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A Charlie Brown Christmas

1965 0h 25m
Animation Family Comedy TV Movie
MOVIEVIBE Rating
7.7/10
811 reviews
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A Charlie Brown Christmas

When Charlie Brown complains about the overwhelming materialism that he sees amongst everyone during the Christmas season, Lucy suggests that he become director of the school Christmas pageant. Charlie Brown accepts, but it is a frustrating struggle. When an attempt to restore the proper spirit with a forlorn little fir Christmas tree fails, he needs Linus' help to learn the meaning of Christmas.

"That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown!"

Top Billed Cast

Peter Robbins
Peter Robbins
Charlie Brown (voice)
Christopher Shea
Christopher Shea
Linus Van Pelt (voice)
Tracy Stratford
Tracy Stratford
Lucy Van Pelt (voice)
Cathy Steinberg
Cathy Steinberg
Sally Brown (voice)
Chris Doran
Chris Doran
Schroeder / Shermy (voice)
Sally Dryer
Sally Dryer
Violet (voice)
Ann Altieri
Ann Altieri
Frieda (voice)
Geoffrey Ornstein
Geoffrey Ornstein
Pig-Pen (voice)

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

P Peter McGinn Verified TMDB Critic
2020-08-26

Another one of those classic old children’s Christmas shows I first watched who knows when, but probably when it first came out, and have seen a couple dozen more times since then.

When dealing with a show I loved as a kid, I refuse to try to separate the adult viewer and rate it more harshly. The memory and the childish feelings I had for it are wrapped up in its value for me. For example, I am an atheist, so the nativity story doesn’t carry a religious message for me, but I can appreciate its function in the story, and I read a lot of other fictional mythical origin stories without b...

G GenerationofSwine Verified TMDB Critic
2023-01-12

This is about the real meaning of Christmas...and the few haters of it are the pretentious that really don't like Christmas movies and are prejudiced against religion.

If you get beyond that, it's a heart-warming story with a lot of little sub stories to keep kids and adults with ADHD focused on the screen.

Really though, it's something to be cherished, respected, and loved....