Happy New Year, Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schulz

Spike, only having a childhood photo of him and the others, tries to take a new current photo, but is constantly stymied by bad luck. Elsewhere, Snoopy celebrates the arrival of his siblings. Lucy compacts them to two specific ones: build a snowman (which he immediately fails at) and do something 'remotely' creative. Meanwhile, Charlie Brown tries to finish his New Year's resolutions, which in typical fashion, he fails to do any of. On the first week of December, Lucy begins Christmas preparations for the arrival of her grandmother, whom she loves dearly. It was nominated for Best Animated Special Production at the 49th Annie Awards. The special was released exclusively on Apple TV+ on December 10, 2021. It is the first Peanuts special produced for Apple TV+, the first Peanuts special since Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown ten years prior, and the first Peanuts holiday special since I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown eighteen years prior. The unassailably cool Snoopy became a sort of cult mascot among US soldiers in the Vietnam War, emblazoned on equipment, patches and banners a little bit of Minnesota, to comfort them in hell.Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne, or simply For Auld Lang Syne, is a 2021 American peanuts animated special. Schulz drew Peanuts during some turbulent decades in America, marked by the Korean War (1950-3) the Vietnam War (America entered in 1965 and the war ended in 1975) the Cold War the constant clashes associated with the Civil Rights movement the assassinations of John F Kennedy and Dr Martin Luther King Jr. However, one could argue that the endless improvisations of jazz music make it a perfect fit for the indeterminacies of the Schulz universe. Incidentally, the innovative soundtrack of Charlie Brown Christmas included a lot of jazz by the Vince Guaraldi Trio. But at the same time, the story ends with the Peanuts coming together to transform a scrawny fir tree into a glorious Christmas tree through friendship. In response, the film manages to pull off a touching reading by Linus from the King James Bible. Charlie is struggling with the meaning of Christmas and wonders if it merely amounts to selfishness and crass commercialism. It exemplifies the bittersweet tension between religious feeling and existentialism, connectedness and alienation in his work. A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) is probably Schulz’s masterpiece for television.

Happy New Year, Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schulz