Question: Which show aired first, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" or, "A Charlie Brown Christmas"?

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Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (commonly known by its on-screen title as Rudolph and Frosty: Christmas in July, or simply Rudolph and Frosty) is an American crossover Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass, featuring characters from the company's holiday specials including "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Frosty the Snowman".  It was filmed in Japan through "Animagic", a stop-motion animation process in the style of "Rudolph".  The film premiered in the US on November 25, 1979 on the ABC network. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a 1964 Christmas stop motion animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions and currently distributed by Universal Television.  It first aired Sunday, December 6, 1964, on the NBC television network in the United States, and was sponsored by General Electric under the umbrella title of "The General Electric Fantasy Hour".  The special was based on the Johnny Marks song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" which was itself based on the poem of the same name written in 1939 by Marks' brother-in-law, Robert L. May.  Since 1972, the special has aired on CBS, with the network unveiling a high-definition, digitally remastered version of the program in 2005.  As with "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", "Rudolph" no longer airs just once annually, but several times during the Christmas and holiday season on CBS.  Unlike other holiday specials that also air on several cable channels (including Freeform), "Rudolph" only airs on CBS.  It has been telecast every year since 1964, making it the longest running Christmas TV special in history.  2014 marked the 50th anniversary of the television special and a series of postage stamps featuring Rudolph was issued by the United States Postal Service on November 6, 2014. "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" is a song written by Johnny Marks based on the 1939 story "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" published by the Montgomery Ward Company.  Gene Autry's recording hit No. 1 on the U.S. charts the week of Christmas 1949. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is the tenth prime-time animated TV special based upon the popular comic strip "Peanuts," by Charles M. Schulz.  It was originally aired on the CBS network on November 20, 1973, and won an Emmy Award the following year.  Currently, the special is aired every November in prime time on the ABC network.  It was the third holiday special after "A Charlie Brown Christmas" in 1965 and "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" in 1966. A Charlie Brown Christmas is a 1965 animated television special based on the comic strip "Peanuts", by Charles M. Schulz.  Produced by Lee Mendelson and directed by Bill Melendez, the program made its debut on CBS on December 9, 1965.  In the special, lead character Charlie Brown finds himself depressed despite the onset of the cheerful holiday season.  Lucy suggests he direct a neighborhood Christmas play, but his best efforts are ignored and mocked by his peers.  After Linus tells Charlie Brown about the true meaning of Christmas, Charlie Brown cheers up, and the Peanuts gang unites to celebrate the Christmas season. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie is a 1998 American animated musical film about Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, who first appeared in a 1939 story by Robert L. May.  The film was the first theatrical feature from GoodTimes Entertainment, long known as a home video company.  It stars John Goodman, Eric Idle, Whoopi Goldberg, Debbie Reynolds, Richard Simmons and Bob Newhart.  The film disappointed at the box-office, recouping only $113,000 of its $10 million budget. "Christmas Time Is Here" is a popular Christmas song written by Lee Mendelson and Vince Guaraldi for the 1965 TV special "A Charlie Brown Christmas", one of the first animated Christmas specials produced for network TV in the United States.  Because the song became a hit, two versions were included on the album "A Charlie Brown Christmas": an instrumental version by the Vince Guaraldi Trio and a vocal version by children from St. Paul's Episcopal Church in San Rafael, California. Charlie Brown's All Stars!  is the second prime-time animated TV special based upon the popular comic strip "Peanuts," by Charles M. Schulz.  It was the second such TV special (following "A Charlie Brown Christmas") to be produced by Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez (who also directed), and originally aired on CBS on June 8, 1966.  It ceased to be aired annually by 1971, and was last shown on CBS on April 3, 1982 (although Disney Channel and Nickelodeon aired reruns of the special in the 1990s).  ABC returned the special to television on April 7, 2009, as a companion to "It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown". Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a legendary reindeer, created by Robert Lewis May, usually depicted as a young fawn who barely has antlers, with a glowing red nose, popularly known as "Santa's ninth reindeer."  When depicted, he is the lead reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve.  The luminosity of his nose is so great that it illuminates the team's path through inclement winter weather. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a 1948 animated short film by Max Fleischer based on the 1939 Robert L. May poem "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" about the reindeer with the same name.

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 It first aired Sunday, December 6, 1964, on the NBC television network in the United States, and was sponsored by General Electric under the umbrella title of "The General Electric Fantasy Hour".  The special was based on the Johnny Marks song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" which was itself based on the poem of the same name written in 1939 by Marks' brother-in-law, Robert L. May.  Produced by Lee Mendelson and directed by Bill Melendez, the program made its debut on CBS on December 9, 1965.