That’s how I’ve greeted my wife at the door about every other day for the past couple weeks. And she knows the answer now. “A Charlie Brown Christmas. A book adaptation!” Ever since putting together the guide to book adaptations of A Charlie Brown Christmas, I’ve been filling holes in my new collection, including new discoveries. And I’ve been updating the guide. Some of the finds are new editions of existing adaptations. Some are really just small variations. But they go in the guide. (And once another one or two arrive, I’ll be updating the front photo.)
And you AAUGH readers have been a help. For an example of the sometimes silly little things this effort covers: loyal reader Jim pointed out to me that he’d just bought a copy of the little Running Press adaptation at a store, and it didn’t have the built-in bookmark with the metal tree charm. Not only that, alert Jim noticed that his book had slightly different portion of the text on the spread from the book I had pictured on the site. So I picked up a new copy, noticed things like fewer stars on the front cover and some resized pictures in addition to the re-flowed text, and decided to count this as a variation worth considering. Yes, yes, I’m that nerd. So it has its own entry in the guide (which has also been redesigned slightly for easier navigation.)
I also got a nice note from Dale Hale, the artist on the original adaptation. If you want to see some of Dale’s own cartooning, head here.
Meanwhile: you’ve missed free shipping in time for Christmas (you may still be able to hit the tail end of Hannukah, although it’s probably not worth converting religion just for that…) but today (and today only) you can still expect Standard Shipping to get your gifts there in time (he says, crossing fingers in hope that snow-based airport closures doesn’t mess with that too much.) So order that Elmo Live, that Blu-Ray player, that pedal-based cat compactor (or whatever that is) today. There will still be options tomorrow, but they get more expensive.
