A Charlie Brown Christmas
originally aired on CBS
A Charlie Brown Christmas is a 1965 animated television special. It is the first TV special based on the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz, and features the voices of Peter Robbins, Christopher Shea, Kathy Steinberg, Tracy Stratford, and Bill Melendez. In the special, Charlie Brown finds himself depressed despite the onset of the cheerful holiday season. His best efforts are ignored and mocked by his peers when he chooses a puny Christmas tree as a centerpiece.