Linus steals the show with scriptures about the birth of Jesus

I grew up watching this classic on television and didn't appreciate until now that the Christian message of the Savior's Birth is supported in this film. As commercialized and non-Christ as Christmas has become in this day and age, it's nice to have the true story of Christmas retold in this classic Peanuts presentation.

Sweet Story

Good to watch on Christmas with the family of all ages, One of my favorites.

There is no way anyone with a soul could ever give this a negative review....

This is one of the sweetest, sad, funny, and actually profound Christmas specials ever. Well, maybe not Dostoyevsky deepness, but there is quite a lot of depth here, unlike a lot of modern Christmas specials, which are just plugs for toys. The suits at CBS hated this series. They thought it was too intelligent for kids, and they didn't like Vince Guardaldi's jazz score (which is a bonafide classic now). It almost didn't air. Luckily, it did, and we are all better people for it.