Sweet resounding success.
The album essentially smacked me in the face with ripe nostalgia that could not be repressed. The soft jazzy tunes are a fantastic introductory piece particularly to youths unfamiliar with jazz music and what it has to offer. Arguably the most famous track on the album "Linus and Lucy" doubles as the shows theme and underlying chorus. It is undeniably catchy with the layered piano riffs and that breakdown with the cello bass.
Cellos are badass.
However the track most responsible for my inexorable leap into Christmas spirit is "Christmastime is Here", a lulling harmonious track which features a boy's choir. It is endearing and eloquent, and is made all the more magical by lights, snow, eggnog, etc. The television special and corresponding album were both released in 1965, and I had come to realize how closely I knew many of the songs without actually knowing their names or even that they were from A Charlie Brown Christmas. That goes for so many classic songs I think, knowing their tunes, some of the words, then years later it dawns on you, "Oh thaaaaaaat song!"
Many object to the consumerism that surrounds the holiday season. I believe their focus to be too narrow. Stepping back, it's less about getting the deals, the black friday, the stress, the wrapping paper, shipping costs. All the logistics are non-factors. At the risk of sounding cheesy, it's about the giving of gifts, and the joy from giving. Although they say the best gifts are home made, let's face it that your manufacturing skills are not on par with the Chinese or Japanese.
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