Drabble by Kevin Fagan for December 18, 2013

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    Baarorso  almost 11 years ago

    In the case of Charlie Brown Christmas…some times DON’T NEED to change.;-D

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    2252895  almost 11 years ago

    Love the VCR tape deck on the TV. Just like mine from that era. Missing the DVD or Blu-ray under the flat screen. At least that’s where mine is.

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    Michelle Morris  almost 11 years ago

    It was wholly atypical from the type of cartoons normally shown to kids at that time. CBS didn’t want to air it because of Linus’s speech.but they had nothing else to fill a half-hour. After it aired,the network got a wave of phone calls praising the show. And a classic was born.

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    Mary Finkelstein Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    Since most of us still had black and white TVs in 1965, perhaps that first panel should be in black and white! That show always reminds me of going into the deep woods with my father to get a “Charlie Brown tree” every year. I cry every year when I watch it because I miss my father, even after thirty years.

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    rangerlg  almost 11 years ago

    I feel it would have added to the authenticity if the VCR was flashing 12:00.

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    jbmlaw01  almost 11 years ago

    Maridozi is right, and the screen in 1965 should be round.

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    milquetoast60  almost 11 years ago

    Charlie Brown Christmas and the Grinch are the top two on my list.

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    vldazzle  almost 11 years ago

    Cute!

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    ChessPirate  almost 11 years ago

    Our family really liked “Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol” and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”.

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    Bogy Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    Round screen in 1965? Not that common. My family had a b/w TV in 1965, but my wife’s family already had their first color TV. The fad for aluminum trees might have just run its course, but Charlie Brown’s Christmas came out in 1965, and by 1967 no one was manufacturing aluminum trees anymore. Many feel Charlie Brown killed aluminum trees. A few years back I was a member of a service organization that ran a Christmas Tree lot as a fund raiser. Every year we had a few people come in looking for a “Charlie Brown Tree.”

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    Tom Falco  almost 11 years ago

    Love it! My favorite Christmas special.

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    eyebuzz Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    Nice tribute.

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    DaBull57  over 4 years ago
    My favorite TV Christmas show. The only show that I know of telling us the true meaning of Christmas about JESUS coming into the world to die for our sins and to grant us eternal life for all who believe and abide in Him. The greatest Gift ever.
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    Caretaker24523  almost 4 years ago

    Ahhhhh then comes the holiday season of 2020… when Apple bought the Charlie Brown specials and we didn’t get to see The Great Pumpkin…. but they were nice enough to allow PBS to broadcast A Charlie Brown Christmas…thank goodness for DVDs.

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