The last blue book has been turned in and all of the reports have been graded. The fall quarter is finally a memory and it's time to focus on the next item on the agenda, Christmas. I've almost got all of My shopping done, save for a couple of things that are getting hard to find.
Meanwhile, as it is the holiday season (That includes Hanukah and Kwanzaa, BillO!) I wanted to post for this week's video, the opening of My favoite Christmas special of all time.
Since the mid-1960's, A Charlie Brown Christmas has become the epitome of Christmas specials that are such a big part of American TV. Only "It's a Wonderful Life" is seen more often than everyone's favorite blockhead in his quest to find the true meaning of Christmas.
The show, the first of what became a series of beloved holiday specials, still resonates in its sincerity about how a child like Charlie Brown views Christmas. Ironically enough, the show took a very overt swipe at the commercialization of the Christmas season, with the shots at lighting contests and the then-trendy aluminum tree.
The most important thing anyone can come away with after seeing this beloved holiday special is that there's always hope for christmas as long as you keep it in your heart.
So I present to you the opening segment of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" not only as a holiday treat but as an homage to the crator of the Peanuts characters, the late Charles Schultz.
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