Bless You for Charlie Brown
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Schulz was always a Christian artist, but beginning in the late 1950s he started being more overt about his faith. After attending a 1957 Billy Graham Crusade meeting in New York City, Schulz was convinced that he needed to say more about Christianity in his work. Linus became the vehicle for discussing faith and theology. During this period, Peanuts began to appear in Christian sermons across denominations. It was even the subject of a bestselling book on Christian theology in 1965. The culmination of this personal mission was the success of the first Peanuts television special, A Charlie Brown Christmas, which sought to combat rising commercialism by recentering the Nativity in the public celebration of the holiday.