Peanuts distribution rights. Peanuts Worldwide has partnered with Normaal Animation and France Télévisions to produce 500 90-second animated short films, adapted from the strip "Peanuts", which aired in fall 2014, including on French television station France 3. In October 2012, it was announced that a 3D computer-animated feature film titled "The Peanuts Movie" would be released on November 6, 2015, coinciding with the 65th anniversary of the debut of the comic strip and the 50th anniversary of the television special, "A Charlie Brown Christmas". Written by Charles Schulz's son, Craig, his grandson, Bryan, and Cornelius Uliano—who are also producing the film
The Spirit of Christmas (TV program) collectors auctions and on eBay. It is very unusual for its time in that it was made in color at a time when there were no color TV sets in existence, so viewers of the time saw it in black-and-white. The "St. Nicholas" segment includes music from "The Nutcracker" ballet. Mabel and Les Beaton, through their company, Stringtime Productions, produced this film. The Spirit of Christmas (TV program) The Spirit of Christmas is a Christmas television special performed by marionettes. It first aired in 1953 in the United States. Its half-hour showing time is divided into two marrionette segments, one