1
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I think there must be
something wrong with me, Linus.

2
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Christmas is coming, but I'm not happy.

3
00:01:00,476 --> 00:01:03,312
I don't feel the way I'm supposed to feel.

4
00:01:06,692 --> 00:01:09,402
I just don't understand Christmas,
I guess.

5
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I like getting presents
and sending Christmas cards...

6
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...and decorating trees and all that,
but I'm still not happy.

7
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I always end up feeling depressed.

8
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Charlie Brown,
you're the only person I know...

9
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...who can take a wonderful season
like Christmas and turn it into a problem.

10
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Maybe Lucy's right.

11
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Of all the Charlie Browns in the world,
you're the Charlie Browniest.

12
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[ECHOES]
Hello in there.

13
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Rats.

14
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Nobody sent me a Christmas card today.

15
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I almost wish
there weren't a holiday season.

16
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I know nobody likes me.

17
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Why do we have to have a holiday season
to emphasize it?

18
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Thanks for the Christmas card
you sent me, Violet.

19
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I didn't send you a Christmas card,
Charlie Brown.

20
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Don't you know sarcasm
when you hear it?

21
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Pigpen,
you're the only person I know...

22
00:03:03,891 --> 00:03:06,394
...who can raise a cloud of dust
in a snowstorm.

23
00:03:06,394 --> 00:03:08,563
[CHOMPING]

24
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Try to catch snowflakes
on your tongue.

25
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It's fun.

26
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Mm. Needs sugar.

27
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It's too early.
I never eat December snowflakes.

28
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I always wait until January.

29
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They sure look ripe to me.

30
00:04:03,577 --> 00:04:06,537
You think you're so smart
with that blanket.

31
00:04:06,537 --> 00:04:09,040
What are you gonna do with it
when you grow up?

32
00:04:09,791 --> 00:04:12,293
Maybe I'll make it into a sport coat.

33
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I think you have a customer.

34
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May I help you?

35
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-I'm in sad shape.
-Wait a minute.

36
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Before you begin,
I must ask that you pay in advance.

37
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Five cents, please.

38
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Boy, what a sound.

39
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How I love to hear that old money plink,
that beautiful sound of cold, hard cash.

40
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That beautiful, beautiful sound.
Nickels, nickels, nickels.

41
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That beautiful sound of plinking nickels.

42
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All right, now,
what seems to be your trouble?

43
00:05:02,969 --> 00:05:07,056
I feel depressed.
I know I should be happy, but I'm not.

44
00:05:07,056 --> 00:05:09,225
Well, as they say on TV...

45
00:05:09,225 --> 00:05:11,644
...the mere fact
that you realize you need help...

46
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...indicates that you are not too far gone.

47
00:05:14,063 --> 00:05:16,399
I think we'd better pinpoint your fears.

48
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If we can find out what you're afraid of,
we can label it.

49
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Are you afraid of responsibility?
If you are, then you have hypengyophobia.

50
00:05:25,242 --> 00:05:27,493
-I don't think that's quite it.
-How about cats?

51
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If you're afraid of cats,
you have ailurophasia.

52
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Well, sort of, but I'm not sure.

53
00:05:33,082 --> 00:05:37,753
Are you afraid of staircases?
If you are, then you have climacophobia.

54
00:05:37,753 --> 00:05:40,756
Maybe you have thalassophobia.
This is fear of the ocean.

55
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Or gephyrophobia,
which is the fear of crossing bridges.

56
00:05:44,510 --> 00:05:48,597
Or maybe you have pantophobia.
Do you think you have pantophobia?

57
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-What's pantophobia?
-The fear of everything.

58
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[SHOUTING]
That's it!

59
00:05:55,230 --> 00:05:59,150
Actually, Lucy, my trouble is Christmas.
I just don't understand it.

60
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Instead of feeling happy,
I feel sort of let down.

61
00:06:02,111 --> 00:06:03,612
You need involvement.

62
00:06:03,612 --> 00:06:06,615
You need to get involved
in some real Christmas project.

63
00:06:06,615 --> 00:06:09,618
How would you like to be the director
of our Christmas play?

64
00:06:09,618 --> 00:06:14,081
Me? You want me to be the director
of the Christmas play?

65
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Sure, Charlie Brown.
We need a director, you need involvement.

66
00:06:18,462 --> 00:06:22,548
We've got a shepherd, musicians,
animals, everyone you need.

67
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We've even got a Christmas queen.

68
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I don't know anything
about directing a Christmas play.

69
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Don't worry, I'll be there to help you.
I'll meet you at the auditorium.

70
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Incidentally, I know how you feel
about all this Christmas business...

71
00:06:36,812 --> 00:06:38,564
...getting depressed and all that.

72
00:06:38,564 --> 00:06:42,651
It happens to me every year.
I never get what I really want.

73
00:06:42,651 --> 00:06:45,446
I always get a lot of stupid toys
or a bicycle...

74
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...or clothes or something like that.

75
00:06:48,032 --> 00:06:51,702
-What is it you want?
-Real estate.

76
00:07:06,051 --> 00:07:08,844
What's going on here?

77
00:07:08,844 --> 00:07:10,012
What's this?

78
00:07:10,012 --> 00:07:14,225
"Find the true meaning of Christmas.
Win money, money, money.

79
00:07:14,225 --> 00:07:20,523
Spectacular, super-colossal neighborhood
Christmas-lights-and-display contest."

80
00:07:20,523 --> 00:07:25,027
Lights-and-display contest? Oh, no.

81
00:07:26,113 --> 00:07:30,533
My own dog gone commercial.
I can't stand it. Oh....

82
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I've been looking for you, big brother.

83
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Will you please write a letter
to Santa Claus for me?

84
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Well, I don't have much time.

85
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I'm supposed to get down to the school
auditorium and direct a Christmas play.

86
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You write it,
and I'll tell you what I want to say.

87
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Okay, shoot.

88
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Dear Santa Claus, how have you been?
Did you have a nice summer?

89
00:07:55,976 --> 00:07:57,184
How is your wife?

90
00:07:57,184 --> 00:07:59,478
I have been extra good this year...

91
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...so I have a long list of presents
that I want.

92
00:08:02,606 --> 00:08:05,401
Oh, brother.

93
00:08:05,401 --> 00:08:10,072
Please note the size and color of each item
and send as many as possible.

94
00:08:10,072 --> 00:08:14,118
If it seems too complicated,
make it easy on yourself:

95
00:08:14,118 --> 00:08:15,703
Just send money.

96
00:08:15,703 --> 00:08:20,416
-How about 10s and 20s?
-Tens and 20s? Oh....

97
00:08:20,416 --> 00:08:22,710
Even my baby sister.

98
00:08:22,710 --> 00:08:27,923
All I want is what I have coming to me.
All I want is my fair share.

99
00:08:29,384 --> 00:08:32,386
[UPBEAT JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

100
00:08:42,230 --> 00:08:44,315
All right, quiet, everybody.

101
00:08:44,315 --> 00:08:47,610
Our director will be here any minute
and we'll start rehearsal.

102
00:08:47,610 --> 00:08:51,322
-Director? What director?
-Charlie Brown.

103
00:08:51,322 --> 00:08:57,161
-Oh, no, we're doomed.
-This will be the worst Christmas play ever.

104
00:08:57,161 --> 00:09:01,165
Here he comes.
Attention, everyone, here's our director.

105
00:09:01,374 --> 00:09:02,416
[APPLAUDING]

106
00:09:02,416 --> 00:09:04,501
Booooooo.

107
00:09:06,296 --> 00:09:09,215
Man's best friend.

108
00:09:10,467 --> 00:09:12,635
Well, it's real good seeing y'all here.

109
00:09:12,635 --> 00:09:15,346
As you know,
we are going to put on the Christmas play.

110
00:09:15,346 --> 00:09:18,265
Due to the shortage of time,
we'll get right down to work.

111
00:09:18,642 --> 00:09:21,310
One of the first things
to insure a good performance...

112
00:09:21,310 --> 00:09:23,479
...is strict attention to the director.

113
00:09:23,479 --> 00:09:25,439
I'll keep my directions simple.

114
00:09:25,439 --> 00:09:29,652
If I point to the right,
it means focus attention stage right.

115
00:09:29,652 --> 00:09:32,279
If I make a slashing motion
across my throat...

116
00:09:32,279 --> 00:09:34,031
...it means cut the scene short.

117
00:09:34,031 --> 00:09:38,327
If I make a revolving motion with my hand,
it means pick up the tempo.

118
00:09:38,327 --> 00:09:42,164
If I spread my hands apart,
it means slow down.

119
00:09:42,164 --> 00:09:47,419
It's the spirit of the actors that counts,
the interest that they show in their director.

120
00:09:47,419 --> 00:09:51,298
Am I right? I said, am I right?

121
00:09:51,298 --> 00:09:54,468
[PLAYING VINCE GUARALDI'S
"LINUS & LUCY"]

122
00:10:22,831 --> 00:10:25,624
Stop the music! All right, now.

123
00:10:25,624 --> 00:10:29,044
We're going to do this play
and we're going to do it right.

124
00:10:29,462 --> 00:10:32,715
Lucy, get those costumes and scripts
and pass them out.

125
00:10:32,715 --> 00:10:36,593
Now, the script girl
will be handing out your parts.

126
00:10:36,593 --> 00:10:38,429
You're the innkeeper's wife.

127
00:10:38,429 --> 00:10:43,100
Do innkeepers' wives
have naturally curly hair?

128
00:10:43,852 --> 00:10:45,978
Pigpen, you're the innkeeper.

129
00:10:45,978 --> 00:10:51,358
In spite of my outward appearance,
I shall try to run a neat inn.

130
00:10:51,735 --> 00:10:54,611
Shermy, you're a shepherd.

131
00:10:55,363 --> 00:11:00,075
Every Christmas it's the same.
I always end up playing a shepherd.

132
00:11:00,869 --> 00:11:04,204
Snoopy, you'll have to be all the animals
in our play.

133
00:11:04,204 --> 00:11:06,498
-Can you be a sheep?
-Baa.

134
00:11:06,498 --> 00:11:08,792
-How about a cow?
-Moo.

135
00:11:09,586 --> 00:11:11,795
How about a penguin?

136
00:11:14,090 --> 00:11:17,426
-Yes, he's even a good penguin.
-Ooow!

137
00:11:19,929 --> 00:11:21,430
No, no, no.

138
00:11:21,430 --> 00:11:24,892
Listen, all of you.
You've got to take direction.

139
00:11:24,892 --> 00:11:27,019
[LUCY SPEAKING AND SNOOPY MOUTHING]
You've got to have discipline.

140
00:11:27,019 --> 00:11:31,607
You've gotta have respect
for your director.

141
00:11:32,067 --> 00:11:34,318
I ought to slug you.

142
00:11:34,318 --> 00:11:37,946
Ugh. I've been kissed by a dog.
I have dog germs.

143
00:11:37,946 --> 00:11:41,450
Get hot water,
get some disinfectant, get some iodine.

144
00:11:41,450 --> 00:11:43,202
-Waaah.
-Ah.

145
00:11:43,202 --> 00:11:47,164
All right, all right, script girl,
continue with the scripts.

146
00:11:49,167 --> 00:11:52,920
Linus, you've got to get rid
of that stupid blanket.

147
00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:55,464
And here, memorize these lines.

148
00:11:55,464 --> 00:11:59,218
I can't memorize these lines.
This is ridiculous.

149
00:11:59,218 --> 00:12:02,346
Memorize it and be ready to recite
when your cue comes.

150
00:12:02,346 --> 00:12:05,140
I can't memorize something like this
so quickly.

151
00:12:05,140 --> 00:12:08,185
Why should I be put through such agony?

152
00:12:08,185 --> 00:12:11,688
Give me one good reason
why I should memorize this.

153
00:12:11,688 --> 00:12:17,820
I'll give you five good reasons:
One, two, three, four, five.

154
00:12:17,820 --> 00:12:19,321
Those are good reasons.

155
00:12:19,781 --> 00:12:22,032
Christmas is not only
getting too commercial...

156
00:12:22,032 --> 00:12:24,535
...it's getting too dangerous.

157
00:12:24,535 --> 00:12:26,829
And get rid of that stupid blanket.

158
00:12:26,829 --> 00:12:29,081
What's a Christmas shepherd
gonna look like...

159
00:12:29,081 --> 00:12:31,166
...holding a stupid blanket like that?

160
00:12:31,166 --> 00:12:33,168
Well, this is one Christmas shepherd...

161
00:12:33,168 --> 00:12:35,671
...who's going to keep his trusty blanket
with him.

162
00:12:35,671 --> 00:12:38,841
See? You wouldn't hit
an innocent shepherd, would you?

163
00:12:39,801 --> 00:12:43,762
Okay, Mr. Director, the cast is set.
Take over.

164
00:12:43,762 --> 00:12:47,724
All right, let's have it quiet.
Places, everybody.

165
00:12:47,724 --> 00:12:51,645
Schroeder, set the mood for first scene.

166
00:12:52,439 --> 00:12:55,441
[PLAYING VINCE GUARALDI’S
"LINUS & LUCY"]

167
00:12:56,985 --> 00:12:59,820
Cut, cut. No, no, no.

168
00:13:01,156 --> 00:13:03,991
Look, let's rehearse the scene at the inn.

169
00:13:03,991 --> 00:13:07,411
-Frieda, this is--
-We can't go on. There's too much dust.

170
00:13:07,620 --> 00:13:11,081
It's taking the curl
out of my naturally curly hair.

171
00:13:11,081 --> 00:13:12,875
Don't think of it as dust.

172
00:13:12,875 --> 00:13:17,838
Think of it as maybe the soil
of some great past civilization.

173
00:13:17,838 --> 00:13:22,718
Maybe the soil of ancient Babylon.
It staggers the imagination.

174
00:13:22,718 --> 00:13:26,430
He may be carrying soil
that was trod upon by Solomon.

175
00:13:26,430 --> 00:13:28,348
Or even Nebuchadnezzar.

176
00:13:28,348 --> 00:13:32,352
It sort of makes you wanna treat me
with more respect, doesn't it?

177
00:13:32,352 --> 00:13:35,856
You're an absolute mess.
Just look at yourself.

178
00:13:37,233 --> 00:13:40,360
On the contrary,
I didn't think I'd look that good.

179
00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:42,863
Sally, come here.

180
00:13:43,573 --> 00:13:47,451
-What do you want her for?
-She's gonna be your wife.

181
00:13:50,246 --> 00:13:52,414
Good grief.

182
00:13:52,414 --> 00:13:55,626
Isn't he the cutest thing?

183
00:13:56,961 --> 00:14:00,464
He has the nicest sense of humor.

184
00:14:01,549 --> 00:14:05,761
-Lunch break, lunch break.
-Lunch break?

185
00:14:11,768 --> 00:14:14,436
All right, now,
there's no time for foolishness.

186
00:14:14,436 --> 00:14:17,981
We've got to get on with our play.

187
00:14:17,981 --> 00:14:21,318
That's right. What about my part?

188
00:14:22,654 --> 00:14:25,447
What about the Christmas queen, hmm?

189
00:14:26,449 --> 00:14:30,035
Are you going to let all this beauty
go to waste?

190
00:14:30,035 --> 00:14:34,456
You do think I'm beautiful, don't you,
Charlie Brown?

191
00:14:34,456 --> 00:14:39,002
You didn't answer me right away.
You had to think about it first, didn't you?

192
00:14:39,002 --> 00:14:42,839
If you really had thought I was beautiful,
you would've spoken right up.

193
00:14:42,839 --> 00:14:46,093
I know when I've been insulted.
I know when I've been insulted.

194
00:14:46,093 --> 00:14:48,345
Good grief.

195
00:14:49,722 --> 00:14:52,391
All right, let's take it from the top again.

196
00:14:52,391 --> 00:14:55,811
Places. Action.

197
00:14:55,811 --> 00:14:58,981
[PLAYING VINCE GUARALDI’S
"LINUS & LUCY"]

198
00:15:05,363 --> 00:15:08,740
Charlie Brown, isn't it a great play?

199
00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:10,659
That does it.

200
00:15:10,659 --> 00:15:13,579
Now, look, if we're ever to get this play
off the ground...

201
00:15:13,579 --> 00:15:16,832
...we've gotta have some cooperation.

202
00:15:17,584 --> 00:15:20,961
What's the matter, Charlie Brown?
Don't you think it's great?

203
00:15:20,961 --> 00:15:24,756
-It's all wrong.
-Look, Charlie, let's face it.

204
00:15:24,756 --> 00:15:27,634
We all know that Christmas
is a big commercial racket.

205
00:15:27,634 --> 00:15:30,220
It's run by a big Eastern syndicate,
you know.

206
00:15:30,638 --> 00:15:33,265
Well, this is one play
that's not gonna be commercial.

207
00:15:33,265 --> 00:15:36,351
-Look, Charlie Brown, what do you want?
-The proper mood.

208
00:15:36,351 --> 00:15:39,563
-We need a Christmas tree.
-Hey, perhaps a tree.

209
00:15:39,563 --> 00:15:43,025
A great big, shiny,
aluminum Christmas tree.

210
00:15:43,025 --> 00:15:47,696
That's it, Charlie Brown. You get the tree.
I'll handle this crowd.

211
00:15:47,696 --> 00:15:52,451
Okay. I'll take Linus with me.
The rest of you practice your lines.

212
00:15:52,451 --> 00:15:56,705
Get the biggest aluminum tree you can find,
Charlie Brown, maybe painted pink.

213
00:15:56,705 --> 00:16:01,335
Yeah, do something right for a change,
Charlie Brown.

214
00:16:04,881 --> 00:16:09,343
I don't know, Linus. I just don't know.

215
00:16:10,553 --> 00:16:14,514
Well, I guess we'd better concentrate
on finding a nice Christmas tree.

216
00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:20,395
I suggest we try those searchlights,
Charlie Brown.

217
00:16:27,111 --> 00:16:28,695
[HOLLOW METAL ECHOING]

218
00:16:28,695 --> 00:16:32,074
This really brings Christmas close
to a person.

219
00:16:32,074 --> 00:16:34,868
Fantastic.

220
00:16:51,511 --> 00:16:54,888
LINUS: Gee, do they still make
wooden Christmas trees?

221
00:16:54,888 --> 00:16:57,933
CHARLIE: This little green one here
seems to need a home.

222
00:16:57,933 --> 00:16:59,810
I don't know, Charlie Brown.

223
00:16:59,810 --> 00:17:04,231
Remember what Lucy said?
This doesn't seem to fit the modern spirit.

224
00:17:04,231 --> 00:17:05,440
I don't care.

225
00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:08,568
We'll decorate it,
and it'll be just right for our play.

226
00:17:08,568 --> 00:17:11,405
Besides, I think it needs me.

227
00:17:18,621 --> 00:17:22,916
This is the music I've selected
for the Christmas play.

228
00:17:27,630 --> 00:17:29,840
What kind of Christmas music is that?

229
00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:32,676
Beethoven Christmas music.

230
00:17:33,094 --> 00:17:35,345
What has Beethoven got to do
with Christmas?

231
00:17:35,345 --> 00:17:38,014
Everyone talks
about how great Beethoven was.

232
00:17:38,014 --> 00:17:40,434
Beethoven wasn't so great.

233
00:17:40,434 --> 00:17:43,979
What do you mean,
Beethoven wasn't so great?

234
00:17:45,148 --> 00:17:48,024
He never got his picture
on bubble-gum cards, did he?

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Have you ever seen his picture
on a bubble-gum card?

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-Hmm?
-How can you say someone is great...

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...who's never had his picture
on bubble-gum cards?

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Good grief.

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[UPBEAT JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

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[MUSIC STOPS]

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Say, by the way,
can you play "Jingle Bells"?

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[PLAYING "JINGLE BELLS"]

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No, no. I mean "Jingle Bells."

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You know, deck them halls
and all that stuff.

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[PLAYING "JINGLE BELLS"
ON ELECTRIC ORGAN]

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No, no. You don't get it at all.
I mean "Jingle Bells."

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You know, Santa Claus and ho-ho-ho.

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And mistletoe
and presents to pretty girls.

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[PLAYING "JINGLE BELLS" OFF KEY]

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That's it!

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We're back.

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Boy, are you stupid, Charlie Brown.

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-What kind of a tree is that?
-You were supposed to get a good tree.

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Can't you even tell a good tree
from a poor tree?

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I told you he'd goof it up.

256
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He's not the kind you can depend on
to do anything right.

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-You're hopeless, Charlie Brown.
-Completely hopeless.

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Rats.

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You've been dumb before, Charlie Brown,
but this time you really did it.

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What a tree.

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[ALL LAUGHING]

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I guess you were right, Linus.
I shouldn't have picked this little tree.

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Everything I do turns into a disaster.

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I guess I really don't know
what Christmas is all about.

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Isn't there anyone
who knows what Christmas is all about?

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Sure, Charlie Brown.
I can tell you what Christmas is all about.

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Lights, please.

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And there were in the same country
shepherds abiding in the field...

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...keeping watch over their flock by night.

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And, lo, the angel of the Lord
came upon them...

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...and the glory of the Lord shone round
about them...

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...and they were sore afraid.

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And the angel said unto them:

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"Fear not, for, behold,
I bring you tidings of great joy...

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...which shall be to all people.

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For unto you is born this day,
in the city of David, a savior...

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...which is Christ the Lord.

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And this shall be a sign unto you.

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Ye shall find the babe wrapped
in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger."

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And suddenly, there was with the angel...

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...a multitude of the heavenly host
praising God and saying:

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"Glory to God in the highest, and on Earth,
peace, goodwill toward men."

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That's what Christmas is all about,
Charlie Brown.

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LINUS [VOICE-OVER]: For, behold,
I bring you tidings of great joy...

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...which shall be to all people.

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For unto you is born this day...

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...in the city of David, a savior,
which is Christ the Lord.

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And this shall be a sign unto you.

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00:22:36,772 --> 00:22:38,106
Linus is right.

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I won't let all this commercialism
ruin my Christmas.

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I'll take this little tree home
and decorate it...

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...and I'll show them it really will work
in our play.

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First prize?

294
00:23:10,639 --> 00:23:11,681
Oh, well.

295
00:23:11,681 --> 00:23:15,643
This commercial dog
is not going to ruin my Christmas.

296
00:23:24,195 --> 00:23:27,072
I've killed it. Oh....

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00:23:27,281 --> 00:23:30,033
Everything I touch gets ruined.

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00:23:40,503 --> 00:23:44,589
I never thought
it was such a bad little tree.

299
00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:50,220
It's not bad at all, really.
Maybe it just needs a little love.

300
00:24:02,066 --> 00:24:06,027
Charlie Brown is a blockhead,
but he did get a nice tree.

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[HUMMING "HARK! THE HERALD
ANGELS SING"]

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00:24:28,509 --> 00:24:30,969
What's going on here?

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ALL:
Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown.

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[ALL SINGING "HARK! THE HERALD
ANGELS SING"]