December Books, Day 13: Christmas Is Together-Time

Christmas is Together-Time, by Charles M. Schulz (1964)

Yes, there was a Charlie Brown Christmas before there was A Charlie Brown Christmas.

"Christmas is when you hug your little brother."

"Christmas is a bowl of hard candy...that always sticks together."

"Christmas is wishing you could have seen the Star of Bethlehem."

And 27 more, each with an accompanying drawing of Peanuts characters. You can see some of them if you click to "look inside" at Amazon.

Here's one for the frugal or the broke...

"Christmas is when you realize how little you can buy with fifty cents."

Even in 1964! Actually you can do pretty well with fifty cents even now, if you go to the right thrift shop. Music cassettes are currently a quarter apiece, and you can still find some good ones. And fifty cents' worth of thrift-shopped yarn can turn into something cool. But, as Linus sighs in the drawing, I don't think it would cover a bicycle.

"Christmas is not really understanding this business about the flying reindeer."

I'm with Sally on that one.

One more:

"Christmas makes the rest of the year worthwhile."