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Sally’s Christmas Play is another storybook taken from a strip continuity… but this one is the tale where Sally believes that she’s supposed to say “Hark!” right before Harold Angel sings. That makes it a better story than some which were adapted.
Time is running out
You’ve got today and part of tomorrow to order gifts and have them delivered before Christmas using two-day shipping. I just ordered for my three year old son Don’t Let The Pigeon Finish This Activity Book, a cheap little set of fire vehicles, and an electronic toy that teaches writing …
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The Peanuts Christmas Ornament Book gets my affection because it’s a book. And it’s a good thing it says that it’s a book in the title, because otherwise I might never have known. Normally, I would not consider a folded cardboard sheet with pop-out shapes to be a book. In …
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You thought I was kidding about that earlier cover when I said that the presents were about to hit the smiling, oblivious youth in their noggins. But on this book you see the sort of thing that happens. And its title, Bah, Humbug!, reflects that other side of Christmas, one …
Which holiday is that?
The special A Charlie Brown Christmas airs tonight, on ABC Last night, Fox aired Happiness is a Warm Blanket, and promoted it as a “Holiday Special”.
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This 1979 coloring book isn’t just A Charlie Brown Christmas, it’s The Charlie Brown Christmas. And that cover is sweet! Although the interior does have one thing that bugs my in coloring books: characters who have their mouths open, clearly talking, but there’s no word balloon or caption to tell …
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If I liked the book from two days ago because it was a Christmas book with a cactus on the cover, and I liked the one yesterday because it was a Christmas book that was actually a Christmas ornament, then Snoopy: Desert Christmas is double-special… triple, if you count the …
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This mini version of the 1980 update of Christmas is Together Time (well, the original version actually had a hyphen, Together-Time) is on the list because it’s not just a Christmas book, its also a Christmas ornament!
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I like the strip collection Lighten Up, It’s Christmas – because it’s a Christmas book with a cactus on the cover!
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Today’s entry is I Want A Dog For Christmas, Charlie Brown, because not all book adaptations are of A Charlie Brown Christmas, and even the third best Peanuts Christmas special is still pretty good.