Peanuts join snowman-building leagues and criticize Charlie Brown when he insists on building his own snowmen without leagues or coaches. "Peanuts" touched on religious themes on many occasions, most notably the classic television special "A Charlie Brown Christmas" in 1965, which features the character Linus van Pelt quoting the King James Version of the Bible (Luke 2:8–14) to explain to Charlie Brown what Christmas is all about (in personal interviews, Schulz mentioned that Linus represented his spiritual side). Because of the explicit religious material in "A Charlie Brown Christmas", many have interpreted Schulz' work as having a distinct Christian theme, though
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (TV special) You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (TV special) You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is the 29th prime-time animated musical TV special based upon the comic strip "Peanuts," by Charles M. Schulz. This adaptation of the 1967 musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" originally aired on the CBS network on November 6, 1985. The special was produced by Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates. It is the first "Peanuts" special to have input from the Japanese animation studio, Studio Pierrot, and like the other specials, had input from Toei Animation, also from Japan. The program opens with the other "Peanuts"