While the best Christmas movies deserve their shine during the holiday season, holiday television specials still have their place for those short and sweet hits of fun. A Charlie Brown Christmas is ...

Mendelson unpacks why the iconic special and its music resonate with us today It might be the most famous jazz album in the country — Vince Guaraldi’s soundtrack for A Charlie Brown Christmas, which ...

When “A Charlie Brown Christmas” first aired on December 9, 1965, TV executives—and even some of the show’s creators—were convinced it was going to flop. "Peanuts," the comic strip created by Charles ...

It might be the most famous jazz album in the country — Vince Guaraldi’s soundtrack for A Charlie Brown Christmas, which first aired 60 years ago in December. Jason Mendelson — the son of Lee ...

Dave Willat was just 11 years old, wearing cutoffs and a T-shirt on a warm September evening in 1965, when he showed up for what he thought would be a routine choir practice at his church in San ...

In the 75 years since its conception, Charles Schulz’s “Peanuts” comic strip and its subsequent multi-media spin-offs has been a source of joy for people worldwide. In 1965, “A Charlie Brown Christmas ...

Sixty years ago — on Dec. 9, 1965 — a holiday special launched a new Christmas tradition. A Charlie Brown Christmas premiered, and it would become a beloved annual broadcast. For decades viewers ...

A rite of passage during the holidays, for a lot of sentimental Peanut enthusiasts, is watching, or listening to, A Charlie Brown Christmas. For those who are interested in attending a live ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LEE MENDELSON FILM PRODUCTIONS via Alamy 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' (1965). 60 years after its release, A Charlie Brown Christmas ...