by Barbara Latta @barbaralatta
I love Charlie Brown. Maybe because I can identify with his feelings of inadequacy sometimes. But I also love his tenacity. He keeps going even when his emotions knock him down.
When he picked a scraggly sapling as a Christmas tree and
placed it on top of Schroeder’s piano, pine needles trickled down with tinkling
sound effects reflecting the sad state of his choice.
Do you remember how
the children reacted? They moaned, groaned, and complained about this not-so- beautiful symbol of the holiday.
After Charlie left the building with the sad little tree, he
placed it in front of Snoopy’s doghouse. The other children soon followed.
Do you remember what Linus did? He said, “I never thought it
was such a bad tree. All it needs is a little love.” He then separated himself
from his security blanket and placed it around the base of the evergreen.
These lessons from Linus can show us what Christmas is
all about.
