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Linus van Pelt is a regular character from the Peanuts comic strip and cartoon series. As such, he appears in all five of the Peanuts Christmas television productions. He is the middle child in the van Pelt family, between his older sister Lucy and his younger brother Rerun, and he is also Charlie Brown's best friend. Though young and always carrying his blue blanket, Linus is unusually smart, and he acts as the strip's philosopher and theologian, often quoting the Gospels. He is also a believer in the "Great Pumpkin", an unseen Santa Claus-like being who flies around the most sincere pumpkin patch and delivers toys to all the good little children. In fact, he plans a vigil every Halloween to miss out on trick-or-treating and parties to sit in what he deems the most sincere pumpkin patch to wait for the Great Pumpkin.

Appearances in Christmas specials

A Charlie Brown Christmas - At the beginning of the first Peanuts Christmas special, Charlie Brown talks to Linus about how depressed he is that Christmas is being ruined by commercialization; Linus responds by saying that Charlie Brown's the only person he knows who could actually be depressed at this time of the year. While Lucy is handing out the costumes and scripts for the school's Christmas pageant, she orders Linus (who is to play the role of a shepherd) to get rid of his blanket, but he opts to wear the blanket as part of his costume in the pageant. Later, when Charlie Brown decides he needs to go get a Christmas tree in order to give the group the proper mood, Linus accompanies him to the Christmas tree lot. After everyone laughs at the sad-looking little tree that Charlie Brown picked out and Charlie Brown asks if anyone really knows what Christmas is really about, Linus quotes the second chapter of the Gospel according to Luke, verses 8 through 14 from the King James Version. This inspires Charlie Brown to take the tree home, decorate it, and show the gang it will work in the play. After Charlie Brown finds and places a single one of Snoopy's ornaments on the tree, which causes it to bend over, Linus remarks that he never thought it was a bad tree and that it just needs a little love, after which the other kids decorate the tree for Charlie Brown using the rest of Snoopy's decorations.
"The Play"
It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown
Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales
I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown

External links

Peanuts Wiki: Linus van Pelt

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-'''Linus van Pelt''' is a regular character from the ''[[w:c:peanuts:Main Page|Peanuts]]'' comic strip and cartoon series. As such, he appears in all five of the ''Peanuts'' Christmas television productions. He is the middle child in the van Pelt family, between his older sister [[Lucy van Pelt|Lucy]] and his younger brother [[Rerun van Pelt|Rerun]], and he is also [[Charlie Brown]]'s best friend. Though young and always carrying his blue blanket, Linus is unusually smart, and he acts as the strip's philosopher and theologian, often quoting the Gospels.
+'''Linus van Pelt''' is a regular character from the ''[[w:c:peanuts:Main Page|Peanuts]]'' comic strip and cartoon series. As such, he appears in all five of the ''Peanuts'' Christmas television productions. He is the middle child in the van Pelt family, between his older sister [[Lucy van Pelt|Lucy]] and his younger brother [[Rerun van Pelt|Rerun]], and he is also [[Charlie Brown]]'s best friend. Though young and always carrying his blue blanket, Linus is unusually smart, and he acts as the strip's philosopher and theologian, often quoting the Gospels. He is also a believer in the "Great Pumpkin", an unseen [[Santa Claus]]-like being who flies around the most sincere pumpkin patch and delivers toys to all the good little children. In fact, he plans a vigil every Halloween to miss out on trick-or-treating and parties to sit in what he deems the most sincere pumpkin patch to wait for the Great Pumpkin.
 ==Appearances in Christmas specials==