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Dave Willat was just 11 years old when he showed up for what he thought would be a routine church choir practice in 1965. He and his fellow singers ended up making history.

In addition to Peanuts, he created a single-panel gag strip called “Young Pillars,” which ran from 1956 to 1965 for a youth ...

On Dec. 9, 1965, "A Charlie Brown Christmas" premiered on television. In 1995, Peanuts creator Charles Schulz spoke with ...

The first of many specials that Schulz and Guaraldi would collaborate on with Mendelson and animator Bill Melendez, A Charlie Brown Christmas came together in just six months. “We brought Vince ...

The 1965 television special A Charlie Brown Christmas gave us two classics. One is Charles M. Schulz’s beloved holiday story, based on his Peanuts comic strip. The second is the soundtrack, the Vince ...

It’s a hip record. Forget the seasonal-only listening, as The Vince Guaraldi Trio’s soundtrack to Charles Schultz’s “Peanuts” classic “A Charlie Brown Christmas” is and forever will be great listening ...

My favorite cartoon strip is “Peanuts.” Every year, my Christmas column is a tribute to Charlie Brown and his pals. As he was preparing for all the hubbub of Christmas, Charlie Brown suddenly began to ...