"Anna )" "Linus." "but I'm not happy." "I don't feel the way I'm supposed to feel." "I guess." "I like getting presents and sending Christmas cards... but I'm still not happy." "I always end up feeling depressed." "you're the only person I know who can take a wonderful season like Christmas and turn it into a problem." "Maybe Lucy's right." "you're the Charlie Browniest." "[ECHOES] Hello in there." "Rats." "Nobody sent me a Christmas card today." "I almost wish there weren't a holiday season." "I know nobody likes me." "Why do we have to have a holiday season to emphasize it?" "Violet." "Charlie Brown." "Don't you know sarcasm when you hear it?" "you're the only person I know who can raise a cloud of dust in a snowstorm." "[CHOMPlNG]" "Try to catch snowflakes on your tongue." "It's fun." "Mm." "Needs sugar." "It's too early." "I never eat December snowflakes." "I always wait until January." "They sure look ripe to me." "You think you're so smart with that blanket." "What are you gonna do with it when you grow up?" "Maybe I'll make it into a sport coat." "I think you have a customer." "May I help you?" "l'm in sad shape." "Wait a minute." "I must ask that you pay in advance." "please." "what a sound." "hard cash." "nickels." "That beautiful sound of plinking nickels." "what seems to be your trouble?" "but I'm not." "as they say on TV the mere fact that you realize you need help indicates that you are not too far gone." "I think we'd better pinpoint your fears." "we can label it." "then you have hypengyophobia." "l don't think that's quite it." "How about cats?" "you have ailurophasia." "but I'm not sure." "then you have climacophobia." "Maybe you have thalassophobia." "This is fear of the ocean." "which is the fear of crossing bridges." "Or maybe you have pantophobia." "Do you think you have pantophobia?" "What's pantophobia?" "The fear of everything." "[shouting] That's it!" "my trouble is Christmas." "I just don't understand it." "I feel sort of let down." "You need involvement." "You need to get involved in some real Christmas project." "How would you like to be the director of our Christmas play?" "Me?" "You want me to be the director of the Christmas play?" "you need involvement." "everyone you need." "We've even got a Christmas queen." "I don't know anything about directing a Christmas play." "I'll be there to help you." "I'll meet you at the auditorium." "I know how you feel about all this Christmas business getting depressed and all that." "It happens to me every year." "I never get what I really want." "I always get a lot of stupid toys or a bicycle or clothes or something like that." "What is it you want?" "Real estate." "What's going on here?" "What's this?" "money." "super-colossal neighborhood Christmas-lights-and-display contest."" "no." "My own dog gone commercial." "I can't stand it." "Oh.... big brother." "Will you please write a letter to Santa Claus for me?" "I don't have much time." "I'm supposed to get down to the school auditorium and direct a Christmas play." "and I'll tell you what I want to say." "shoot." "how have you been?" "Did you have a nice summer?" "How is your wife?" "I have been extra good this year so I have a long list of presents that I want." "brother." "Please note the size and color of each item and send as many as possible." "make it easy on yourself:" "Just send money." "How about 1 0s and 20s?" "Tens and 20s?" "Oh...." "Even my baby sister." "All I want is what I have coming to me." "All I want is my fair share." "[UPBEAT JAZZ music playing]" "everybody." "Our director will be here any minute and we'll start rehearsal." "Director?" "What director?" "Charlie Brown." "we're doomed." "This will be the worst Christmas play ever." "here's our director." "[APPLAUDlNG]" "Booooooo." "Man's best friend." "it's real good seeing y'all here." "we are going to put on the Christmas play." "we'll get right down to work." "One of the first things to insure a good performance is strict attention to the director." "I'll keep my directions simple." "it means focus attention stage right." "If I make a slashing motion across my throat it means cut the scene short." "it means pick up the tempo." "it means slow down." "the interest that they show in their director." "am I right?" "[playing vince guaraldi'S "LlNUS  LUC Y"]" "now." "We're going to do this play and we're going to do it right." "get those costumes and scripts and pass them out." "the script girl will be handing out your parts." "You're the innkeeper's wife." "Do innkeepers' wives have naturally curly hair?" "you're the innkeeper." "I shall try to run a neat inn." "you're a shepherd." "Every Christmas it's the same." "I always end up playing a shepherd." "you'll have to be all the animals in our play." "Can you be a sheep?" "Baa." "How about a cow?" "Moo." "How about a penguin?" "he's even a good penguin." "Ooow!" "no." "all of you." "You've got to take direction." "[LUC Y speaking AND SNOOPY MOUTHlNG] You've got to have discipline." "You've gotta have respect for your director." "I ought to slug you." "Ugh. I've been kissed by a dog." "I have dog germs." "get some iodine." "Waaah." "Ah." "continue with the scripts." "you've got to get rid of that stupid blanket." "memorize these lines." "I can't memorize these lines." "This is ridiculous." "Memorize it and be ready to recite when your cue comes." "I can't memorize something like this so quickly." "Why should I be put through such agony?" "Give me one good reason why I should memorize this." "five." "Those are good reasons." "Christmas is not only getting too commercial it's getting too dangerous." "And get rid of that stupid blanket." "What's a Christmas shepherd gonna look like holding a stupid blanket like that?" "this is one Christmas shepherd who's going to keep his trusty blanket with him." "would you?" "the cast is set." "Take over." "everybody." "set the mood for first scene." "[playing vince guaraldi'S "LlNUS  LUC Y"]" "no." "let's rehearse the scene at the inn." "this is" "We can't go on." "There's too much dust." "It's taking the curl out of my naturally curly hair." "Don't think of it as dust." "Think of it as maybe the soil of some great past civilization." "Maybe the soil of ancient Babylon." "It staggers the imagination." "He may be carrying soil that was trod upon by Solomon." "Or even Nebuchadnezzar." "doesn't it?" "You're an absolute mess." "Just look at yourself." "I didn't think I'd look that good." "come here." "What do you want her for?" "She's gonna be your wife." "Good grief." "Isn't he the cutest thing?" "He has the nicest sense of humor." "lunch break." "Lunch break?" "there's no time for foolishness." "We've got to get on with our play." "That's right." "What about my part?" "hmm?" "Are you going to let all this beauty go to waste?" "Charlie Brown?" "didn't you?" "you would've spoken right up." "I know when I've been insulted." "I know when I've been insulted." "Good grief." "let's take it from the top again." "Places." "Action." "[playing vince guaraldi'S "LlNUS  LUC Y"]" "isn't it a great play?" "That does it." "if we're ever to get this play off the ground we've gotta have some cooperation." "Charlie Brown?" "Don't you think it's great?" "let's face it." "We all know that Christmas is a big commercial racket." "you know." "this is one play that's not gonna be commercial." "what do you want?" "The proper mood." "perhaps a tree." "aluminum Christmas tree." "Charlie Brown." "You get the tree." "I'll handle this crowd." "Okay. I'll take Linus with me." "The rest of you practice your lines." "maybe painted pink." "Charlie Brown." "Linus. I just don't know." "I guess we'd better concentrate on finding a nice Christmas tree." "Charlie Brown." "[HOLLOW METAL echoing]" "This really brings Christmas close to a person." "Fantastic." "do they still make wooden Christmas trees?" "charlie:" "This little green one here seems to need a home." "Charlie Brown." "Remember what Lucy said?" "This doesn't seem to fit the modern spirit." "I don't care." "and it'll be just right for our play." "I think it needs me." "This is the music I've selected for the Christmas play." "[playing BEETHO VEN'S "FUR elise"]" "What kind of Christmas music is that?" "Beethoven Christmas music." "What has Beethoven got to do with Christmas?" "Everyone talks about how great Beethoven was." "Beethoven wasn't so great." "Beethoven wasn't so great?" "did he?" "Have you ever seen his picture on a bubble-gum card?" "Hmm?" "How can you say someone is great who's never had his picture on bubble-gum cards?" "Good grief." "[UPBEAT JAZZ music playing]" "[music STOPS]" "[playing BEETHO VEN'S "FUR elise"]" "can you play "Jingle Bells"?" "[playing "jingle BELLS"]" "no. I mean "Jingle Bells."" "deck them halls and all that stuff." "[playing "jingle BELLS" ON electric ORGAN] no." "You don't get it at all." "I mean "Jingle Bells."" "Santa Claus and ho-ho-ho." "And mistletoe and presents to pretty girls." "[playing "jingle BELLS" OFF KEY with ONE finger]" "That's it!" "We're back." "Charlie Brown." "What kind of a tree is that?" "You were supposed to get a good tree." "Can't you even tell a good tree from a poor tree?" "I told you he'd goof it up." "He's not the kind you can depend on to do anything right." "Charlie Brown." "Completely hopeless." "Rats." "but this time you really did it." "What a tree." "[ALL laughing]" "Linus." "I shouldn't have picked this little tree." "Everything I do turns into a disaster." "I guess I really don't know what Christmas is all about." "Isn't there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?" "Charlie Brown." "I can tell you what Christmas is all about." "please." "And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field keeping watch over their flock by night." "the angel of the Lord came upon them and the glory of the Lord shone round about them and they were sore afraid." "And the angel said unto them:" "I bring you tidings of great joy which shall be to all people." "a savior which is Christ the Lord." "And this shall be a sign unto you." "lying in a manger."" "there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:" "goodwill toward men."" "Charlie Brown." "I bring you tidings of great joy which shall be to all people." "For unto you is born this day... which is Christ the Lord." "And this shall be a sign unto you." "Linus is right." "I won't let all this commercialism ruin my Christmas." "I'll take this little tree home and decorate it and I'll show them it really will work in our play." "First prize?" "well." "This commercial dog is not going to ruin my Christmas." "I've killed it." "Oh...." "Everything I touch gets ruined." "I never thought it was such a bad little tree." "really." "Maybe it just needs a little love." "but he did get a nice tree." "[humming "HARK!" "THE HERALD ANGELS sing"]" "What's going on here?" "Charlie Brown." "[ALL singing "HARK!" "THE HERALD ANGELS sing"]"