“Elf.” “Home Alone.” “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” How about “A Charlie Brown Christmas”?
Times TV critic, James Poniewozik, writes about why the Peanuts special speaks so deeply to him, despite his own Jewish heritage: “For all of the Snoopy high jinks and slapstick, ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ is as close to poetry as TV gets.”
What’s your favorite holiday movie or television show? Do your family traditions involve watching holiday films?
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