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David Wolosik's avatar

Thanks for reminding me about a classic. They threw it together in 3 months. There were problems one being "the CBS executives worried about the scene where Linus recites the story of the birth of Jesus Christ from the Gospel of Luke. It was too long, they believed. And too literal. The CBS executives assumed Americans, especially kids, wouldn't want to sit through a spoken passage from the King James Bible."

"They were freaking out about something so overtly religious in a Christmas special," Melendez said. "They basically wrote it off.

Charles Schulz wouldn't budge. So we got to enjoy a Charlie Brown Christmas!

https://www.newsweek.com/how-charlie-brown-christmas-came-almost-didnt-1656940

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WendeAnne's avatar

One of my favorites! Always makes me cry! I think they are happy tears. Merry Christmas 🎄

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