LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lee Mendelson, the producer who changed the face of the holidays when he brought “A Charlie Brown Christmas” to television in 1965 and wrote the lyrics to its signature song, “Christmas Time Is Here,” died on Christmas day, his son said.
A Texas judge signed an order stopping the Killeen School District from banning a Charlie Brown Christmas display.
A Texas school board has ignored the advice of the state attorney general and voted to back the ban on a Charlie Brown Christmas display because it contains the word “Christ.”
A Texas school district is standing by its decision to remove a Charlie Brown Christmas display from a classroom.
A Texas school principal forced a staffer to take Charlie Brown Christmas decorations off a school door because it included a quote from Linus which had the word “Christ” in it.
“A school district in Kentucky has ordered all administrators under its jurisdiction to remove religious references from Christmas productions, leading one facility to censor its planned elementary presentation of A Charlie Brown Christmas by blotting out “the Gospel of Luke read by little Linus,” Cheryl Chumley reports at WND.
A man who voiced the lovable Charlie Brown in a series of 1960s television specials has pleaded guilty to making criminal threats after he attempted to solicit a hitman to kill a San Diego law enforcement officer.
