Twelve Days of Christmas Songs that Don’t Suck – That One Song from A Charlie Brown Christmas
You know, this one:
Again it’s not cheery. “A Charlie Brown Christmas” is as far as I’m concerned the only Christmas special based on a cartoon franchise that can actually be considered a classic. Yes, Linus’ “And that’s what Christmas is really about” speech seems a little bit shoved in at the end, and yes every lazy animator’s trick in the book is glaringly evident. (Actually, forget I said that. There’s no such thing as laziness among people who draw sixty pictures for every second their work is viewed.) But I can connect with it. Charlie Brown feels the same way I feel every freaking year. And this song matches the mood perfectly. It’s art.
What doesn’t match that mood perfectly is Richard Cheese’s cover of the song, but it’s still fun:
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