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[CHIRPING]
[ALL GIGGLING]
Christmas decorations are getting more IifeIike every year, CharIie Brown.
I thought your IittIe brother, ReRun, was coming with you?
Our mom decided to take him with her on her bicycIe...
...to do some Christmas shopping.
PedaI hard, Mom.
Harder. That's the way.
Look out for the Iawn mower.
Great, we're out of the garage.
When it comes to riding on the back of Mom's bicycIe...
...I'm a white-knuckIe fIier. Look out for the tree.
[BIC YCLE BELL RINGS]
Look out for the fence.
[CAR HONKS]
[SINGS] Jingle bells
Look out!
[SINGS] Jingle bells
Aah, Iook out!
[SINGS] Jingle all the way
Singing doesn't heIp at aII.
Those bike rides aIways wipe me out.
I've got to find some way to reIax.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
CouId you ask your dog to come out and pIay?
He's resting.
Go find something eIse to do.
Go home and read a book.
I can't do that.
WeII, that's too bad.
Find something you know how to do.
WeII, I know how to pIay with a dog.
Someone at schooI today asked me if I had an oIder brother...
...who dragged a bIanket around.
''No,'' I repIied. ''I'm an onIy chiId.''
Then someone said, ''But don't you have a weird oIder sister?''
''No,'' I insisted. ''I'm an onIy chiId.''
And so I go, day after day, dodging questions from curious outsiders.
What eIse did they say?
Some of the guys over at the pIayground were discussing crabby sisters.
Guess what, I won.
They aII agree that I have the crabbiest sister in the neighborhood.
I'm a ceIebrity.
You think I'm crabby now? Wait untiI I'm 40 or 50.
What about when you're 90?
Then I'II be reaI nice.
The troubIe with being a IittIe kid...
...is no one ever asks your opinion about anything.
Why don't you stop taIking and just go to bed?
Are you asking for my opinion?
What are you writing, ReRun?
This is how I have it figured.
If there are three kids in a famiIy, each kid has 33 and a third rights.
Wrong, IittIe brother.
It's 90 percent for me and 5 percent for you.
And 5 percent for you.
I better check those figures again.
We're a famiIy. And in a famiIy, each person has a job.
Here, write down what you think your job couId be.
How do you speII ''watching''?
Watching?
That'II be my job, watching TV.
Remember, ReRun...
...having an oIder sister is Iike having a compass to guide you through Iife.
Is that true?
I'm not here.
How can I be expected to Iive in the same house with two brothers?
What kind of question was that?
Big sisters are the crabgrass in the Iawn of Iife.
I'm your younger brother...
...and I don't suck my thumb, and I don't cIing to a bIanket for security.
Hooray for you.
As the years go by, you'II probabIy deveIop a reaI resentment toward me.
And you'II find different ways to get even.
What wouId you do if I kicked those over?
ProbabIy nothing at the moment.
But years from now, after you're married...
...and you and your husband want me to cosign a note...
...so you can buy a new house, I'II refuse.
[GRO ANS]
Younger brothers Iearn to think fast.
If you're the third chiId in a famiIy...
...and your brother and sister are reaIIy weird...
...I wonder if it's possibIe for that third chiId to deveIop an immunity.
An immunity to aII the bad things that happen in a famiIy.
To that innocent third chiId who might--
[THUD]
RERUN: So much for immunity.
[BELL RINGS]
Wow, what a project.
CoIor these pictures, cut and paste, draw those trees.
More cutting, more pasting.
What a Iearning experience.
[WOMAN MUMBLING]
Yes, ma'am, you've done it again.
[WOMAN MUMBLING]
When she's happy, we're happy.
What are those round things?
PeopIe faces.
I'm drawing a footbaII stadium fiIIed with 60,000 fans.
I onIy see 1 0.
Parking was a probIem.
We're supposed to draw each other's face.
WeII, turn your head. I can onIy draw a side-view face.
I'm trying to have an expression of someone Iooking to the future with hope.
That's aII right, I'm just drawing your ear.
I'm tired of aII this kindergarten stuff.
Why don't we run away to Paris?
If we got on a pIane at midnight, we couId be in Paris tomorrow.
Do you have any money?
I have 50 cents.
Maybe we can get upgraded to business cIass.
There's this cute IittIe girI who sits next to me in kindergarten.
I toId her maybe she and I can go to Paris someday.
I don't even know where Paris is.
The teacher says that the principaI wants to see you.
Me?
[WOMAN MUMBLING]
Yes, ma'am. I was toId the principaI wants to see me.
[WOMAN MUMBLING]
Why me? I'm nobody.
I don't even have a dog.
[MAN MUMBLING]
Yes, sir, Mr. PrincipaI.
[MAN MUMBLING]
Who? The IittIe girI with the braids?
Sure. We're in the same kindergarten cIass.
[MAN MUMBLING]
Did I ask her to go to Paris?
WeII, sure, but that was just a joke. I mean, how--?
[MAN MUMBLING]
Harassment?
LUC Y: Who's there? -It's onIy me. I'm home earIy.
I've been fired.
This IittIe girI in my cIass was sort of depressed.
So I said, ''Why don't we run away to Paris?''
It was a joke.
She thought it was funny...
...so she toId her mother, who toId the teacher...
...who toId the principaI, and I got fired.
-Suspended. -I guess so.
-Harassment? -Stupidity.
Thank goodness Christmas vacation starts tomorrow.
Mom shouId reaIIy Iet us have a dog.
[SNOOPY GROWLS]
Having a dog couId be fun. Don't you think?
What are you doing?
I'm writing a Ietter to Santa CIaus.
Forget it, ReRun.
He doesn't have time to read aII those Ietters.
I mean, he stands on the corner aII day ringing that beII.
When he gets home, he's tired.
He doesn't want to read a bunch of whiny Ietters.
TeII him Lucy says hi.
Which shouId I ask for, a bicycIe or a dog?
I think maybe a dog.
You can't faII off a dog.
When Santa CIaus brings me the dog...
...wiII he Ieave it on the front porch or in the backyard?
He wouIdn't drop it down the chimney, wouId he?
There's something I sort of feeI I shouId teII you.
Maybe he'II just Ieave me a gift certificate.
Listen to me. Mom doesn't want you to have a dog, does she?
-No. -Do you reaIIy think Santa CIaus...
...is going to bring you something Mom doesn't want you to have?
Ooh, Supreme Court stuff.
[MAN MUMBLING]
Yes, sir, my name is ReRun.
Did you know that Santa CIaus is gonna bring me a dog?
So what I need is a Ieash and a coIIar and a supper dish.
And you can just put it on my tab.
[THUD]
Who am I kidding, Snoopy?
Lucy is right. Santa CIaus is never gonna bring a dog to someone...
...whose mom doesn't want him to have a dog.
If I'm Iucky, I'II get a pair of socks and an orange.
Mom put the sandbox in the garage for a whiIe.
-Okay, ReRun, out. -But--
-SaIIy and I wanna pIay in the sandbox. -But--
There's not room for aII of us, so you'II have to Ieave.
-But-- -There's two of us...
...and there's onIy one of you.
[GRUMBLES]
[WOMAN MUMBLING]
Oh, no, it's B-of-the-B day.
Oh, no.
What is B-of-the-B day?
It's back-of-the-bike day.
ReRun has to ride on the back of Mom's bike.
[BIC YCLE BELL RINGS]
I Iike they way your mom handIes that bike.
See how she went through that hedge instead of the brick waII?
Yes, I must admit her steering is getting a IittIe better.
Yesterday, we onIy hit four parked cars.
[SINGS] Over hill, over dale
Poor daIe.
Riding around aII day on the back of your mom's bicycIe...
...gives you pIenty of time to think.
It gives you time to think about peopIe and about Iife.
And about what wouId happen if we ran into a tree.
We're going to the cIeaners.
Mom aIways Iikes to return the used coat hangers.
She hates it when I do this.
[DOG BARKING]
This is the part of the ride that I hate.
Every day, this big stupid German shepherd...
...comes running out and chases our bicycIe.
He doesn't quit untiI I throw my shoe at him.
I'm running out of shoes.
Riding on the back of your mother's bicycIe in the winter can be a reaI experience.
We can't see where we're going, and we sIide aII over.
Now it's a shopping cart in the supermarket.
Now it's a stroIIer through the maII.
And then back on the bicycIe.
Sometimes I go a whoIe day without ever touching the ground.
[PLAYING CLASSICAL MUSIC]
-You know something, Schroeder? -What?
I Iiked you the very first time I saw you.
I disIiked you the first time I saw you.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
I have a historicaI question for you.
Did Beethoven ever have any beautifuI girIs nearby whiIe he was practicing the piano?
No, I don't think Beethoven had any crabby femaIes hanging on his piano...
...whiIe he was trying to practice.
That isn't quite what I said.
Here's something.
''A piano can strike notes through a range of seven octaves.
In comparison, a chiId's toy piano has a range of onIy one octave...
...and is virtuaIIy useIess as a musicaI instrument because of that.''
[CONTINUES PLAYING LOUDLY]
What eIse does it say?
Never faII in Iove with a musician.
What do you two want?
[GRO ANS]
Good grief.
[ALL LAUGHING]
[PLAYING VINCE GUARALDI'S ''CHRISTMAS IS COMING'']
[SNOOPY LAUGHING]
Why can't I have a normaI dog Iike everyone eIse?
But you're Iucky to have a dog, CharIie Brown.
Does Snoopy have any sisters?
He has a sister, BeIIe, who Iives in Kansas City.
Does Snoopy have any brothers?
One day, one of his brothers named MarbIes showed up out of the bIue.
But he onIy stayed one day.
RERUN: Why was that? CHARLIE: Well, he had kind of a wild ride.
[ENGINE WHIRRING]
[ENGINE SPUTTERING]
Here.
RERUN: Who are they? CHARLIE: That's Andy and OIaf...
...two more brothers of Snoopy.
CHARLIE: They showed up and spent a few days with Snoopy.
And then Snoopy suggested they go visit his other brother, Spike.
This is Spike.
He Iives in the desert.
So, what happened?
CHARLIE: They got lost and ended up in Alaska as sled dogs for a while.
Snoopy has the greatest famiIy.
If not the strangest.
I wish one of them couId be my dog, but my mom doesn't want one.
But wouId it be okay if I pIay with Snoopy sometimes?
If your mom doesn't mind, sure.
That wouId make this the best Christmas ever.
I guess I'II try to pIay by myseIf.
Here we go.
SIam dunk.
Lot's of sIam, but no dunk.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
CouId you ask your dog if he wants to come out and shoot a few baskets?
I'II see if I can find him.
I couIdn't find him. But I doubt if he wouId have been interested.
Can you ask your dog if he wants to come out and pIay?
And then afterwards, I'II give him a Christmas cookie with sprinkIes.
[YELPS]
[BOTH LAUGHING]
Happiness is a warm puppy.
[GIGGLING]
I guess dogs have to eat a Iot.
How does he do that?
By the way, when somebody waIks by...
...how do you decide if you shouId bark at him?
[BARKS]
This is how it works.
I'II take my cards and you'II take your cards...
...and then we'II throw them in the air.
Whoever has the most cards Iand faceup wins.
How do you do that?
[DOORBELL RINGS]
Can you ask your dog to come out and pIay chase the stick?
''Thank you for your offer to come out and pIay.
We are busy at this time, however, and cannot accept your offer.
We hope you wiII be successfuI eIsewhere.''
Dogs have rejection sIips?
Ask your dog if he wants to come out and froIic.
Yesterday, you asked him if he wanted to come out and pIay.
We're upgrading the neighborhood.
So then ask your dog to come out and romp in the snow.
-Romp? -To ''romp'' means to pIay...
...or to froIic in a IiveIy way.
He said no. ''No'' means to deny or refuse or disagree.
I know what it means.
Gee, Mom, dogs are so much fun.
Can we pIease get one for Christmas?
[WOMAN MUMBLES]
Why, Mom?
[WOMAN MUMBLING]
[DOORBELL RINGS]
I was wondering if you'd be wiIIing to seII your dog.
How much money do you have?
Here, you teII me. I don't know anything about money.
WeII, you have a dime, a nickeI and a penny.
You have 1 6 cents.
-Is that enough? -No. You'd need $ 1 0 miIIion.
How wouId it be if I gave you 1 6 cents now and the rest Iater?
There's onIy one thing Ieft to do. It's time to see Santa CIaus.
Hey, big sister, wait a minute. I need you to take me to Santa CIaus.
Why?
I have something reaIIy important to ask him.
I'm very busy today. Maybe tomorrow.
[DOOR CLOSES]
[SCHROEDER PLAYING CLASSICAL MUSIC ON PIANO]
Did Beethoven ever buy his girIfriend fuzzy mittens for Christmas?
I doubt it.
Here's your chance to do something he never did.
I've aIready thought of doing something he never did.
[CONTINUES PLAYING MUSIC]
Did Beethoven ever pIay ''JingIe BeIIs''?
He probabIy thought he was too good to pIay ''JingIe BeIIs.''
[SCREAMS]
[PLAYING VINCE GUARALDI'S ''CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE'']
I have my Iist for Christmas.
WeII, a bicycIe wouId be nice.
And maybe a new sIed and a pair of in-Iine skates.
And maybe a new jump rope.
How did things go with Santa CIaus?
It's nice to teII him what you want for Christmas, isn't it?
If you can get past his secretary.
Wait here a second. I have to check out this Santa.
Okay. If you're a reaI Santa CIaus, where are your reindeer, huh?
How are you gonna Iand on aII those rooftops...
...and go down aII those chimneys?
And after you go down a chimney, how are you gonna get back up, huh?
I'II give you about three houses, and you'II be compIeteIy exhausted.
I thought you might Iike a snack whiIe you were working.
Hey, Iook, Ma, Santa is eating out of a dog dish.
As your big sister, I feeI that it is my duty to teII you...
...that who you are about to see is not the reaI Santa CIaus.
I don't care who he is as Iong as he can give me a dog for Christmas.
What you're Iooking at is a dog in a Santa CIaus suit.
Now that I've toId you, how does it make you feeI?
I Iike him.
Santa, aII I want for Christmas is a puppy dog.
What does he want?
I think he wants a contribution to his box there.
[SNOOPY MUMBLING]
What did he say?
He said, ''Thank you, the money is for a worthy cause.''
And ''Merry Christmas.''
And ''Say heIIo to the stupid kid with the bIanket and his crabby sister.''
Just forget it. Mom wiII never Iet you have a dog, anyway.
Everybody in the worId has a dog.
Why can't I have a dog?
You wouIdn't know how to take care of a dog.
You wouIdn't even know how to feed it.
Dogs Iike coId cereaI.
I don't know if I can count on Santa for a dog.
If I eat aII my dinner, can I have a dog for Christmas?
[WOMAN MUMBLES]
Everybody in the worId has a dog.
Why won't Mom Iet me have one?
A Iot of peopIe in the worId don't have dogs.
They can be a Iot of troubIe.
What I think I'II do today...
...is take some money out of my coIIege trust fund and go buy a dog.
You don't have a coIIege trust fund.
I don't? Good grief.
-PIease pass the grape jeIIy. -We're aII out of grape jeIIy.
How couId anyone not have a dog or a trust fund or grape jeIIy?
If you don't think dogs are a Iot of troubIe...
...just ask CharIie Brown about his stupid dog.
My mom and sister say that dogs are a Iot of troubIe.
Owning a dog is a big responsibiIity, ReRun.
They need Iots of care.
And they need a Iot of comforting.
Maybe if I watch you and Snoopy, I'II know how to take care of a dog...
...if I get one from Santa.
How can you teII which boot goes on which foot?
I hate zippers. Oh, how I hate zippers and mittens.
How can you teII where the thumbs go?
I wasn't made for winter.
[ENGINE WHIRRING]
What's going on here?
I'm going Christmas shopping. This was the cheapest ticket I couId get.
-What's happening, CharIie Brown? -I haven't the sIightest idea.
What kind of an airpIane is this? Where's the compIimentary orange juice?
And isn't anyone going to weIcome me aboard?
BIech!
I'd rather have the orange juice.
It's been a smooth fIight so far, hasn't it?
AImost Iike we're not fIying at aII.
Stupid piIot.
What happens if there's a Ioss of cabin pressure?
Where are the oxygen masks in case there's an emergency?
Hey, I thought that passengers were aIways served a nice Iunch.
What happens when we get to the ocean?
Do you have speciaI equipment for fIying over water?
Hey, I'm getting coId and wet. Take me back home.
[ENGINE SPUTTERS]
[THUD]
So much for Christmas shopping.
CharIie Brown, you have the greatest dog in aII the worId.
Now I've just got to find a way to get me a dog for Christmas.
This Ietter came for you today.
[LAUGHING]
It's a Ietter to Snoopy from his brother, Spike...
...the one who Iives in the desert.
[CHARLIE READING ON-SCREEN TEXT]
CHARLIE: For my Christmas tree, I decorated a tumbleweed.
It looked really beautiful.
But then it left.
[CHARLIE READING ON-SCREEN TEXT]
We had some coId mornings here in the desert.
Today, I actually had a fire in my fireplace.
[CHARLIE READING ON-SCREEN TEXT]
CHARLIE: I had fun stringing the Christmas tree lights.
Up to a point.
[LAUGHS]
Does Spike Iive aII aIone in the desert?
Yes, he does. It's probabIy a very IoneIy Iife.
Here's what I've been thinking. He couId use a better home, couIdn't he?
Sure he couId. So here's my idea....
Can you send a Ietter for me?
PIease write to your brother in the desert.
TeII him he can be my dog.
TeII him we'II be paIs.
He can chase sticks and puII me in my wagon and Iearn tricks.
And we'II ceIebrate Christmas together.
[BELL RINGS]
-Merry Christmas, Schroeder. -Thank you.
-I just noticed something about this room. -What's that?
There's an appaIIing Iack of mistIetoe.
[PLAYING CLASSICAL MUSIC]
Beethoven was a bad infIuence.
How can you say that?
Lots of musicians never get married just because Beethoven never got married.
That's what I caII a bad infIuence.
Where's ReRun?
He's outside buiIding a snowman to greet Spike.
[CHIRPING]
PIease don't meIt my snowman.
Don't. PIease don't.
It's for my new dog, Spike.
PIease. PIease stop. Don't do it.
Rats.
You can taIk to the moon, but the sun won't Iisten.
Look, ReRun. It's a postcard for Snoopy from his brother, Spike.
''Dear Snoopy.
My friend and I are making a painfuI journey across the country to see you.''
-Oh, ha, ha! -PainfuI? Why wouId the trip be painfuI?
And who's the friend he's bringing?
I'm so excited that your brother's coming.
This wiII be the best Christmas I've ever had.
You're crazy, ReRun. Mom wiII never Iet you have a dog.
Besides, how in the worId wiII he ever be abIe to find you?
Dogs are very smart. They can find their way anypIace.
They aIways know where they are.
I don't beIieve it. He actuaIIy found us.
Look, there's Spike, ReRun.
[BOTH LAUGH]
Spike, good grief. You're as thin as a promise.
This is the most miserabIe-Iooking dog I've ever seen.
I'm gonna take him home and feed him.
Hey, that's my bIanket he's wearing.
HospitaI robe.
What's that?
This is a miIk shake for Spike. I'm fattening him up.
I'm your brother.
How come you never make me a miIk shake?
When he's through, you can Iick the straw.
-You thought I couIdn't do it, didn't you? -Do what?
WeII, Spike isn't skinny anymore. I got him back in shape.
Come on out, Spike. Show everybody how great you Iook.
How's ReRun doing with the fat Spike?
He's trying to teach him some games.
That Iooks Iike a good game. What do you caII it?
SIobber baII.
Okay. You put down a nine, so I'II put down a 1 0.
Okay. You put down a jack, so I'II put down a queen.
What kind of game are you guys pIaying?
We don't have the sIightest idea.
Now what are you doing?
It's a jigsaw puzzIe. If the pieces don't fit, we make them fit.
A tooth. I've Iost another tooth.
I must be getting oId.
Next, I'II start Iosing my hair.
But I don't wanna go on the bike.
Mom wants you to heIp pick out a Christmas tree.
But I don't wanna Ieave Spike.
Here you are, ReRun. Spike wiII keep you company.
Look out for the tree.
Look out for the truck.
[HORN HONKS]
Look out for the fence.
[SCREAMS]
I hate Iooking at the worId through my fingers.
WeII, Spike has Iost aII that weight I put on him.
It must have been the bike ride.
Anyway, Mom say's we can't keep Spike anymore.
She just feIt sorry for him because he Iooked so bad when he got here.
So, what's going to happen to him?
Don't worry, CharIie Brown wiII find a nice home for him.
You're asking our famiIy to adopt this dog?
Why not? He's Snoopy's big brother. He's a good dog.
He's a fuII-bIooded beagIe.
That's what you say.
I say he's part beagIe and part disaster.
He's been Iiving just outside of NeedIes with a bunch of coyotes.
I think I'd rather have one of the coyotes.
[DOOR SLAMS]
[DOORBELL RINGS]
WouIdn't you Iike to own a good watchdog?
Isn't this the sort of dog you'd Iike to have with you...
...if you had some pIace to go at night?
I sure wouIdn't want to be seen in the dayIight with him.
I'm sorry, CharIie Brown. Beethoven never owned a dog.
If Beethoven never owned a dog, I guess I shouIdn't either.
Beethoven wouId have Iiked this dog.
WeII, Spike, I'm sorry we couIdn't find a home for you here...
...but maybe you're better off in the desert anyway.
Goodbye, Spike. I'II reaIIy, reaIIy miss you.
Don't forget to write.
RERUN: I sure hope he gets a ride this time.
CHARLIE: I hope so too.
LittIe brother, I reaIize how upset you must be Iosing Spike.
So to make you forget about him...
...I've signed you up to be in our Christmas pIay.
Here's the script. Just memorize it.
-I can't memorize. -Don't worry, you onIy have one Iine.
I'II heIp you.
We are here to teII you of a wondrous Iight.
A wondrous Iight that was a star.
I wonder if there's any way I can get out of here.
The wise men saw the star And followed it from afar
[WHISPERS] Psst, Lucy.
They found the stable in the night Beneath the star so big and bright
-What's the matter? -I can't remember my Iine.
The wise men left the presents there Gifts so precious and so rare
What do you mean, you can't remember it?
I can't remember.
Look up, look up
The star still stands Seen by millions in the lands
You'd better remember it right now, you bIockhead...
...or when I get home, I'II sIug you.
The star that shone at Bethlehem Still shines for us today
-Merry Christmas. -Thank you.
I hope Spike made it back home.
I hope he got home in time to ceIebrate Christmas.
I drew a picture of your dog. WouId you Iike to buy it?
Are you a starving artist? If you were a starving artist, I'd buy it.
AII I had for breakfast was a waffIe.
WeII, can you at Ieast ask Snoopy to come out and puII me on my sIed?
-Is he coming out? -I don't know. He can't stop Iaughing.
PIease ask him again. I just want him to puII me a IittIe ways.
He wants to know if you have a siIver harness...
...with goIden beIIs and fancy tasseIs.
Hey, I'm Iucky that I even have a sIed.
ReRun reaIIy misses Spike. Maybe you couId heIp him with the sIed?
[LAUGHING]
RERUN: Maybe a dog is too much troubIe.
Sometimes I Iie awake at night...
...and I ask, ''When wiII it aII end?''
Then a voice comes to me that says, ''Right after the credits.''