On Dec. 9th, 1965 - 50 years ago - nearly half of the US population tuned in to A Charlie Brown Christmas (Album Official) by Charles Schultz, an animated broadcast that featured the music of the Vince Guaraldi Trio . Here is Jerry Granelli, the only surviving member of the original trio performing 'A Charlie Brown Christmas Theme, Linus', from the CBC Music archives. | CBC Music

2.1M views · 119K reactions | “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” the beloved holiday television special that has become a tradition for so many families, is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. | NBC News | Facebook

Peanuts is 67 years old today! 🎉 On October 2, 1950, the first Peanuts comic strip debuted in a four-panel format in seven newspapers nationwide – The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The Allentown Call-Chronicle, The Bethlehem Globe-Times, The Denver Post, and The Seattle Times. The strip is also the first appearance of Charlie Brown, Patty, and Shermy. In the five decades that Schulz dedicated himself to Peanuts, the physical appearance of the Gang naturally