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title: "Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales (2002) review"
description: "Sure, what the hell, I'll watch a seventeen minute special with no narrative drive."
url: https://www.joekarlsson.com/reviews/charlie-browns-christmas-tales/
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# Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales (2002)

Dec 8, 2025 | Rated 3 out of 5 | Dir. Larry Leichliter

Sure, what the hell, I’ll watch a seventeen minute special with no narrative drive.

This is just a series of vignettes - no real plot, no throughline, just little Peanuts moments strung together. You get an extremely religious Linus, hopefully not too problematic. You get Snoopy as a chaotic Santa. You get fun little messaging about the season. The animation is shitty in that specific early-2000s way where everything looks cheaper than the 1960s specials. And of course, you get that great Vince Guaraldi-influenced music.

It’s all I needed. It’s all I wanted.

Also on [Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/joekarlsson/film/charlie-browns-christmas-tales/)

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