tv critics corner Nearly 60 years on, ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ is the holiday gift that keeps on giving By Don Aucoin Globe Staff,Updated December 10, 2024, 4:47 p.m.

These characters proved their value both in print and on screen, when the first Peanuts TV special, A Charlie Brown Christmas, aired on Dec. 9, 1965.

It followed “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” which first aired in 1965 and “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” in 1966. “Peanuts” was a popular syndicated comic strip written and ...