Since the cold weather has finally arrived in the part of the world in which I live, I would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that the short film, A Charlie Brown Christmas, is, properly speaking, an Advent movie, not a Christmas movie. If you pay attention as you watch it, you’ll see that it is all about the preparations to celebrate Christmas, but Christmas is, as the children sing Hark! The Herald and the closing credits start to roll, yet to come.

In consequence, if I start watching it now, you can accuse me of celebrating Advent early, but not of celebrating Christmas early.

Thank you.