SNOOPY 13: CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE

No especial "O natal de Charlie Brown", lançado em 1965, Charlie anda incomodado com a exaltação do mundo comercial e dos altos gastos, e tenta encontrar o verdadeiro significado do Natal. A música tema já foi regravada por vários cantores, famosos ou não, e foi uma das raras vezes em que houve uma interferência vocal na trilha "impagável" sonora composta por Vince Guaraldi. A história de como tudo aconteceu segue abaixo, e está publicada no livro Vince Guarald at the piano de Derrick Bang.

As late summer [1965] segued to early autumn, the Peanuts Christmas special was coming together; a rough cut, set to Guaraldi's music, opened on Charlie Brown and his friends skating on a frozen pond, as snowflakes gently flurried about them. But although Mendelson liked the music employed behind the action — Guaraldi's "Christmas Time Is Here" — he felt the scene lacked something.
"The opening song was an instrumental," Mendelson recalled. "I felt we should get some lyrics, and some voices. We couldn't find anybody to write the lyrics, and I called all my Hollywood friends who were songwriters. But nobody took the assignment, so I sat down, and in about 10 minutes wrote the words to 'Christmas Time Is Here' on an envelope. I sure wish I still had that envelope!"

Christmas time is here
Happiness and cheer
Fun for all that children call
Their favorite time of the year

Snowflakes in the air
Carols everywhere
Olden times and ancient rhymes
Of love and dreams to share

Sleigh bells in the air
Beauty everywhere
Yuletide by the fireside
And joyful memories there

Christmas time is here
We'll be drawing near
Oh, that we could always see
Such spirit through the year

Sei que existem outras tantas canções, mas nem tudo foi lançado no Brasil. Por enquanto, fico por aqui feliz por finalmente reunir as canções de Peanuts que agradam tantos fãs.