A new series of Charlie Brown Christmas Forever stamps are set to go on sale.
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December marks 50 years since the first broadcast of A Charlie Brown Christmas
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The Charlie Brown Christmas Forever stamps will always be equal to the value of a current First-Class mail stamp
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Images from A Charlie Brown Christmas are featured in the 10 new stamps
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The stamps will be launched at the Charles M. Schulz Museum
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“Everyone can relate to Charlie Brown and his quest to find the true meaning of Christmas,” says Jean Schulz, widow of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz.
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A Charlie Brown Christmas first aired Dec. 9, 1965 on CBS
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Charlie Brown dislikes the commercialization of Christmas
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The Christmas special was the first animated show using Peanuts characters
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Charlie Brown learns the meaning of Christmas from Linus
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WASHINGTON – Good grief, has it really been 65 years?
Oct. 2 marks 65 years since the introduction of the “Peanuts” comic strip, and December will be the 50th anniversary of the first broadcast of the iconic holiday classic.
“’A Charlie Brown Christmas’ continues to resonate with fans because everyone can relate to Charlie Brown and his quest to find the true meaning of Christmas,” says Schulz’s widow, Jean, who will participate in the launch at the Charles M. Schulz Museum, in Santa Rosa, California.
Forever stamps will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail one-ounce price.
This is not the first time Peanuts has been celebrated on a stamp – an 34-cent stamp featuring Snoopy as the Red Baron was released in 2001.
“A Charlie Brown Christmas,” the first animated special featuring “Peanuts” characters initially aired Dec. 9, 1965, on CBS.
Neal Augenstein has been a reporter at WTOP since 1997. Through the years, Neal has covered many of the crimes and trials that have gripped the region. Neal's been pleased to receive awards over the years for hard news, feature reporting, use of sound and sports.
