For generations of holiday TV viewers, happiness is watching "A Charlie Brown Christmas."

Apple TV is the only place to see the animated holiday chestnut, which this year marks its 60th anniversary (nonsubscribers can watch it for free Dec. 13 and 14). And if you want to see Snoopy, Linus and the rest of the Peanuts gang in person, head to Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts on Dec. 5 for "A Charlie Brown Christmas Live on Stage."

The Emmy-winning special, which had a working title of "Charlie Brown's Christmas," premiered Dec. 9, 1965, on CBS and was seen by nearly half the households in the United States. Not too shabby (unlike Charlie Brown's Christmas tree) for a show that nervous CBS execs almost didn't air after being unimpressed at the preview. Here are some other behi

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