Zach's Favorite 10 Christmas Movies:
Movie #7
Movie #7
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Directed by: Bill Melendez
Starring: Peter Robins, Bill Melendez
Rated: TV-G
Rated: TV-G
One of the most classic of all Christmas films, A Charlie Brown Christmas was not only cutting edge for it's time, but may have the best message of all Christmas films. Like his comic-strip Peanuts, Charles Shultz infuses this animated-movie with children facing adult-like problems. Despite his young age, Charlie Brown goes to a psychiatrist for depression and is sickened by the commercialism of Christmas. These aren't your normal childhood problems, but perhaps Shultz was as concerned with communicating with his adult audience as much as with the kids. And, in the end, he points to the true meaning behind the season; the incarnation of Christ. This is what we celebrate and what defeats the depression of the holidays. And what better way to depict that than a pathetic, unloved tree Charlie Brown chooses that, in the end, is transformed into a beautiful tree that signifies the Christmas season.
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