A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Reviewed

Between "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" and "A Charlie Brown Christmas", you can watch "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving".  Of course, the story is also available in book form if you prefer reading.

Our family loves watching the Charlie Brown seasonal movies annually.  Neither Halloween nor Christmas are complete in our household without our dose of Charlie Brown and Snoopy.  

This year we added "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" to our holiday line-up of movies.  This movie was included in the Peanuts Holiday Collection previously gifted to my husband.  Until this year, we had not watched this movie at Thanksgiving.  However, it is now bound to become a family holiday tradition too.

 

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving DVD or Book

 A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (DVD)Check PriceThis movie starts with the classic Lucy and the football challenge. It seems poor Charlie Brown will continue to hope and trust.  Isn't that one of the things we love most about him?

Then Charlie Brown finds himself roped into hosting a Thanksgiving dinner for his friends.  Linus and Snoopy jump in to help create a most unusual Thanksgiving meal.  Just watching them "cook" is a lot of fun.  

At dinner, Linus offers a bit of history along with the prayer.  The party theme ends up being about how "we should just be thankful for being together".  

Don't worry!  Of course, a grandmother saves the day. 

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We no longer subscribe to cable TV.  We do have a few select streaming services, but movies are limited on all of them.  For shows like the Charlie Brown movies, I still prefer owning the DVD where I can watch them anytime I wish.  That is especially important for holiday specials.  I don't want to be forced to subscribe to a service simply because I want to watch a few specific holiday movies.

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Our entire family loves Charlie Brown and Snoopy.  Actually, we love the entire Peanuts gang.  Needless to say, we are huge fans and any holiday is a great excuse to be entertained by them.  We are not limited to the movies either.  We also love the books, the toys, costumes, or really anything Peanuts related. 

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A Charlie Brown Christmas

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It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Movie Review

A Halloween Tradition

One of the best traditions on Halloween is to watch, "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown."  Everybody loves the Peanuts gang, and when you couple them with Halloween, it is bound to be a smash hit!

We usually gather around the tv as a family to support Linus as he waits for the visit from the Great Pumpkin and to cheer Snoopy as he battles the Red Baron.  Yes, by now, we can recite sections of the show ourselves, but that is part of the fun of our Halloween tradition.

It makes for a fun and very entertaining evening, especially when we break out the popcorn, hot dogs and cokes!

The Great Fall

 Fathead Wall Decal, Real Big,One very memorable moment in "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," is the "agreement" between Lucy and Charlie Brown.

Lucy agrees to hold the football for Charlie Brown to kick.  She even gives him a signed document that states that she will not pull the football away. Trusting and believing Lucy will honor her signed agreement, Charlie Brown falls for her trick which subsequently ends in him falling on his back when she pulls the football away.

While I know some people would view this as being rather mean, I always laugh.  It actually reminds me of growing up with 5 siblings.  Granted, Lucy is not related to Charlie Brown, but they still act like brother and sister.  To be completely honest here, I could easily see myself holding the football while one of my own brothers advanced for the kick.  Of course, you all know I would only pull away for fear of being accidentally kicked myself, right? 

A Great Charlie Brown T-Shirt

Isn't it funny how Charlie Brown has a simple t-shirt that that we ALL recognize as belonging to Charlie Brown?

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I think that is one of the things that makes us all love the Peanuts Gang.  The are just regular kids, living regular lives, with everyday activities.  In some base way, we identify with them and it is awesome to realize that things will be okay and most of the time, they will turn out alright.  We just pick ourselves up from our "great falls" to try again another day.  Children need that reassurance.  Actually, we all need that reassurance.

Of course, it is pretty cool to be able to read a dog's mind like we are allowed to do with Snoopy.

The Great Wait for the Great Pumpkin

Every year as I watch Linus' anticipation of seeing the Great Pumpkin, I wish the show would change and the Great Pumpkin would appear for Linus.  He is so believing and devoted.  Year after year when he is disappointed, I am disappointed.

Not only is Linus ridiculed by his "friends" for believing in the Great Pumpkin, but he is maligned by Sally when she realizes that she missed trick or treating to wait with him for the Great Pumpkin who never materializes.  Again, my heart goes out to Linus as he patiently endures her tirade.

But you know what is pretty cool!  Linus goes right on caring about Sally and being her friend. 

The Great Sister

 Peanuts by Jim Shore Lucy in Witch Costume Collectible Figurine
The biggest surprise on that Halloween evening, is Lucy's uncharacteristic kindness toward Linus.  Even though she grumbles and complains about it, she does ask for extra candy for her little brother while she is trick or treating.

Another kindhearted scene that is actually part of the video clip above, is when Lucy wakes in the middle of the night and discovers that Linus is not in his bed, she ventures out to the pumpkin patch to find him.

Lucy walks him home, takes his shoes off, covers him with his blanket and allows Linus to promptly falls back to sleep.

No unkind words or criticism.  Simply an act of love and care.  Something we could all learn from for sure.

The Great Battle

After over 40 years of seeing Snoopy dressed as a World War I Flying Ace and fighting the Red Baron while "flying" his Sopwith Camel dog house, most of us don't even remember that this is the episode where that little "sorte" took place.

Yes, it was Halloween that inspired Snoopy to don his now legendary red scarf and take to the air in search of the infamous Red Baron.

It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown DVD 

Every family should have a copy, or two, of this brilliant classic.  Not only is it entertaining, but it reinforces the importance of love, caring for one another, sticking together, getting mad and getting over it and not forgetting what is most important in this life.  The value of a friend and family.

Buy it today because you will want to have it on hand for Halloween viewing!

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