Discover why the animated classic "A Charlie Brown Christmas" almost never appeared on television because of fears it was too serious.

CBS executives thought the 25-minute program was too slow, too serious and too different from the upbeat spectacles they imagined audiences wanted.

It’s hard to imagine a holiday season without “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” The 1965 broadcast has become a staple – etched ...

How a pure and simple speech from a cartoon child inspires viewers to contemplate the true meaning of Christmas.

A Charlie Brown Christmas debuted to acclaim, and it has since embedded itself in holiday tradition. But what many don’t know ...

September 5' star Peter Sarsgaard tells PEOPLE that he once purchased a Christmas tree with its root ball intact that he ...

It’s hard to imagine the holidays without “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” The 1965 broadcast has become a staple of the season for many generations.

Back in 2020, Apple secured the exclusive streaming rights to the Peanuts cartoons after years of the Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas tradition TV specials being available across multiple ...

A Charlie Brown Christmas took from a number of Peanuts strips, but this 1961 storyline was the biggest inspiration ...

So this year, as the grayness of December in Ann Arbor began to infect me, I knew there was one place I could turn to — “A ...

Christmastime is here.” Those are the opening words to one of my favorite holiday tunes and the theme of the Charlie Brown Christmas Special. It is one of my favorite ...