Angels_Review It's interesting how the Peanuts can start out with some random story lines and then go into the larger one like this does. Before we even get a title screen, we have at least two or three stories already showing.This follows the story of Rerun who desperately wants a dog. It's rather cute but doesn't keep following the storyline in the beginning but then as the story kept going, Rerun asks more and more about having a dog. Then when they were talking about Snoopy's family, we get some insight into his brothers and sisters which I thought was rather fun. Throughout a lot of the shows, we don't really see his family until then. It doesn't explain though why Snoopy is rather off most of the time.The animation is fluid with watercolor backgrounds against hard line characters. It's the normal style for one of these old Charlie Brown cartoons which surprises me since its such a early one. Each of Snoopy's brothers and sisters have their own style and are easy to tell apart though sometimes its hard to remember all the names as they only really say them once except for Spike.Voices are the same as the other shows, and I believe were done by the same voice actors. Sometimes they break the forth wall in the script as Rerun is on top of his mother's bike or during the end which is actually rather fun.

Blake M. Petit Out of the four "Peanuts" Christmas specials, this is probably the best since the first. Like the other two, it's mainly a collection of strips taken straight from the comic and animated. This time, though, they've actually taken strips they can form a cohesive story out of. The focus this time is Rerun, younger brother of Linus and Lucy, and his desire to get a dog for Christmas. Rerun is a sweet character (sometimes almost too sweet), but he's genuine in his affection.Some viewers complain about the segment where Rerun makes a joke about taking a girl to Paris and winds up getting accused of harassment. (The word "sexual" is never used.) Other reviewers actually said this would cause Charles Schulz to spin in his grave -- since Schulz himself wrote the strips that this segment is based on, I highly doubt that.Nothing will ever approach the greatness of the original "Charlie Brown Christmas," but out of the ones that have come out since then, this is the cream of the crop.

Shawn Watson This 40-minute TV special tells the story of Rerun, Linus and Lucy's very cute younger brother (I loved the scenes with him stuck on the back of his mother's bicycle). As the smallest child he feels left out of playing around with the other kids and wishes for a dog for Xmas. He starts a great friendship with Snoopy but Charlie Brown is reluctant to let him go. I felt so sorry for Rerun. He's just so desperate for attention, to be taken seriously. He's got a lot of love inside him and needs a best friend to let it all out. Jimmy Bennett's voice acting is spot-on and makes him so real.It's all harmless fun, if not completely indisposable. I've made it a Xmas tradition already as well as the other seasonal Charlie Brown specials.

RNMorton Charles Schulz is terribly missed by all of us Peanuts fans. This is an excellent posthumous work. Main theme is Rerun's search for a dog for Christmas, but we get to see each of the main Peanuts characters doing their thing in a Christmas setting. Not all the Charlie Brown specials have been outstanding through the years, but this one can be put right up there with the best. Kudos. 9/10