While on his way to meet friends to go ice skating on a local pond, Charlie Brown talks to his buddy Linus about Christmas. He feels that even though Christmas is approaching and everyone is buying gifts and decorating, that he is feeling down about the commercial aspect of Christmas.
He visits Lucy in her psychiatric booth and she seems to agree with him about Christmas saying that she always gets "stupid toys" instead of the real estate that she desires. She suggest that he get involved in a school play about the Nativity.
While walking to the auditorium, he runs into Sally who wants him to write a letter to Santa for her asking Santa to "send money". He also finds Snoopy decorating his doghouse for a neighborhood display contest. At rehearsals for the play, Charlie Brown gets frustrated because the players want to update the play with modern music while Charlie Brown wants the play to be traditional, not commercial. Charlie Brown thinks that they need a Christmas tree so that maybe the mood will be right. Lucy suggests that they get a pink aluminum tree. Charlie Brown and Linus set off on one of Charlie Brown's famous "quests" to find a tree. He finds a small "needlebare" tree (the kind that to this day we all refer to as a "Charlie Brown Tree") and take it back to the auditorium where everyone makes fun of it.
Charlie Brown speaks aloud about the fact that maybe he really doesn't know what Christmas is about. Linus walks to the center of the stage and begins to quote scripture pertaining to the birth of the Christ Child. When he is done, Charlie Brown picks up his tree when he realizes that he doesn't have to let the commercialism ruin HIS Christmas. He walks past Snoopy's house, that now has a winning ribbon attached to it, and puts an ornament on his tree. The tree droops under the weight of the ornament. The gang follows and gathers round to decorate Charlie Brown's tree with the decorations from Snoopy's doghouse. They sing Christmas Carols and the movie ends with a boisterous "Merry Christmas Charlie Brown!".
Good, Clean, Retro fun! Takes me back for sure!
30 Minutes. Not Rated. I give this movie THREE STARS.
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