2012

9 posted on 12/24/2024 3:21:59 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: artichokegrower

My coffee table book is a hardback copy of “A Charlie Brown Christmas”.

I have a full Peanuts Nativity scene on my fireplace.

My favorite album of all time is “A Charlie Brown Christmas”.

I have watched the movie at least once a year since it first was seen on TV.

I guess I’m obsessed.


10 posted on 12/24/2024 3:38:36 PM PST by P-Marlowe (Do the math. L+G+B+T+Q = 666)
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To: artichokegrower

Merry Christmas Freepers!

The Hillsdale College Paradise Lost series nails it. Try not to cry (understanding the reality) during through the choice of the Son as described at beginning of episode 3.

https://online.hillsdale.edu/courses/promo/paradise-lost


11 posted on 12/24/2024 3:49:58 PM PST by PfromHoGro (Orwell was optimistic.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I just isn’t Christmas until Hans Gruber is dropped from the Nakatomi Plaza.


12 posted on 12/24/2024 4:01:06 PM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: artichokegrower

RE: a cozy day curled up on the couch with cookies and milk.

Updated:
Non gluten, no sugar, no flour cookies sweetened with dates

and a glass of hemp milk (from soaked and ground hemp seeds),

the movie viewed by each person individually on their own smartphone (despite being two feet away and never speaking to them all night).


13 posted on 12/24/2024 4:48:55 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: P-Marlowe

My wife was addicted to Snoopy. Everything available Snoopy... Her online handle was SnoopyGirl. :)


14 posted on 12/24/2024 5:37:03 PM PST by Openurmind
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To: IYAS9YAS

It is not!

Did you know that the ‘real’ Nakatomi Plaza building is actually a FOX HQs building? LOL! Love that little bit of trivia...


15 posted on 12/24/2024 5:41:20 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

“President Trump” Explains the True Meaning of Christmas (Linus/CharlieBrown)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DlDGOsa8fc&t=1s


16 posted on 12/24/2024 5:44:19 PM PST by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: newfreep

That is awesome! :)


17 posted on 12/24/2024 5:50:59 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Did you know that the ‘real’ Nakatomi Plaza building is actually a FOX HQs building? LOL! Love that little bit of trivia...

I did. I've probably watched it 40 times since it came out. I have the dvd set of the first four movies and the making of on each.

18 posted on 12/24/2024 6:38:46 PM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: artichokegrower

I have it both on Blu-ray in the Peanuts holiday collection and on DVD in the Peanuts 1960’s collection.


19 posted on 12/24/2024 7:31:54 PM PST by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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To: IYAS9YAS

Oh, Fun! :)


20 posted on 12/25/2024 6:48:20 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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