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Charlie Brown's Christmas Miracle
Charlie Brown's Christmas Miracle: The Inspiring, Untold Story of the Making of a Holiday Classic | Michael Keane
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Discover the inspiring, unknown, against-all-odds story of how the classic animated holiday special A Charlie Brown Christmas almost never made it on to television. Professor and cultural historian Michael Keane reveals much in this nostalgia-inducing book packed with original research and interviews. Keane compellingly shows that the ultimate broadcast of the Christmas specialgiven its incredibly tight five-month production schedule and the decidedly unfavorable reception it received by the skeptical network executives who first screened itwas nothing short of a miracle. Keane explains why the show, despite its technical shortcomings, has become an uplifting and enduring triumph embraced by millions of families every Christmas season, even more than fifty years after its premiere. This gripping and joyful behind-the-scenes story of how the creators of A Charlie Brown Christmas struggled to bring the program to life will also help readers (and loyal fans) understand how Americas favorite Christmas special changed our popular culture forever. Keane masterfully weaves the momentous events of 1965 (the turbulent year of the programs production) into his story, providing critical context for a profound new understanding of the programs famous climactic scene, Linuss spot-lit soliloquy answering the question repeatedly posed by Charlie Brown"Isn't there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?
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1. My favorite read was Charlie Brown‘s Christmas Miracle by Michael Keane. The publisher asked me if I wanted to review it and they emailed me a PDF copy of the book. I‘ve been a Peanuts fan since I was 19 so I enjoyed learning the history of the Peanuts comics.

2. I‘m looking forward to reading The Night Circus in December because The StoryGraph is hosting a readalong for it and I‘ve never read it.

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TheSpineView I loved The Night Circus. Hope you enjoy too. ❤️🎪 11mo
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Here‘s my review for a book I was sent for review from Hachette Books. This is going to work for one of the #nonfictionnovember prompts “Display” and I‘m going to interpret this prompt as a book that pertains to something I‘m interested in. I‘m a Peanuts fan and I have been for years so I knew I would be interested in reading about the history of the Peanuts comics.

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I started this book yesterday. I have a PDF file of this book on my Kindle that was sent to me by the publisher and I‘m enjoying this book so far. I have to review this book by the end of the month. I have plenty of time to read this book but I usually take a break from reading when it‘s the last week of the month so I want to give myself enough time to review this book.

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I got a message on Goodreads asking me if I‘m interested in reading this Charlie Brown book and I said that I‘m interested so I provided my email address to the publisher. I‘ve been a Peanuts fan since I was 19 so this sounded like the perfect book for me to review. I‘m so excited about this. I downloaded the PDF to my Apple Books app and now, it‘ll be ready to read and review. I‘m sure it won‘t take me very long to read.

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A Charlie Brown Christmas, I have every year of my 51 years on earth. It doesn't seem like Christmas, until I watch it. 'Charlie Brown's Christmas Miracle' takes a behind the scenes look at, in my opinion, one of the all time best TV specials. In 1965, Schulz was approached with doing a Peanuts Christmas Special. There were only 6 mins to get it done in and amazingly it got down. It almost didn't get made because two CBS executives ⬇️

MonicaLoves2Read didn't like it (I won't tell you why). A Charlie Brown Christmas won the hearts of millions of Americans. I am sad to know that Apple TV bought all the rights to the Peanuts movies and they will be shown only on their platform, to think that millions of kids well miss watching a fabulous special. Luckily for me, I have the DVD of it.😊 If you love A Charlie Brown Christmas, you need to read this book to find out why it almost didn't happen.

Thank you to Worthy Publishing and Michael Keane for the PDF for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

#bookspinbingo #Rushathon #OutstandingOct

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I'm so excited! I got asked by Worthy Publishing to read this book. I love Charlie Brown and the Peanuts Gang. I watch every Charlie Brown special when they are on TV. Plus, I have the DVDS of all the shows. To get to read this book is such an honor to me.