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 ...

The cartoon debuted on Dec. 9, 1965, and was anything but a sure thing. Coca-Cola, a jazz artist, and bunch of kids helped pave the way for a 60 year legacy for a little boy and his dog. It's been 60 ...

On Dec. 9, 1965, a half-hour animated Christmas special, based on the beloved Peanuts cartoon characters created by Charles Schulz, aired for the first time on CBS. Executives anxiously awaited the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marc Berman is a New York-based reporter who covers media. Sixty years ago, A Charlie Brown Christmas wasn’t expected to become a ...

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 ...

60 years after its release, A Charlie Brown Christmas is now an iconic part of many families’ Christmas celebrations — but producer Lee Mendelson and director Bill Melendez originally worried that ...

Fifty daily and Sunday Peanuts comic strips are on display in the Keller Gallery of the McKinley museum through Jan. 31, 2026. The items are part of the "Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown" traveling ...

Christmas means hot chocolate, family, putting up the tree. But for many families, it’s not truly the Christmas season without the television shows that invoke holidays past—classics like Rudoph the ...

"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 ...

“A Charlie Brown Christmas,” the classic 1965 Peanuts Christmas film, will once again be exclusively available as part of the Apple TV+ library this year. As with the last several years, the Charlie ...