2 Quotes & Sayings By Charlie Brown Christmas
Charlie brown Christmas is a 1995 American animated Christmas television special based on Charles Schulz's Peanuts comic strip, and the twelfth and final Christmas special in the Peanuts franchise. It was written and directed by Bill Melendez and Roberta Michalka, and produced by Lee Mendelson. It premiered on CBS on December 4, 1995. The special was written when the animation studio Feature Animation was brought back to life by Warner Bros. Animation, after having been purchased in bankruptcy in 1989 by Turner Entertainment
Notable in this era of revival for the Peanuts franchise were the return of Bill Melendez as director and Roberta Michalka as voice-actress for Charlie Brown. The special begins with Charlie Brown at his house writing a letter to Santa Claus. Just then, he receives a package from him containing his Christmas list. He then opens it, only to discover that it is completely blank.
He then has an idea to write his own list by using every name he knows plus one extra for good luck. After writing his list, he goes through with writing out his friends' names until he runs out of ink on his paper. Later, Snoopy arrives at Charlie Brown's house with a picture of him with all of his friends on it.
As Snoopy shows him the picture, Charlie Brown suddenly realizes that he left out "Santa Claus". He goes to ask Snoopy where Santa Claus is, but he replies that Santa Claus is not real or that he doesn't exist anymore. He then goes to ask if there are any other "real" people around anymore but Snoopy tells him that all real people have either died or moved away from there just like Charlie Brown did when he moved away from his friends after starting elementary school.
He also replies that there are no more kids left in the world besides Charlie Brown's friends at school because they have all grown up and have moved away from each other while growing up, so they are no longer real people to him. After saying all of this, Snoopy suddenly "discovers" an empty box labelled "FUN", which he explains is for "fun". When asked what fun is, Snoopy replies that it's when everyone comes together to celebrate something like Christmas or Thanksgiving or even Halloween which makes Charlie Brown realize that it's Christmas time already (he is watching television when all of this happens).
The specials ends with Charlie Brown telling Snoopy that they will see Santa Claus after Christmas (the next day