A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (4 OF 4)
by Joe Alain
Scripture: Luke 2:8-14
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A Charlie Brown Christmas (4 of 4)
Series: Christmas at the Movies
Joe Alain
Luke 2:8-14
Today I begin our Christmas at the Movies series with the classic, ''A Charlie Brown Christmas'' which we may not think of as a movie at all since it is a simple 30 minute animated cartoon first released on December 9, 1965 with an estimated budget of 150,000! But A Charlie Brown Christmas has become a well-beloved Christmas favorite.
''A Charlie Brown Christmas'' features Charlie Brown's search for meaning in the Christmas holiday. He starts seeking out to understand why he always ends up being depressed around the Christmas holidays. He's discouraged that the holiday has been commercialized. On the advice of Lucy (the self-appointed resident Peanuts Gang psychiatrist), he decides that he needs to be more involved and accepts directing the upcoming Christmas play. At the rehearsal of the play, Charlie Brown quickly loses control of the production because no one will listen to him. Everyone is doing their own thing. Snoopy is jamming on a guitar, Schroeder is playing a jazzy rendition on the keyboards, and the gang would rather dance along than follow directions. Charlie Brown decides that what is needed to get things back on track is ''the proper mood,'' and suggests that they should get a Christmas tree. Lucy tells him he should get a big, aluminum tree from a nearby lot.
As you know, Instead of buying the big, shiny, aluminum artificial tree (painted pink), ironically Charlie Brown chooses the only living tree on the lot but it is a pitiful twig of a tree. But Charlie Brown is convinced that all it needs is some decoration and it will be just right. Linus and Charlie Brown return to the auditorium where they are met with mocking and laughter, even his dog Snoopy joins in. At his wits end, Charlie Brown loudly asks if anybody knows what Christmas is all about. Linus says he does and, after walking to center stage, recites the announcement of the birth of Jesus ...
Series: Christmas at the Movies
Joe Alain
Luke 2:8-14
Today I begin our Christmas at the Movies series with the classic, ''A Charlie Brown Christmas'' which we may not think of as a movie at all since it is a simple 30 minute animated cartoon first released on December 9, 1965 with an estimated budget of 150,000! But A Charlie Brown Christmas has become a well-beloved Christmas favorite.
''A Charlie Brown Christmas'' features Charlie Brown's search for meaning in the Christmas holiday. He starts seeking out to understand why he always ends up being depressed around the Christmas holidays. He's discouraged that the holiday has been commercialized. On the advice of Lucy (the self-appointed resident Peanuts Gang psychiatrist), he decides that he needs to be more involved and accepts directing the upcoming Christmas play. At the rehearsal of the play, Charlie Brown quickly loses control of the production because no one will listen to him. Everyone is doing their own thing. Snoopy is jamming on a guitar, Schroeder is playing a jazzy rendition on the keyboards, and the gang would rather dance along than follow directions. Charlie Brown decides that what is needed to get things back on track is ''the proper mood,'' and suggests that they should get a Christmas tree. Lucy tells him he should get a big, aluminum tree from a nearby lot.
As you know, Instead of buying the big, shiny, aluminum artificial tree (painted pink), ironically Charlie Brown chooses the only living tree on the lot but it is a pitiful twig of a tree. But Charlie Brown is convinced that all it needs is some decoration and it will be just right. Linus and Charlie Brown return to the auditorium where they are met with mocking and laughter, even his dog Snoopy joins in. At his wits end, Charlie Brown loudly asks if anybody knows what Christmas is all about. Linus says he does and, after walking to center stage, recites the announcement of the birth of Jesus ...
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