Six decades ago — Dec. 9, 1965 — television history was made. For it was on that date one of America’s most beloved cartoon strips jumped from arriving on porches in the morning paper to beaming into ...

Amid the lights, commercials, and gift wrap, it’s worth asking again what Christmas is all about. That question is at the center of my favorite animated special, 1965’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” I ...

Amid the lights, commercials, and gift wrap, it’s worth asking again what Christmas is all about. That question is at the center of my favorite animated special, 1965’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” I ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marc Berman is a New York-based reporter who covers media. Sixty years ago, A Charlie Brown Christmas wasn’t expected to become a ...

On December 9, 1965, nearly half the TV sets in the country were tuned to A Charlie Brown Christmas, where the gang from the popular comic strip Peanuts came to (animated) life. In the half-hour ...

‘You need involvement,’ Lucy Van Pelt advises Charlie Brown when he consults her about his holiday depression. ‘We need a director’ for the Christmas pageant. Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble Photo Carson ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Some families are Home Alone people. Some are Elf people. And then there are the folks who don't feel ...

This holiday season marks the 60th anniversary of the first airing of “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” While some mistakenly credit the Peanuts Gang 1965 Yuletide 30-minute TV special as the first ...

This might all sound a bit sentimental, but I’d wager I’m not the only person whose experience of the holidays was profoundly ...

"A Charlie Brown Christmas" is exclusively available for streaming on Apple TV+. Apple acquired the rights to the Peanuts holiday specials in 2018, ending their run on broadcast television. A ...