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

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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.

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“I guess I really don’t know what Christmas is all about,” the utterly defeated Charlie Brown sighs. Gently but confidently, Linus assures him, “I can tell you what Christmas is all about.

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