Discover why the animated classic "A Charlie Brown Christmas" almost never appeared on television because of fears it was too serious.

CBS executives thought the 25-minute program was too slow, too serious and too different from the upbeat spectacles they imagined audiences wanted.

The four-minute sketch, which aired during the show’s Dec. 21 episode, relentlessly skewered the Charles Schulz animated classic while making several adults-only jokes.

For this Christmas recommendation, I had no such challenge as – however unpredictably it might sound – the soundtrack for Charlie Brown’s Christmas Special is unquestionably the record to have for the ...

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It’s a Christmas miracle ... following her split with Kody Brown. Now the reality star is opening up about the movie in a new interview with People, where she was asked about her time in ...

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