Deck: the haul for Christmas

Playing cards with pictures from A Charlie Brown Christmas
book adaptations of A Charlie Brown Christmas

Box image of a deck of A Charlie Brown Christmas playing cardsUsually, the term “Christmas cards” does not apply to playing cards, but what we have here is an obvious exception — it’s a deck of A Charlie Brown Christmas-themed playing cards. Manufactured by Aquarius Image, a company that produces a range of Peanuts products from board games to bandages, the deck features a different image from A Charlie Brown Christmas on each of its 54 cards.

But that leaves open a question: Does this count as a print adaptation of  A Charlie Brown Christmas, and thus qualify it for our master listing of such adaptations? It’s not a book, clearly (although a good “go fish” player will know that a deck contains thirteen “books”, just waiting to be made.) However, the list has included print adaptations that don’t qualify as books, such as an adaptation in a magazine, or as a cloth panel.

And the answer is: no. While the cards have plenty of images from the special, they are not in any sort of obvious order where they could convey the story, even in some rough, dialogue-free form. It’s just a pile of pictures. So, derived from the special, but not an adaptation thereof.

The listmaster has spoken.

Playing cards with pictures from A Charlie Brown Christmas

book adaptations of A Charlie Brown Christmas
A Hallmark pop-up slims down

Hallmark is offering a new edition adapting A Charlie Brown Christmas, and it’s a mite disappointing. That because it appears to be a reissuing of 2021’s giant lights-and-sounds edition, only smaller — where the previous book was 13.5″ by 16″, this one is only 11″ by 13.5″ – still large, …

book adaptations of A Charlie Brown Christmas
Christmas by the numbers

It is that time of year again! The days are getting just a mite shorter, the first skeletons of the season are appearing on neighborhood lawns. You can feel the excitement in the crisp air, for surely it is time for the greatest gift a year has to bring: a …

Title from cover of A Charlie Brown Christmas
book adaptations of A Charlie Brown Christmas
AAUGH! I missed one!

I have failed in my central role as the AAUGH Blogger. To wit, in 2018, a new book edition of A Charlie Brown Christmas came out, and I didn’t detect it until this month! The department store chain Kohl’s, is constantly running their Kohl’s Cares promotion, where they sell books …