It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown is the 36th prime-time animated TV special based on the comic strip "Peanuts," by Charles M. Schulz. It originally aired on the CBS network on November 27, 1992. The program is composed of various storylines from the comic strip. It was the first Christmas-themed "Peanuts" special since the inaugural "A Charlie Brown Christmas" in 1965, though an episode of "The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show" featured a new Christmas vignette in 1985. This was the final "new" "Peanuts" animated special to air on CBS. The network cancelled all future animated
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special) Director Chuck Jones and children's-book author Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss) had worked together on the "Private Snafu" training cartoons at Warner Bros. Cartoons during World War II. Jones was interested in adapting one of Geisel's books into a television special and approached him to turn "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" into one in time for the holiday season. Although Geisel was initially reluctant due to his unpleasant experiences making the film "The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.", he eventually agreed. "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" was produced by The Cat in the Hat Productions in association with the television and