Christmas Tradition

Come on kids, I got something to share with you from my childhood.

This is my favorite holiday show, Merry Christmas Charlie Brown. You see Charlie Brown is the guy who brought depression and self loathing to the forefront of childhood. Redemption is found only when the group accepts you even if their motivation is pity. Then there is Lucy the self absorbed, mean spirited, vile b***h who is, for some reason, portrayed as a sage even going as far as setting up her own psychiatric facility. Snoopy who owes his livelihood to Charlie brown nonetheless turns his back on him in times of need. He is rewarded for his out of control ego and Joe Coo,l the alpha male, is a national celebrity.  He is further indulged as we laud him for making up service to a foreign country in WWI.

Now kids, Charlie finds little if any support from his own family. His sister’s vanity is nauseating. Watch as Linus is chastised for being repelled by her obnoxious advances. Linus  is then cast as a freak for trying to induce some imaginative thinking to this motley crew he calls friends.  Pig pen, obviously from a lower economic rung, is ostracized for his lack of hygiene; as if compulsive washing is the number one virtue man can attain. Schroeder is only spared the fate of Charlie and Linus because he has a freakishly high aptitude for playing the toy  piano. His fits of rage at any who question the brilliance of Beethoven indicate a personality disorder that is totally  ignored as he appeases the group with unquestionable service. Find your esteem in others kids, begone virtue and of course

Merry Christmas everyone.

 

 

 

Reviews

[R.R.Louderback]

Ow! That was almost painful to read. You slapped a favorite memory of mine right upside the head and made me think about it.

Congratulations on your ability to take a new perspective and wave it in people's faces... George Carlin is the High Priest of that faith. I have naught but admiration for you though I don't necessarily envy you the perspective.

There were some cruel insights offered here, quite expertly.

Good job!

[W.k.kortas]

Even though I believe "A Charlie Brown Christmas" may be the finest half-hour of television ever created, that is indeed one neighborhood full of dysfunctional tykes--and where are the parents, damnit! Very nice tongue-in-cheek piece of writing.