i just finished watching A Charlie Brown Christmas. i think i've seen this cartoon at least 432 times. okay, maybe not that many. 261 times then. :) i haven't watched the cartoon the last couple of christmas's or so, and i thought i was due for another viewing. i thought correctly.

[wait a moment while i pause to reflect on the rariety of the previous statement. okay, now on with the rest of the post... ]

i'd forgotten how much i love this cartoon and all it's great warm fuzzy moments.

-i feel all warm and fuzzy when Linus gives his speech about the meaning of christmas.
-i feel all warm and fuzzy when Charlie Brown picks out the little bald tree. it makes me want to go out right now to a christmas tree lot and find me the perfect christmas tree. i want to bring home the little green needle-challenged christmas tree that could.
-i feel all warm and fuzzy when Lucy gives Linus 'five good reasons' for memorizing his lines. i've always wanted to be in a situation where i could use that threat.
-i feel all warm and fuzzy when Snoopy kisses Lucy and she freaks out. "I have dog germs! Get some hot water! Get some disinfectant!"
-i feel all warm and fuzzy when... well, i could go on. really i could. i'll just end this bit by saying that i feel all warm and fuzzy whenever snoopy is on the screen. i've got a huge crush on that beagle. ::sigh::

i don't know what to make of this new half hour bit that's following A Charlie Brown Christmas. it just sort of falls flat compared to the old school peanuts christmas cartoon. i think its the voices. for some reason they are really annoying me. blah. a commercial played a few minutes ago for a new peanuts christmas movie!!! I Want A Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown will air next tuesday. next tuesday! mental note: watch ABC next tuesday at 8pm. i hope i don't forget. and i hope Gilmore Girls is a repeat again. i'll be seriously torn if a new episode is up against my snoopy.

for now, while i wait for next tuesday, i'm going to pop in my favorite christmas dvd of all frickin' time, White Christmas. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation comes in at a very close second. some days its a real toss up. but i don't own NLCV, only White Christmas. so that's what i'm going to watch. which is fine because i loooooooove it. in some ways it is "far superior to my cocker spaniel." :)