Not true.
Notice anything?
Linus stands there by himself on the stage. The spotlight falls upon him. He begins reciting from Luke.
And then Linus gets to the part where it reads "Fear not."
The only... the ONLY... the ONLY moment ever in the half-century of the Peanuts franchise - the comic strip, the TV specials, the movies, all of it - that Linus lets go of his blanket. The same blanket that he holds onto for safety and security.
And Linus lets it drop to the stage floor when he speaks "Fear not" from the Bible.
It's something so subtle that most have never noticed it.
Three years later the Apollo 8 astronauts read from the Bible. Now I know where they got the idea.
“It’s something so subtle that most have never noticed it.”
Count me as one that had never noticed. Thank you for pointing it out! :) What an amazing moment that is for Linus and the viewer.
“The only... the ONLY... the ONLY moment ever in the half-century of the Peanuts franchise - the comic strip, the TV specials, the movies, all of it - that Linus lets go of his blanket. The same blanket that he holds onto for safety and security”
Uhh doesn’t Linus wrap his blanket around the Charlie Brown Christmas tree to support it?
Wow! I had not noticed it. What a beautiful tribute to the power of faith. Thank you, Mr. Schultz!
Just Drop the Blanket: The Moment You Never Noticed in A Charlie Brown Christmas
There was a story arc in the comics where Lucy buried his blanket and he went without it for a week. Finally, Snoopy dug up the blanket and thwarted her plan.
Thank You! I just went back to the excerpt posted above in YouTube. It brought a wonderful tear to my eye.