All I Really Need to Know I Learned from ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’
If America’s most beloved blockhead taught us anything, it’s the power of perseverance. Who but Charlie Brown would try (and fail) to kick a football a few hundred times and still dust himself off to try again?
If Charlie Brown and the gang taught fans additional lessons, many of them came by way of the iconic 1965 holiday special Though early viewings appeared disastrous to CBS executives and sponsors, in its own Christmas miracle, the show’s premiere pulled in 15 million that week) and secured an Emmy, a Peabody, and a place in the hearts of generations of viewers.
