Peanuts cartoon studio that had Ford as a client. Schulz and Meléndez became friends, and when producer Lee Mendelson decided to make a two-minute animated sequence for a TV documentary called "A Boy Named Charlie Brown" in 1963, he brought on Meléndez for the project. Before the documentary was completed, the three of them (with help from their sponsor, the Coca-Cola Company) produced their first half-hour animated special, the Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning "A Charlie Brown Christmas", which was first aired on the CBS network on December 9, 1965. This episode is undoubtedly the most widely recognized of all "Peanuts" TV
The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree VHS by Embassy Home Entertainment as part of the Children's Treasures series. In 1989, the special was distributed on VHS by Kids Klassics. In 2002, the special was released on DVD by GoodTimes, also in a double-feature with The Berenstain Bears Meet Big Paw. In 2008, Sony Wonder also released the special on DVD. In this edition, the Christmas special was bundled with four bonus episodes from the 1980s cartoon series. The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree is an animated television special based on the "Berenstain Bears" children's book series by Stan and Jan Berenstain. Produced