When his creative partners voiced concern that broaching religion might be risky, Schulz responded simply: "If we don't do it, who will?" The trio showed their completed reel to CBS network ...executives just shy of the scheduled airdate. Re-aired every year since -- more than any Christmas special save "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," which debuted a year earlier -- the show pushed Schulz's strip to fresh heights.
...for those wondering whether it was Schulz or his son, Monte, who came up with the idea of the World War I Flying Ace, who makes his first television appearance in "Great Pumpkin," the book ...provides the answer:
The design of the book is marvelous, thick off-white stock printed in two colors red and green of course. Besides the two Christmas pieces, you'll find a brief history of behind the specials and a ...small bio of Schulz.
