Every year I watch A Charlie Brown Christmas and How The Grinch Stole Christmas with my young daughters.

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My favorites are A Charlie Brown Christmas followed closely by How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the 1996 version, of course).

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The soundtrack to 1970 TV film A Charlie Brown Christmas has also made the list due to its influence on introducing jazz to a wider audience.

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"A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" is not the most popular entry in the beloved animated franchise (both "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and It's the "Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" deliver bigger numbers).

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Robbins starred as Charlie Brown in the 1965 debut "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and held the role in five other television specials, including "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" in 1966.

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And a Charlie Brown Christmas CD.

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