Hope Springs Eternal in ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’…

On December 9, 1965, 45 million Americans tuned in to CBS to watch the premiere of A Charlie Brown Christmas. The half-hour animated Christmas special has aired every year since then. As A Charlie Brown Christmas turns 60 this year, it is worth asking why this program, with its unapologetically Christian treatment of the holiday season, continues to be embraced year after year by a culture that has become increasingly secularized…

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