Product Details

• Actors: Jamie E. Smith, John Christian Graas, Marnette Patterson, Mindy Ann Martin, Phillip Lucier
• Directors: Bill Melendez
• Writers: Charles M. Schulz
• Producers: Bill Melendez, Lee Mendelson
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: CBS Television
• VHS Release Date: September 17, 1996
• Run Time: 22 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304209320
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #181,973 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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A lackluster sequel of sorts to the classic A Charlie Brown Christmas, It's Christmas Time Again, Charlie Brown (1992) has Sally dwelling on getting (instead of giving), Charlie Brown facing a spending dilemma, and everyone suffering stage fright before the annual school play. --Doug Thomas

From the Back Cover

Snow on the ground, goodwill in the air and - good grief! - another Christmas play to perform!

Customer Reviews

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's Not That Bad, December 28, 2003

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takingadayoff "takingadayoff" (Las Vegas, Nevada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown [VHS] (VHS Tape)

After reading that this was a severe disappointment as a sequel to the excellent A Charlie Brown Christmas, I was prepared for a stinker. Perhaps keeping expectations low is the key to enjoying this cartoon. I liked it.

True, there isn't much to the story. There is another Christmas play, Charlie Brown is trying to find money to buy the little red-haired girl a present, Snoopy steals the candy canes off the Christmas tree. It seems It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown is really just a collection of comic strips brought to the TV screen.

However, new and old music by Vince Guaraldi adds to the mood, and this is a pleasant enough way for a Peanuts fan to spend a half hour.

22 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Actually liked it better than the first, October 6, 2000

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E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Where the first Charlie Brown Christmas video had a central plot and only a few sideplots, this movie has a series of small subplots woven into a better-than-usual animated movie.

It follows Charlie Brown as he struggles to buy a pair of mittens; Sally as she memorizes a part of the Christmas play; Linus as he tries to follow his studies of Christmas; and Peppermint Patty pursues the part of Mary in the Christmas play.

There's less of a central plot, and there's less depth, but there is also less mockery and serious topics. The fact that I didn't have to sit through poor Charlie Brown being laughed at by his comrades made this one a notch better in my view. The images and situations are simply charming. Oh, and "hockeysticks!"

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars NOT A CLASSIC BUT STILL VERY GOOD., November 9, 2004

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Tim Janson (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Well hey...there's simply no way that they could ever hope to live up to the runaway, annual classic that the 1965 special has become, but I still give credit for Charles Schultz for giving it a try in this special that first appeared on tV back in 1992.

Basically the gang is all off doing their own things as Charlie Brown is trying to raise money to buy a gift for the little red-haired girl, Linus and Sally go sledding in a box, and the gang put on a Christmas play at school helped by Peppermint Patti and Marcie.

Nothing will ever top the original special but this is a good effort still.