The U.S. Postal Service begins
celebrating the holiday season by dedicating the Charlie Brown Christmas
Forever stamps. The booklet of 20 stamps features 10 still frames from the 1965
TV special “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (two of each design) celebrating the
classic’s 50th anniversary.
The
early October release of the stamp coincides with the Peanuts comic
strip debut in seven newspapers on Oct. 2, 1950: The Washington Post, The
Chicago Tribune, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The
Allentown Call-Chronicle, The Bethlehem Globe-Times, The
Denver Post, and The Seattle Times. When Schulz announced his
retirement in December 1999, the Peanuts comic strip was
syndicated in more than 2,600 newspapers worldwide, with book collections
translated in more than 21 languages.
The stamp images include Charlie
Brown holding the sapling that eventually becomes his Christmas tree; Charlie
Brown and Pigpen with a snowman; Snoopy and children ice skating; the cast of
the program gathered around the Christmas tree; Linus kneeling by the sparsely
decorated Christmas tree; Charlie Brown checking his mailbox for a Christmas
card; Charlie Brown and Linus leaning on a snowy brick wall; Charlie Brown and
Linus standing by the Christmas tree; a frustrated Charlie Brown standing in front
of Snoopy’s doghouse; and, Charlie Brown decorating the tree in front of the
prize-winning lights display on Snoopy's doghouse. To view all the Charlie Brown Christmas
Forever stamps visit http://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2015/pr15_051.htm
“A Charlie Brown Christmas,” the
first animated special featuring characters from Charles Schulz’s beloved comic
strip Peanuts, aired on CBS the evening of December 9, 1965. Over
the years, the ode to the holiday season has become a tradition. The program
now airs annually on ABC.
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