Charlie Brown Christmas
@working4theweekend (2403)
United States
December 19, 2006 6:53pm CST
I didn't realize this movie was so old, I remember watching it as a kid, but I thought it came out in the 1980's. I was wrong, it came out in the 1960's!!! (1965)
Peter Robbins is the voice of Charlie Brown.
I don't watch much Charlie Brown, but my niece played the Red-Headed Girl in a Charlie Brown play at her school, which made me think of this.
Oh, check it out! You can actually BUY the Charlie Brown tree! At Urban Outfitters:
"Good Grief. Learn the true meaning of Christmas with Charlie Brown's classic pathetic Christmas tree. Leave it bare or dress it up all fancy. The tree is an exact replica of the tree from the famous cartoon, made of wire branches and plastic needles with a criss cross wooden base. The bendable branches allow you to make it look just how you want, super pathetic or just kind of pathetic. The tree comes with one red Christmas ball ornament. Plus the bendable branches make it possible to fold the tree entirely flat for easy storage during the non-yuletide times of the year.
* Wire/ plastic/ wood base
* Base: 91/2"l, 27/8"w; Tree: 21"h; glass ball: 3"w
* Take care with rough wood base, as it tends to splinter
* Imported
PEANUTS copyright UFS, Inc."
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26 responses
@samsonskola (3357)
• United States
20 Dec 06
oh wow! with all the Christmas things I've thought about, I had almost forgotten about Charlie Brown! and how cool about the tree! wouldn't that be kinda cool? i think it would be fun to have one. I might just check into that!. Thanks for bringing back a great memory!
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@creativedreamweaver (7297)
• United States
20 Dec 06
I know, I may have to buy one for next year. Thank you for sharing this information with us.
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@working4theweekend (2403)
• United States
20 Dec 06
You're welcome and anytime. That's my favorite thing about MyLot, how many old things I think about! :) Esp. from the 1980's.
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@creativedreamweaver (7297)
• United States
20 Dec 06
Charlie Brown Christmas is one of my favorites of the season. I remember watching it in the 60's. I still watch it every year. I love how it embodies the reason for the season in a simple yet poignant way. I can't believe you can buy the tree. How great! What a wonderful tradition this simple program has become for so many generations.
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@working4theweekend (2403)
• United States
20 Dec 06
I'm really glad it was created. Somehow, though I think Urban Outfitters is exploiting the fact that Charlie Brown Christmas is against marketing and etc. due to Christmas, by selling the "pathetic Christmas tree". It's like a positive and a negative.
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@working4theweekend (2403)
• United States
20 Dec 06
I wish I had TiVo (just in case Santa's listening ha ha!) :)
@1grnthmb (2055)
• United States
20 Dec 06
Well! I guess I am fated to respond back to this because my mom always called me Charlie Brown when I was growing up. I am still called that today and I am 50. Charlie Brown Christmas was always my favorite. Everyone thought he was so pathetic when he brought that skinny little almost leafless tree but they all pulled it together and it turned out just fine. I have seen the Charlie Brown Tree offered before by other companies but I can not remember who or when.
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@working4theweekend (2403)
• United States
20 Dec 06
Well, Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown! :) I am glad you responded, and I hope you have a wonderful holiday.
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@working4theweekend (2403)
• United States
20 Dec 06
Yeah, I mentioned that - I was thinking about getting one but the fact that it's being sold at Urban Outfitters kind of defeats the point that Charlie Brown is against commercialism and merchandising, etc.
@scarymary (124)
• United States
20 Dec 06
You know, I don't think I have ever watched that episode all the way through...I want to know! My mother has this faux tree we call the Charlie Brown tree because it's so sad looking. Everywhere she tries to pawn it off on me, I don't know why she just doesn't get rid of it! heh
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@working4theweekend (2403)
• United States
20 Dec 06
She doesn't get rid of it b/c it's special! :) I think you should watch it & accept the tree this year! Happy holidays to you!
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@mrsjumppuppy03 (3301)
• United States
20 Dec 06
Yes, I just watched Charlie Brown's Christmas the other night and we also noticed how old the movie was. It is amazing that the message is still as poignant today as it was in 1965. Thanks for helping to talk all of us down memory lane.
Charlie Brown's Christmas is a classic and I hope that it will still be playing another 40 years for our great grandchildren to be watching!
@working4theweekend (2403)
• United States
20 Dec 06
I'm glad to provide a trip to the past! Mine's not as long as some, but I love going back! I hope it's still around, too. I am refusing to get rid of my copy of Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer, the CBS special, for the same reason!
@princess07031980 (5412)
• United States
20 Dec 06
I loved Charlie Brown as a kid, and my two kids now, age 7 and 4, watch it constantly too. For the holidays of course, the Christmas one, at least once a day. My son (the 7 year old) wants all the Charlie Brown movie collection!! I think that is great considering most cartoons these days are garbage.
@working4theweekend (2403)
• United States
20 Dec 06
I agree with that 100%. Compared to the cartoons from the '60's, 70's & 80's, what we have now is just a bunch of junk, most of them are actually sending negative messages to kids instead of good ones, or are completely pointless.
@fairly4458 (842)
• United States
20 Dec 06
That is pretty funny...but I would consider getting one! I remember the Charlie Brown Christmas from when I was a kid, & I was born in 1958! I still have to see it every year!
@working4theweekend (2403)
• United States
20 Dec 06
Wow, then you've been keeping the tradition alive for a long time - way to go, thanks for helping to keep the love of Charlie Brown and his sad little tree going strong! :)
@JoeyCa (1810)
• Belgium
20 Dec 06
oh wow! with all the Christmas things I've thought about, I had almost forgotten about Charlie Brown! and how cool about the tree! wouldn't that be kinda cool? i think it would be fun to have one. I might just check into that!. Thanks for bringing back a great memory!
@coolcager (496)
• Costa Rica
20 Dec 06
oh my... thats my favorite one when i was a child. i always copied that blanket thing up to know. Everytime i sleep hehe. i miss charlie brown and the gang lol. snoopy is the dog right
@tanaclark (570)
• United States
20 Dec 06
I love charlie browns christmas. I watch that cartoon every year as a child and now I watch it every year with my children. My youngest one just adores linus with his little blanket. I never knew you could buy the tree but I think I will go out and get one. Thank you for letting us in on this.
@cutieissa (413)
• Philippines
20 Dec 06
my charlie brown holiday special video is the one for thanksgiving entitled "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" =) classic, funny peanuts feature you'll treasure forever and share with your family. do watch!
@working4theweekend (2403)
• United States
20 Dec 06
I haven't seen the Thanksgiving special - I'll have to check that out.
@camahoney (1)
• United States
20 Dec 06
Charlie Brown Christmas is by the far one of the best Christmas movies out there. It's not too long, so kids can watch the whole thing AND it has a good message.
Why am I not surprised that Urban Outfitters is selling the charlie brown tree. I'm sure it's outrageously priced... just like everything else in that store.
@working4theweekend (2403)
• United States
20 Dec 06
I'll see if I can find out! Yeah, you're right - $24 for the tree, or you can buy "linus's blanket" for $34.
@KrauseHome (36445)
• United States
20 Dec 06
Hard to believe this Christmas classic is as old as I am. I recently seen the Charlie Brown collection of Holiday movies at Best Buy, and was almost tempted to buy them. I had no idea they sold a Tree like that. That is interesting to know.
@cloud_kicker_32 (4635)
• United States
20 Dec 06
ohh yess! This is my top 5 movies on Christmas..and whats funny is that my 4 yr old watches it all year round! lol..along witht he others,,hes addicted to Charlie Brown this year..and he loves the Valentine ones..he laughs everytime..when we went xmas tree shopping last week..there was this little half pine mostly tree branches tree..i wanted this gorgeous full blue spruce,,but Skylar insisted on this ugly tree..I asked why this one Sky? why not my big beautiful one that we can put decorationsa all over..but we cant with this one..he says .."YES WE CAN MOMMA..This tree wil have no christmas cause no one wants its.everyone is laughing at it..and i dont want it to be lonly on christmas..just liek charlie browns tree..plzz mommmaa?? " well yea we got the tree and it was free lol..and i tell you..i hate it..lol..but it make Skys Xmas..and thats all that matters huh?
@working4theweekend (2403)
• United States
20 Dec 06
That's really sweet of your son! I'm glad you got the tree for him, he's got a point, that poor ugly pitiful tree wouldn't have a Christmas if it wasn't for you guys!
@knucklehead (73)
• United States
20 Dec 06
I don't know if you know it but they got a new one out this year. Its more about Rerun, lucy and Linse little boy. Its called "I want a dog for Chrismas Charlie Brown" it was on TV the other night But I didn't get to watch all of it.
@don123 (114)
• Pakistan
20 Dec 06
Another Year
I sit here tonight
Thinking of what has been
Thinking of what may come.
Every year I get older
I know in my heart
Im still the same man.
Yet everyone else
Seems to drift away
They forget what I want
They forget what I need
They forget what Im about.
It the simple little things
That rip at my heart.
Those stupid coments they make
Cut me to the bone in a second.
U they ask me what i want and need
Then go out and do the other.
Just cause they like it.
Why is simplisty so hard?
I now know why it is so pure
Why it means everything to me.
@xxhalo2xx (66)
• United States
20 Dec 06
Its cool but I cant seem to findthe show any were so I cant watch it.
