Why A Charlie Brown Christmas almost didn’t air ... Coca-Cola wanted to sponsor an animated Christmas special. Mendelson had previously failed to convince the agency to sponsor a Peanuts ...

The music was unlike anything typically heard in animated programming ... “I guess I really don’t know what Christmas is all about,” the utterly defeated Charlie Brown sighs. Gently but confidently, ...

The music was unlike anything typically heard in animated programming ... I really don’t know what Christmas is all about,” the utterly defeated Charlie Brown sighs. Gently but confidently ...

The music was unlike anything typically heard in animated programming ... I really don’t know what Christmas is all about,” the utterly defeated Charlie Brown sighs. Gently but confidently ...

It’s hard to imagine the holidays without “A Charlie Brown Christmas ... Coca-Cola wanted to sponsor an animated Christmas special. Mendelson had previously failed to persuade the agency ...

Why ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ Endures It’s hard ... Coca-Cola wanted to sponsor an animated Christmas special. Mendelson had previously failed to convince the agency to sponsor a ...

The four-minute sketch, which aired during the show’s Dec. 21 episode, relentlessly skewered the Charles Schulz animated classic ... a new take on “A Charlie Brown Christmas” featuring ...

Charlie Brown”), the saddest, most self-pitying animated child ever, found himself happy and surrounded by friends on Christmas, I decided that I certainly wouldn’t be the one to out-pity the master.

Debuting Dec. 9, 1965, in prime time, "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (now streaming on ... sparking their decades-long partnership on animated "Peanuts" projects. Yet looking back, just what fueled ...