‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ debuts on CBS-TV 50 years ago this hour (Dec 9 1965)

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Video: 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'

(Thursday, December 9, 1965, 7:30 p.m. EST) — A Charlie Brown Christmas, the first animated TV special featuring characters from the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, was first broadcast tonight on CBS.