Amid the lights, commercials, and gift wrap, it’s worth asking again what Christmas is all about. That question is at the center of my favorite animated special, 1965’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” I ...

One of the most beloved animated holiday TV specials, “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” made its debut on CBS-TV on Dec. 9, 1965 — 60 years ago today. But as much as we love the special, it almost didn’t ...

‘You need involvement,’ Lucy Van Pelt advises Charlie Brown when he consults her about his holiday depression. ‘We need a director’ for the Christmas pageant. Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble Photo Carson ...

Amid the lights, commercials, and gift wrap, it’s worth asking again what Christmas is all about. That question is at the center of my favorite animated special, 1965’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” I ...

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' we've rounded up things you didn't know about the Christmas ...

This might all sound a bit sentimental, but I’d wager I’m not the only person whose experience of the holidays was profoundly shaped by the 1965 Christmas album (and the special, of course). I grew up ...

On December 9, 1965, nearly half the TV sets in the country were tuned to A Charlie Brown Christmas, where the gang from the popular comic strip Peanuts came to (animated) life. In the half-hour ...

This holiday season marks the 60th anniversary of the first airing of “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” While some mistakenly credit the Peanuts Gang 1965 Yuletide 30-minute TV special as the first ...

"A Charlie Brown Christmas" first aired in 1965. In the special, the Peanuts gang is putting on a Christmas pageant, and through that, the kids learn the true meaning of the holiday. It's a special ...