Merry Christmas!

The crèche, barely visible from the pews, comes into view
as one approaches the altar on Christmas Day.

In "A Charlie Brown Christmas" Charlie Brown searches for the meaning of Christmas. All the familiar activities--card-writing, gift-giving, tree-decorating--are unfulfilling.

At the end of the half-hour special Linus simply reads seven verses from Luke that have been nearly obscured by the busy-ness of the holidays. 50 years after it first aired, its message is as relevant as ever.