• theboy [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    wait why don't people like charlie brown christmas? I'm so confused

    • evilgiraffemonkey [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Lucy repeatedly pulling the football away from Charlie Brown is a classic trope of misandrist abuse 💅

    • Uncle [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      As much as I do love A Charlie Brown Christmas, the ultimate message of the piece is that commercialism is obscuring the true meaning of Christmas: our lord and savior Jesus Christ.

        • Uncle [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Well they do all come together as a community, which is the part I love about the special, and then Linus reads the bible for Chuck to remind him what Christmas is all about. It's a lovely little story, but it is explicitly Christian.

          I feel like they lampshade it a little in the following year's It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. In that one, Linus is the only kid who believes in the mythical Halloween spirit the Great Pumpkin.

      • theboy [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        is it explicitly Jesus or is it like "we all come together as a community"?

        I obviously had no childhood since I just watched Macaulay Culkin torture working class guys every christmas instead