Next week is Christmas. I just finished watching one of my favorite Christmas shows, "A Charlie Brown Christmas." I will never tire of watching it. I love the story, the music and everything about it. Even though it was made back in the 60's, the story is timeless and has as much meaning today as it did then. In the story, Charlie Brown struggles with the commercialism of Christmas and how it is affecting his friends and the Christmas play they are doing. It take Linus speech on the Biblical Christmas story to make them all realize the true meaning.
Last week there was a program on one of the cable channels about the making of A Charlie Brown Christmas. I did not see all of it, but I did see where the producers did not want Charles Schultz to put in the speech by Linus. Linus speech was taken directly from the Bible. The producers felt by putting this in, it would be a flop on TV. Charles Schultz insisted and not only did it not flop, it has become one of the most watched and beloved Christmas specials ever!
The part of the show where Linus tells the story of Jesus is my favorite part. It just makes me so happy that this humble little cartoon is still shown each year and each year more and more people enjoy and watch it!
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