A Charlie Brown Christmas

A Charlie Brown Christmas is a 1965 animated television special based on the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. Produced by Lee Mendelson and directed by Bill Melendez, the program made its debut on CBS on December 9, 1965. In the special, lead character Charlie Brown finds himself depressed despite the onset of the cheerful holiday season. Lucy suggests he direct a neighborhood Christmas play, but his best efforts are ignored and mocked by his peers. After Linus tells Charlie Brown about the true meaning of Christmas, Charlie Brown cheers up, and the Peanuts gang unites to celebrate the Christmas season.

Peanuts had become a phenomenon worldwide by the mid-1960s, and the special was commissioned and sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company. It was written over a period of several weeks, and animated on a shoestring budget in only six months. In casting the characters, the producers went an unconventional route, hiring child actors. The program's soundtrack was similarly unorthodox: it features a jazz score by pianist Vince Guaraldi. Its absence of a laugh track (a staple in television animation in this period), in addition to its tone, pacing, music, and animation, led both the producers and network to wrongly predict the project would be a disaster preceding its broadcast.

Contrary to that apprehension, A Charlie Brown Christmas received high ratings and acclaim from critics. It has since been honored with both an Emmy and Peabody Award. It became an annual broadcast in the United States, and has been aired during the Christmas season traditionally every year since its premiere. Its jazz soundtrack also achieved commercial success, selling 4 million copies in the US. Live theatrical versions of A Charlie Brown Christmas have been staged. ABC currently holds the rights to the special, and broadcasts it at least twice during the weeks leading up to Christmas.

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Image	Character	USA	Mex	Chi	Jap	Bra	Can	Ven	Jap(Tokyo12)	Bra(Nickelodeon)	Jap(1985)	Bra(RedeGlobo)	Jap(1986)	Jap(1990)	Jap(1993)	Jap(CartoonNetwork)	Mex(AppleTV+)	Jap(AppleTV+)	Bra(AppleTV+)	Ger	Fra	Ita	Pol	Neth	Hun	Swe	Fin	Nor	Den	Alb	Russ	Spa	Por	Ita(1986)	Ita(1988)	Spa(2010)	Por(2010)	Ger(AppleTV+)	Fra(AppleTV+)	Ita(AppleTV+)	Pol(AppleTV+)	Neth(AppleTV+)	Swe(AppleTV+)	Fin(AppleTV+)	Nor(AppleTV+)	Den(AppleTV+)	Spa(AppleTV+)	Bel(Flemish)	Kor	Hong	Taiw	Vie	Thai	Turk	Ind	Egypt
	Snoopy	Bill Melendez											Bill Melendez																Bill Melendez																						Bill Melendez
	Charlie Brown	Peter Robbins	Sofía Álvarez	Marcela Arroyave	Kei Tani	Marcelo Gastaldi	Ève Gagnier	JoséManuel Vieira	Kei Tani	Selton Mello	Osami Nabe	José Leonardo	Nobuyuki Furuta	Kazuko Sugiyama	Takaaki Hiyoshi	Kazunori Nara	Oliver Díaz	Soushi Masumoto	João Pedro Teixeira	Abelardo Decamilli	Alexis Tomassian	Liù Bosisio	Hanna KinderKiss		Tamás Bolba	Leo Hallerstam		Tobias Andsem Harang	Martin Vieth	Ray Kasemi	Fedor Paramonov	Amelia Jara	Isabel Ribas	Daniela Fava	Martino Consoli	Ariadna Jiménez	Jorge SeabraPaupério	Moritz Blaich	Kaycie Chase	Arturo Sorino	Stefan Kubiak	Thibault van der Does	Matteo Lohk	Vilho Virtanen	Felix Fagerhaug	Noor Nørgaard Albana	Jaume Solà	Cezar Ameye	Yu Seokhyeon	Seon JingFu	Sun PingYuan	Phan YNhật	Wirarit Manaprasertsak	Burak Şahin	Nirvaan Shetty	Yehia Ghareeb
	Lucy Van Pelt	Tracy Stratford	Diana Santos	Gianina Talloni	Utsumi Miyadori	Lúcia Helena	Mirielle Lachance	Lilo Schmid	Utsumi Miyadori	Marisa Leal	Miyuki Ichijô	Jéssica Marina	Kumiko Takizawa	Katsue Miwa		Nazuki Kodaka	Varenka Carrillo	Rina Endo	Isabella Koppel	Madeleine Stolze	Sauvane Delanoë	Isa Di Marzio	Iwona Rulewicz		Zsigmond Tamara	Therese Reuterswärd		Sarah MacDonaldBerge		Eneida Rabdishta	Victoria Afanasyeva	Laura Palacios	Cláudia Gaiolas	Graziella Porta	Renata Bertolas	Pilar Morales	Joana Carvalho	Laura Jenni	Adeline Chetail	Sara Labidi	Antonina Żbikowska	Caro van de Wetering	Vanja Kåse	Alissa Kovalainen	Emilie Bondy	Paula Rode	María Montalá	Sophia Couvreur	Seol Ga-eun	Jan Haa Zoeng	Chang Tung	Hoàng GiaAnh	Pimlada Sajjaweerachai	Zeynep HandeÇıplak	Riah Castellino	Bothaina Hany
	Linus Van Pelt	Christopher Shea	Cristina Camargo	Laura Olazábal	Kiyoshi Komiyama	Telma Lúcia	Jocelyne Goyette	Maythe Guedes	Kiyoshi Komiyama	Oberdan Júnior	Yoku Shioya	Felipe Drummond	Kenyû Horiuchi	Kazue Ikura		Shotaro Okubo	Mateo Mendoza	Katsuno Yuuta	Arthur Móras	Steffen Müller	Hervé Rey		Julita KożuszekBorsuk		Pálmai Szabolcs	Sebastian Paulsson		Oskar Holldorff	Sebastian Klein	Kejvi Mysliu	Alexander Zaporozhets	Matilde Valariño	Peter Michael	Lisa Mazzotti	Renata Bertolas	Ana Romano	Edgard Fernandes	Noah Göhrle	Cécile Gatto	Leonardo Cococcia	Igancy PlewakoSzczerbiński	Hidde Heijmans	Orlando Wahlsteen	Elton Hämäläinen	Teodore BarnesSimonsen	Mikkel Aunbirk	Eric Rodríguez	Jack Lloyd	Chu Ho-yeon	Coek LamDou	Wang ChunCheng	Lữ HoàngBách	Thanawat Kiratisewi	ÖmerFaruk Çalışkan	Arush Nand	Marwan Hany
	Sally Brown	Kathy Steinberg		Gianina Talloni	Midori Kato	Leda Figueiró	Nicole Fontaine	Rossana Cicconi	Tomoko Matsushima	Carmen Sheila	Tomoko Saito	Indiane Christine	Chie Kōjiro	Naoko Matsui		Natsuki Matsuzaki	Fanny Piedra	Rikako Ohta	Eduarda Móras		Adeline Chetail				Vadász Bea	Anna Gyllenberg			Laura Bro	Gerona Karabashi	Daria Fomicheva	Marisa Marco	Sandra deCastro	Laura Merli	Angiolina Gobbi		Rute Pimenta	Franziska Hartmann	Lisa Caruso	Matilde Ferraro	Alicja Warchocka	Fien van Doesberg	Mellie Liolios	Alissa Kovalainen	Thilie Vanay	Idun Mealor Olsen	Noa Juan	Juliette Couvreur	Mun Da-in	Hoi Cing Fai	Hsu Tzu-Ching	Vũ Ngọc KhánhNgân	Anyarin Samatthiyadeekun	Sevgi Civek	Grishma Tandon	Mariam El-Nems
	Schroeder	Chris Doran		Laura Olazábal	Kenta Kimotsuki	Carlos Seidl	Flora Balzano	Sergio Sáez	Kenta Kimotsuki	José Leonardo	Satoshi Shimada	Bruno Pontes	Ken'ichi Ono	Ai Orikasa		Hiroki Tanaka	Sebastián Albavera	Shotaro Yoshinari	Gustavo Paiva	Benjamin Völz	Emmanuel Garijo	Edoardo Nevola			Talmács Márta						Emir Chistyakov		Bruno Ferreira		Guido Bettali	Olga Supervía	Edgard Fernandes	Benedikt Kienle	Sacha Tomassian	Vittorio Thermes	Jakub Strach	Dunyah Diallo	Charlie Hannson	Kaapo Karinen	Noah Helstad Sira	Lucas Bendixe	Joan Marsal	Simon Vermeir	Park Si-woo	Sing MingLeoi	Lin Po-Chen	PhạmNguyễn Huỳnh Đức	Supasit Waepetch	Mert Ali Dayi̇	Parnav Pandya	Taiem El-Kady
	Frieda	Ann Altieri		Gianina Talloni		Leda Figueiró	Nicole Fontaine	Jhaidy Barboza	Yoneko Matsugane					Miki Ito														Benedikte Kruse
	Pig Pen	Geoffrey Ornstein		Viviana Navarro	Shun Yashiro	Nelson Machado	Flora Balzano	Ivette Harting		Manolo Rey	Ken'ichi Ogata										Dorothée Pousséo														Angiolina Gobbi
	Violet Grey	Sally Dryer	Gloria González	Laura Olazábal				Irina Índigo				Priscila Amorim													Ilona Molnár
	Patty	Karen Mendelson		Gianina Talloni	Yoshiko Yamamoto	SandraMara Azevedo		MaríaTeresa Hernández		Miriam Ficher
	Shermy	Chris Doran		Laura Olazábal
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	Title	N/A	JoséManuel Rosano	Gianina Talloni		Marcelo Gastaldi		Kaihiamal Martínez

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