{"id":5543,"date":"2019-04-02T21:33:51","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T04:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/?p=5543"},"modified":"2019-04-02T21:33:51","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T04:33:51","slug":"the-charlie-brown-christmas-that-slipped-by-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2019\/04\/the-charlie-brown-christmas-that-slipped-by-me\/","title":{"rendered":"The Charlie Brown Christmas that slipped by me"},"content":{"rendered":"

So there I was, burning off some time in the mall waiting for my daughter’s movie to let out, so hey, I head into the Hallmark, figure I’ll look at some of the Peanuts stuff that I’m not going to buy (one thing about focusing on books is that it gives you a reason to not buy all the other cool stuff, just enjoy looking at it.) And hey, on the Peanuts display they have the book Peanuts: Holidays Through the Years, a collection of five previously-published book adaptations of TV specials, including\u00a0A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/em>. Now, as the person who carefully tracks book editions of\u00a0A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/em>, I’ve certainly seen this book. This black-covered volume came out in 2006, although I didn’t grab a copy until the next year. And for some reason, I take it from the display and flip to the indica page and see as the second line “This edition published 2017 by Hallmark, Inc.. Waitaminnit! A new edition? Fairly recently?? But it sure looked utterly familiar.<\/p>\n

So what do I do? I’m a sucker for this. I buy a copy, take it home, and pore over the details. There are differences to be found, but they aren’t in the content. They’re in things like the logo on the back cover – the new one has a Hallmark logo, the old one has a Gift Books from Hallmark logo.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Plus, some of the text uses a larger font size on the new volume. Or the title page, which has just the Hallmark logo, where the old one had two logos, the Gift Books logo and a Little Simon logo. And hey, Little Simon was technically the publisher of the old one, not Hallmark Inc. Even the last page, which is just a call for the reader to send Hallmark their feedback, has been rewritten. All the unimportant stuff. Oh, and the book is noticeably thinner; they used a lighter paper.<\/p>\n

But hey, if they say it’s a new edition, it is! And really, a different publisher makes that utterly legitimate.<\/p>\n

So I’m going to have to add this to my guide to A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/em> book adaptations<\/a>. But not today. Too tired today. Maybe tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, if you need to add this edition to your own obsessive ACBC collection, order it from Hallmark<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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