Anna Holmes, at The Atlantic:
In 2020, more than half a century after its initial release, A Charlie Brown Christmas hit the Billboard Top 10 for the first time; in 2021, Billboard ranked it the greatest holiday album ever.
The year after that, the Recording Industry Association of America certified sales of 5 million units, making A Charlie Brown Christmas the second-best-selling jazz album in history. The top spot goes to Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue, but Sig Sigworth, the president of Craft Recordings, told me that the Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack may surpass Kind of Blue by hitting the 6 million mark as early as next month.
This is a lovely article about a beloved show and, in particular, the music that defined it.
The Sound of a 'Charlie Brown' Christmas
Growing up, my holidays were profoundly shaped by the soundtrack to a classic animated special.