CHARLIE BROWN: My own dog gone commercial. I can't stand it.

Schroeder attempts to play several complex versions of "Jingle Bells" for Lucy with her dismissing each one with a "No, no, no." He plunks out a single key version and she yells "That's it!"

LUCY: You think you're so smart with that blanket. What are you gonna do with it when you grow up?
LINUS: Maybe I'll make it into a sportcoat.

Lucy serves as "script girl" while lobbying for the role of Christmas Queen.

In order to combat his Christmas blues, Lucy suggest Charlie Brown should direct the Christmas play.

In spite of his outward appearance, Pigpen promises to run a neat inn.

SALLY: Make it easy on yourself. Just send money. How about tens and twenties?

The Peanuts Christmas special was commissioned and sponsored by the Coca-Cola Company. It was written over a period of several weeks, and animated on a shoestring budget in only six months.

FRIEDA: Do innkeepers wives have naturally curly hair?

Lucy, Charlie Brown, and Schroeder can't hit the can to save their lives, but Linus has better luck using his blanket as a slingshot.