It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown Munsen for "It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown" and "What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown!"), although Benoit had scored an episode of "This is America, Charlie Brown" prior to this special. 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
'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1977 TV special) casting Martha Raye as his mother-in-law, telling an interviewer: "It's my chance to repay her for all the times she used me in her NBC "Comedy Hour" back in the 1950s." George Gobel's casting in this production was an apparent coincidence and not related to his appearance three years earlier in a holiday special of the same name, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974 TV special). For the climactic recitation of "A Visit from St. Nicholas," Lynde was not allowed to rely on cue cards because director Tim Kiley felt they would distract the child actors in the cast. Lynde