About this episode

The episode celebrates the 60th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas with guest Melissa Menta, discussing the film and sharing Christmas music recommendations.

On this episode, we’re celebrating the 60th anniversary of a Charlie Brown Christmas with Senior Vice President of Global Brand and Communications for Peanuts Worldwide and host of the You Don’t Know Peanuts podcast, Melissa Menta. We’ve also got a fun Christmas play date idea for you and we’ll count down the top 5 songs Tim has discovered thanks to this podcast. Download here! 00:00 – 02:15 Intro 02:15 – 07:28 We Need A Little Christmas Now 07:28 – 14:15 5 Golden Things – Christmas Songs Tim Discovered Because of This Podcast 14:15 – 17:20 All I Want For Christmas Is News 17:20 – 41:02 A Charlie Brown Christmas 60 Year Anniversary Discussion with Melissa Menta 41:02 – 43:12 Wrap Up 43:12 – 46:2 https://cantwaitforchristmaspod.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/cwfc-155-60-years-of-a-charlie-brown-christmas-with-melissa-menta.mp3 5 Outtakes “We Wish You A Merry Christmas” United States Marine Band “Jingle Bells” Performed by Kristen Nowicki (The embedded player for the episode is bellow the links) Peanuts Official Site https://www.peanuts.com/ Melissa Menta’s Podcast, You Don’t Know Peanuts…

People in this episode

Host: Tim Babb

Guest: Melissa Menta

Topics covered

• A Charlie Brown Christmas
• Christmas music
• holiday celebrations
• podcast discussions
• family activities

Keywords

• Charlie Brown
• Christmas
• Melissa Menta
• holiday music
• podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Peanuts Worldwide, You Don’t Know Peanuts, United States Marine Band

Books & works: A Charlie Brown Christmas

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