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Based on the classic “Peanuts” comic strip by Charles Schulz, first published back in the fall of 1950, the “Charlie Brown” animated specials remain as seasonal TV staples. During “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving,” Sally and Charlie Brown are coerced into hosting their friends Peppermint Patty, Lucy, Linus, Marcie, and Franklin, despite not knowing how to cook — and having previous holiday plans with their grandmother. So in order to get some food on the table, Snoopy has to call in special reinforcements.

“A Charlie Brown Christmas” finds Charlie Brown rather beaten down by the commercialization of the supposedly giving season. Hoping to regain

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