Film-mas Day 4# A Charlie Brown Christmas

 I must confess something. I have never actually seen a Peanuts, Charlie Brown or Snoopy related thing in my life. Why? I have no idea but now is a great time to start. A Charlie Brown Christmas is by far the shortest on my list of films at a mere 25 mins (compared to The Holidays 138 mins, yawn). I actually watched the whole film whilst I ate lunch lol. 

The films plot is simple yet entirely relatable. Charlie Brown, our main character, is feeling depressed this Christmastime and it's not only because everyone he meets, including his dog is mean to him - he's just not feeling the xmas spirit! And what do you do when your depressed? You seek incredibly cheap psychiatric help from a girl who won't stop insulting you. So when said roadside psychologist tells Charlie to direct her Christmas play, he accepts her offer hoping that it might give him the Christmassy vibes he's been missing. For my Christmas play veterans out here, you know this can't be an easy task, oh and also when everyone in the play is mean to you the whole time, it's most definitely not going to be simple. Will the Christmas play cure Charlie of his depression? Will the cast members - including Snoopy stop insulting him? These are the sort of questions that came to my mind watching this film, and fortunately they were all answered! That's the kind of miracle that happens with a 25 min film, no chance to get lost in the plot sauce. 

This film is truly wonderful and the most Christmassy of all I've seen so far. I can see this getting played every Christmas from now on and it's even inspired me to check out some more Peanuts episodes. 

Christmassy rating: 10/10

Rewatch value: 10/10  

Overall rating: 10/10