When the creative team of Schulz, Mendelson, and Melendez presented a pre-showing of A Charlie Brown Christmas to a group of animators in 1965, the now-beloved episode was met with displeasure and uncertainty. It just wasn't working. The show's own creators doubted the final product--a rushed effort to convert a popular comic strip into a living,… Continue reading A Charlie Brown Christmas, courtesy of Coca-Cola and serendipity