‘A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving’ is an animated TV special, which received
enormous popularity and recognition in the year 1973, when it was released. And
even today, children love to watch this movie, especially on the festive
occasion of Thanksgiving. What attracts the most attention in this flick is the
underlying humor and wit incorporated by the writer Charles M Schulz. With an
average running time of 30 minutes, the movie has received enormous critical
acclaim and was also awarded the Emmy in the year 1974. Read on to explore the
story and summary of this Thanksgiving special movie.
Plot
Released on the 20th November 1973, ‘A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving’ is a brief
description of the festive Thanksgiving celebration in Peanuts land. The opening
scene brings us across Lucy, who is tempting Charlie Brown to a game of football
and asks him to kick the ball that she is holding. She even tells him that it is
an honor as well as a tradition to kick the football on the occasion of
Thanksgiving. However, on attempting to kick the ball, Charlie Brown gets
deceived by Lucy and ends up falling flat on his back once again.
Charlie Brown and his sister Sally get ready to attend the Thanksgiving dinner
at their grandmother’s house, when all of a sudden; he gets a call from his
friend Peppermint Patty, who is noted for her persistent habits of
misunderstanding ideas and situations. She invites herself to Charlie Brown’s
house for the festive dinner, along with two more friends, Marcie and Franklin.
Finding himself in the midst of a dilemma, Charlie asks advice from his friend
Linus, who is also the brother of Lucy. Linus suggests him to go for two festive
meals - one at home and the other at his grandmother’s place.
Charlie starts Thanksgiving preparations, with the help of Linus, Snoopy and
Woodstock. Finally, when the guests arrive, all that Charlie had to offer them
is two slices of buttered toast, some popcorn, pretzel sticks and a few jelly
beans. Seeing this, Patty gets shocked and in an outrage, berates Charlie Brown
from the meal. Patty’s outbursts continue until Marcie timidly reminds her that
it was she who invited herself to the get-together and not the other way round.
When Patty realizes her mistake, she apologizes to Charlie Brown and asks for
his forgiveness.
In the midst of all these confusions, Charlie almost forgets about the
invitation to his grandmother’s house. He then calls her up and tells her that
they are going to be a little late because of the confusions that happened with
his friends. On hearing this, his grandmother suggests that he bring all his
friends along. This idea is warmly welcomed by all his friends. Once all of them
leave for the dinner, Snoopy and Woodstock returns back to the dog house and
enjoy their own Thanksgiving meal, complete with pumpkin pies and casseroles.
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