What makes it different from others?

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

I was just thinking it's been over 50 years ago since A Charlie Brown Christmas was screened. I read some folk were concerned about the overt Christian message, and it's definitely overt as you have Linus reading from Luke 2: 8-14 (from the King James Version, but not the NIV as that would have been quite radical to some Christians especially in Independent Baptist Churches.A Charlie Brown Christmas also takes gentle aim at consumerism and the lust consumers have for it at Christmas time. This is so true now, where retailers rejoice at the $$$ they can rake in at Christmas, and it's sad that retailers push Christmas as early as possible, like November!!!

I almost never review stuff that I've already seen before but I will make an exception if it's something that I rewatch because this is the only thing that I consistently rewatch. In fact, given my current state of movies, it might be the only thing period that I watch over and over. I am so glad to have kept this VHS all this year and I'll never let go of it. This is my pick for the all time best Christmas movie ever. Okay, it's not really a Christmas movie as it's only 25 minutes long. It's a Christmas special or whatever. Christmas related media, I think that works too. It's the only thing I consistently watch every year, at Christmas.This actually wasn't quite the first animated appearance of the "Peanuts" characters. They actually first appeared in the late 1950's in Ford commercials. This is obviously the first TV special they ever did. I think this even set a record for most follow ups on this entire website. I counted 51 last time! Well, none are direct sequels, but you get the idea. I've seen this dozens of times and can probably repeat the entire thing word for word. If real life is ever like "Fahrenheit 911" and we burn stuff, this is the work I'm able to recite. It's gotten to the point where I've noticed every single detail about it.I can even point out every animation error! When we see Lucy's psychiatrist stand, the word "Real In" is sitting on the bottom of the screen in a closeup. When the screen changes, we clearly see that the sign is right next to the other words. When Snoopy first appears on his doghouse, he isn't wearing his collar! I know every inch of this cartoon and am proud of it. What makes this so amazing is that there's just no attempt to be elaborate. Looking at most Christmas specials, they're big with Santa Claus imagery and the like. Instead, we get the most sincere Christmas related thing ever created. Charlie Brown even himself complains about the commercialism that we see relatively little of in the whole thing! Having seen nearly all the other "Peanuts" cartoons, this is the best as the first and it will never be surpassed.The best part is obviously when Linus talks about Jesus' birth. That is the true meaning of Christmas. Even if you don't believe it, just remember that it's all done for the sake of love. It's weird looking back at all the "Peanuts" comics and realizing what jokes they took from them. We're so familiar with this version. They did however invert it when it actually had Linus' famous speech being reused in a 1966 comic strip, actually. The weird thing is that if you think about it, we never really do find out what happens to the Christmas play. I guess we've reached the point where we don't care. Everyone has seen this already, but I'll never get over how great it is. It will last forever. ****

This was one of my personal favorites of the season. The story is about Charlie trying to do something right for a change when he has always been told he's good for nothing. When told to go buy a tree for a pageant at his church, he picks a small tree that is struggling to survive. He doesn't give up on the tree even when all his friends believe the tree is hopeless until he believes that he has killed it by placing one glass orb on it. The only point that bothers me is that sometimes the story becomes a little slow, and the jokes kind of fall a bit flat.The artwork is actually rather good for when it came out and who it portrays. You can almost never go wrong with the classics most times and this is no exception. It doesn't have to be fancy to get the point across that all people or things need is a little love to become something special. Sure there may be a couple little parts that seemed low end, but when you put it all together, it just works.The voices are done really well, and are actually pretty close to what I thought the characters would sound like from reading the comic strips when I was little. From Lucy's know-it-all attitude to Linus' philosophical quotes, each one makes the characters really stand out. Peter Robbins does a excellent job of giving Charlie Brown that wishy-washy town to his voice up till the point that everything goes wrong and giving him the all to familiar 'UGGGGGG' he's known for.

Anyone who loves Christmas as much as I do knows that the number of TV Christmas specials out there is infinite, be it series having their own special episodes or stand alone events. Many of these specials are good but there are a select handful that rise above all the rest and one of these is 1965's "A Charlie Brown Christmas". Written by the legendary Peanuts creator Charles M. Schultz himself, it follows Charlie Brown being down in the dumps (As usual) during what should be the happiest time of the year. He tries to find out why this is and through a series of events (Including a "therapy session" with Lucy) ends up the director of the school's annual Christmas pageant. The problem is, Charlie just doesn't know what in the world Christmas is all about and worse nobody seems to respect his authority since they go about dancing to that iconic Peanuts theme. In an attempt to set the right mood, Charlie gets that famous loopy Christmas tree and of course, everybody only mocks poor Charlie (Again, as usual). But just as it looks like all is lost, a wonderful miracle happens: people come to their senses and realize what Christmas really means. "A Charlie Brown Christmas" will go down in television history for many reasons, including its comedy, sarcasm, truth about human nature, commercialism versus the true meaning of the holidays, and splendid animation were the colors seem to just jump out at you. But above the show deserves to be celebrated for its truth; unlike many similar specials, Mr. Schultz is not afraid to bring in what Christmas is really all about, the birth of our savior Jesus Christ. For without him, this thing called Christmas would never be and we should never forget that. Of course, it always helps to have that adorable Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang around to add some much needed comedy. Credit should also go to Vince Guaraldi for that lovable theme and beautiful "Christmas time is here". It all combines everything to form a special that never fails to make me laugh and cry just a little bit at the end. So gather around folks and watch this Christmas classic. Oh and before I forget, Merry Christmas Charlie Brown!!!!!