A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Real Story
The fight behind the scenes over including that segment with Linus was intense. Creator Charles Schultz and Producer Bill Melendez were adamant that the scene with Linus was essential to the show. Producers at CBS thought it was too provocative and wanted it excluded. They also thought viewers would not sit through somebody, especially a cartoon child, reading Bible verses. It has been described as a “fierce battle” to the point where Schultz was willing to drop the entire project if the segment with Linus was excluded. “If we don’t tell the true meaning of Christmas, who will?” he once said.
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