Product: A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
Rating: 5.0
Merry Christmas Charlie Brown
There is no better Charlie Brown cartoon than this one. Even though it was written in the 60's, it is amazing how resonating a story about the over commercialization of Christmas still is today. From the tin Christmas trees to Linus thinking that the holiday is run by an "eastern syndicate", you could use these kind of things to apply to today (attention wal-mart shoppers). Though far from being a religious person, I still love Linus' speech about the true meaning of Christmas and it is interesting to learn the advertisers back in the day worried the cartoon was too religious for the viewing audience. Definitely a must see for the holiday season and it teaches kids a great lesson.