The plot is thin. The pace is slow. The music is decidedly not rock 'n' roll. But A Charlie Brown Christmas is a beloved piece of Americana, despite its flaws and idiosyncrasies, or maybe because of them.
There's reason to consider this cultural icon now because -- are you sitting down? -- the animated TV special turns 40 this year.
That's right, it was 40 years ago that Charlie Brown first decried the commercialization of Christmas. Forty years ago he placed a single red ball on his sorry but real Christmas tree and lamented, “I've killed it!"
In a bit of irony the folks in charge of all things Peanuts are trotting out new stuff they want you to buy to commemorate the 40th, including a plastic rendition of a spindly Charlie Brown tree available at Urban Outfitters for $24.
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There's reason to consider this cultural icon now because -- are you sitting down? -- the animated TV special turns 40 this year.
That's right, it was 40 years ago that Charlie Brown first decried the commercialization of Christmas. Forty years ago he placed a single red ball on his sorry but real Christmas tree and lamented, “I've killed it!"
In a bit of irony the folks in charge of all things Peanuts are trotting out new stuff they want you to buy to commemorate the 40th, including a plastic rendition of a spindly Charlie Brown tree available at Urban Outfitters for $24.
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