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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123099/

Charlie Brown worries about school while everyone else is preparing for new years.

Adorable and rather adult with significant literature references.

• 2022-12-23

2022-12-23 ∞

(New Year)

This was tacked on at the end of another movie, so the timestamps are wrong. I don’t care to do the math to subtract ~41 minutes from each entry.

• 41:00 — War and Peace – (1869 book), by Leo Tolstoy
• 42:45 — Book report

• 43:15 —

  • Leo Tolstoy
  • Dip pen
• 45:00 — I wonder if he meant Chicken (game)

• 45:45 —

  • Cassette tape – “Books on Tape” – Audiobook
  • Games
  • Filmstrip
• 49:45 — Garage sale
• 50:00 — Balloon
• 55:00 — New Year’s Eve
• 56:30 — Musical chairs
• 58:45 — Root beer

• 59:30 —

  • “Keep the ball low” is from baseball; a reference to the pitcher.
  • Crayons
  • Dental floss
  • Shoe polish
  • Ants – Sugar
  • Program chairman (e.g. organizer for a social activity)
• 1:02:30 — Auld Lang Syne

• 1:05:00 — Crime and Punishment – (1914 book), by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown – (2003 movie)

2022-12-22

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387301/

The young Rerun wants a dog for Christmas.

It’s adorable but not particularly Christmasy.

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It’s Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown – (1992 movie)

2022-12-21

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104534/

The kids putter around doing Christmas stuff around about Thanksgiving.

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A Charlie Brown Christmas – (1965 movie)

2022-12-20

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059026/
https://www.warnerbros.com/tv/peanuts-charlie-brown-christmas

The young Charlie Brown is feeling down during the holidays because he doesn’t understand Christmas.

Cute and short.

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas – (1966 movie)

2022-12-19

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060345/
https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/how-grinch-stole-christmas

A Christmas-hating sociopath works to sabotage it as vengeance against the town that fears him.

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas – (2000 movie)

2022-12-19

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0170016/

A rejected child, who had grown up into a Christmas-hating sociopath, works to sabotage it as vengeance against the town that fears him.

Pretty not bad.

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  • Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
  • The Grinch in the U.K.
• Based on How the Grinch Stole Christmas! – (1957 book), by Dr. Seuss

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The Nightmare Before Christmas – (1993 movie)

2022-12-18

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107688/
https://movies.disney.com/the-nightmare-before-christmas

Halloween town converts to Christianity and tries to take over the world.

A simple, short, bubblegum movie. It’s quaint and adorable.

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