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What Christmas is all about

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In “Peanuts,” Linus quoted from the Gospel of Luke on December 20, 1959. His dialogue in that strip was later used in “A Charlie Brown Christmas” in a scene that Charles Schulz had to fight to include, and it became one of the special’s indelible moments.

Did you ever notice that Linus drops his security blanket while sharing “what Christmas is all about?” Even more curious is the point in the speech that he does so. Just as he utters the words “Fear not” from Luke 2:10 ~ “And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.” I believe this was a deliberate point that Charles Schultz was making, to drop those things of the world we cling to and embrace the good news!

Watch for it at about the :39 second mark. Powerful. A great moment in TV and comics.

Heaven with Punchlines

Okay, so… let’s recap. It appears as if Herb suffered an awful fate — which he thankfully has no recollection of — while patiently waiting in line for a latté (after cribbing a credit card). That’s when he… “materialized” next to Joey in the back seat of his car as it hurtled along the highway toward the remote outpost of Cold Springs, Manitoba. All things considered, Joey and Herb are handling the situation pretty optimistically — if not morbidly so — looking creatively at the possibilities here.