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I would not give it back for anything. I have to say “A Charlie Brown Christmas” makes me cry like a baby. My husband got me the complete Charlie Brown holiday DVD gift box a few years ago.

If you want a real tear jerker from the Peanuts gang, watch "What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown" from 1983 where the gang was in France and they go see Normandy and Flander's Fields. Linus does a beautiful job is discussing Normandy as you saw rotoscoped animation showing our troops hitting the beach, the Eisenhower speech about Normandy he made in 1964 looking back and him explaining we almost gave up until we broke through at the Pointe Du Hoc. Also, I loved his reading of "In Flanders Fields."

Runner up, "Why, Charlie Brown, Why," (1990) where Linus falls in love with a new girl at school, she gets luekemia and goes through chemo and the works. She loses her hair but is able to go to school, although she ended up in hospital a couple of times. She was bald at school and a bully picks on her and Linus just loses it and lets him have it.

Still Linus reading the Bible on the real reason of Christmas, sends chills down my spine.

If I may, Hound, I see where you're coming from and I see myself a libertarian leaning on many things, but I see no harm is showing kids programs like these in school. We did it and more back in the 1970's and we turned out fine. I can see your point if someone would force people to believe by sticking an M-16A1 in their face but I don't see it here. If an atheist does not want their kid to see it, just have him excused, why should the rest suffer?

I can’t believe I have never heard of the two Charlie Brown shows, I will make a point to see them.

I have to say that I completely agree w/ your last paragraph. Children today need the innocence and charm and love that IS Charlie Brown. I will never not cry when Linus reads those words. It is such a pure, beautiful moment and I think that is why it affects us so much.

Thank you for the wonderful reply. May you & your loved ones have a great Thanksgiving.

"Runner up, "Why, Charlie Brown, Why," (1990) where Linus falls in love with a new girl at school, she gets leukemia and goes through chemo and the works. She loses her hair but is able to go to school, although she ended up in hospital a couple of times. She was bald at school and a bully picks on her and Linus just loses it and lets him have it."

This one is a stunner. To this day I've never understood why Sparky was a reliable (if Cali/Cafe) Catholic and how his best friends were scummy anarchists like Tommy Smothers...