According to Spotify, while 75% of people enjoy Christmas music, 17% of Americans do not. However, I suspect some of those who are not fans may like the song, from the Charlie Brown Christmas Album: Christmas Time Is Here. Wikipedia describes the album as “an unorthodox mix of traditional Christmas music and jazz.”
A Charlie Brown Christmas originally aired in 1965. Though many thought the TV special would not be popular, it drew widespread recognition and was repeated each Christmas for the next 35 years. It even won both Emmy and Peabody Awards.
In the 1960’s the Peanuts comic strip was extremely popular. One of the characters, Linus, was known to always be afraid. His security blanket was with him constantly and he was not embarrassed by it. Linus keeping his blanket with him annoyed his sister Lucy and she repeatedly tried to take it from him. At different times she buried the blanket, turned it into a kite and once even tried to use it as a science project. Though deep-down Linus knew he should not rely on the blanket, and would even occasionally let go of it, he could never leave it behind.
In the classic Christmas special Charlie Brown moaned about how the holiday was no longer meaningful. He asked, “Isn’t there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?” At that moment, Linus, dragging his security blanket took center stage and quoted the Christmas story directly from scripture:
8 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear.
10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.
