2015 USPS A Charlie Brown Christmas Forever Stamps 100Pcs/Pack

On December 9, 1965, millions of Americans viewed for the first time A Charlie Brown Christmas, the first animated special featuring characters from Charles Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip, which aired that year on CBS. Over the years, watching the beautifully understated tribute to the holiday season has become an annual tradition.

The program now airs every year on ABC. The stamp art features 10 still frames from the program, starting with Charlie Brown holding the sapling that eventually becomes his Christmas tree and ending with him decorating the tree in front of the prize-winning lights displayed on Snoopy’s doghouse.

Charles Monroe “Sparky” Schulz was an American cartoonist and the creator of the comic strip Peanuts, featuring his two best-known characters, Charlie Brown and Snoopy. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential cartoonists in history, and cited by many cartoonists as a major influence, including Jim Davis, Murray Ball, Bill Watterson, Matt Groening, and Dav Pilkey.