Charlie Brown
I was at my buddy Matthew Paul Turner’s house the other day and we started talking about Charlie Brown. As we were watching, I couldn’t help but think of how much it seems that most of the shows on television during this time of year talks more about Santa Claus than Christ. Sure a good ethical or moral lesson may be taught in the Christmas special of whatever show we like best, but how many shows actually talk about Christ being the real reason for Christmas?
I was excited to see that the Charlie Brown Christmas special is still keeping it real with the true meaning of Christmas. What are some shows you have watched that its “Christmas Special” actually kept the true meaning of Christmas in tact?
If you’ve forgotten what the true meaning is, let Charlie Brown remind you…
read your blog. recommended it to a man I met at Cosco today.
My kids were watching the Charlie Brown Christmas show a few days ago. My 11-year old daughter said “Are they really allowed to show this on TV since they talk about Jesus and the Bible?” It made me sad that she is growing up in a world that has made her realize it’s “not always ok to talk about Jesus”. Even though that is farthest from the truth.
Just saddened that we have become such a “policitally correct people”. And my kids know it.
I read an interview with Bill Melendez, one of the animators on “A Charlie Brown Christmas”. When Charles Schulz described this scene to him, and that he wanted Linus to recite the Christmas story, Bill said something to the effect of “this is television, we can’t do that”.
To which Shulz replied:
“If we don’t do it, who will?”
One of these days, I fully expect to tune in one Christmas and find that entire scene cut out.
I love Charlie Brown. We used this clip to open a service at my home church a couple weeks ago. It does quite a ways to set a tone.