A Charlie Brown Christmas was released 60 years ago on December 9, 1965! 📼📺🎄 I’ve got this recorded on a VHS from the 80s with the commercials, and it’s by far my favorite way to watch every holiday season! #80s #nostalgia #Christmas | Rerun The 80s

A Charlie Brown Christmas is a 1965 animated television special, and is the first TV special based on the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. Produced by Lee Mendelson and directed by Bill Melendez, the program made its debut on CBS on December 9, 1965. In this special, Charlie Brown finds himself depressed despite the onset of the cheerful holiday season. Lucy suggests he direct a neighborhood Christmas play, but his best efforts are ignored and mocked by his peers. After Linus tells Cha