A Charlie Brown Christmas is a animated television special.
It is the first TV special based on the comic strip Peanuts,
by Charles M. Schulz.

The special aired on this day in 1965 for the first time and
CBS executives, unhappy with the music, the pacing, lack 
of a  laugh track and Linus reading a Bible verse (from Luke)
almost refused to air it.        

       
However, contrary to their collective apprehension, A
Charlie Brown Christmas received high ratings and
acclaim from critics. It received an Emmy, a Peabody
Award, and became an annual presentation

   
    

Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz 
(November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000)

    
    
1946

    
    
    

A Christmas Story is a 1983 Christmas comedy film directed by Bob Clark and based on Jean Shepherd‘s semi-fictional anecdotes in his
1966 book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash,

The film was released on November 18, 1983, and received positive reviews from critics.

The movie “It’s A Wonderful  Life” is based on ‘The Greatest
Gift,’ a short story by Philip Van Doren Stern. He originally
started writing the story in 1939, but had no luck publishing
it at first.

After failing to find a publisher, Stern decided to print his story
as a 21-page Christmas card that he sent to 200 of his friends
in 1943.

An RKO Pictures producer saw the "card" and convinced the
studio to buy the rights to the story, which were eventually
sold to Frank Capra’s production company, Liberty Films.

Stern’s short story was also eventually published as a book in
1944—and Stern also sold the story to Good Housekeeping,
which published it in its January 1945 issue under the title
"The Man Who Was Never Born."

Philip Van Doren Stern
(September 10, 1900 – July 31, 1984)

Virginia Ann Marie Patton Moss
(June 25, 1925 – August 18, 2022)

(Fox News) – The last surviving adult cast member of Frank Capra’s classic holiday film It’s a Wonderful  Life, Virginia Moss passed
away on August 18th at an assisted living facility in Albany, GA.
at age 97.

Moss starred in the 1946 film as Ruth Dakin Bailey, the wife of Harry Bailey (Todd Karns) and the sister-in-law of the main character
George Bailey, portrayed by James Stewart. Moss was the last
living adult actor who had worked on the film, though several
It’s a Wonderful Life actors who appeared in the film as children
are still alive, such as Karolyn Grimes, who shared a tribute to
Moss on her personal Facebook page.

Moss is kissed by James Stewart from It’s a Wonderful Life.