Tonight is the 40th anniversary of... Charlie Brown's Christmas! Whoo hoo! I'm not the only thing that turned 40 this year.
I love that cartoon. I used to watch it every Christmas as a child. And I loved Linus. He was hope. He was my favorite character.
And that tree? I know everyone has used that expression. Everyone has gone to pick out a tree at some point and seen some saggy forlorn tree in a corner and said, "Oh look! It's Charlie Brown's Christmas Tree!"
Then I look at my tree, still not decorated as we haven't had the time. My kids are tired of waiting for Dad to string the lights and for us all to sit down as a family and decorate.
So... they have taken to drawing little pictures on notebook paper, coloring them in, cutting them out, and then hanging them on the tree with a piece of yarn.
Our tree? Our tree looks like Pig Pen's Christmas tree.
Posted by Boudicca at December 6, 2005 10:05 PM | TrackBackHow funny is this...One of my favorite bosses once nicknamed me Pig Pen because of the black cloud of bad luck that followed me around.
Then, after he got to know me better he changed it to Linus. He still calls me that 8 years later.
;-)
Posted by: Tammi at December 6, 2005 11:51 PMI sat down with a cup of hot chocolate last night and enjoyed that show. At 48 it now makes me cry; from the simplicity of it as well as the memories, I guess. ;)
While it was on I heard Arthur yelling in the background: "Oh, no! I heard some religious words on TV!"
He thinks he's funny, but I almost expected it to be yanked from the airwaves any moment for not being PC enough...