THE ANIMATION FREAK

                                      The Animation Freak.                                      A Charlie Brown Christmas.  On their way to join their friends ice skating on a frozen pond,  Charlie Brown  confides in  Linus  that, despite the Christmas season, he is still depressed. After Linus' reproach, and a put-down from  Violet , he visits  Lucy 's psychiatric booth and tells her his problem. She suggests that he direct the group's annual  Christmas play  to get him involved, and he accepts. Charlie Brown becomes even more discouraged by his observations of Christmas' commercialization as he heads for the rehearsal: Lucy laments over not receiving  real estate  for Christmas;  Snoopy  decorates his doghouse for a neighborhood ...

                                        The Animation Freak.                               Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz The greatest and most important iconic cartoonist that this world has ever known.  Someone asked me years ago who had the most influence on my life. If you know me and know my writing, you know I love animation and westerns, now it's not to say all the other amazing stuff out there is bad cause it's not, it's some of the greatest stuff we have ever seen or will ever see in our lifetimes but for me animation and westerns have always been my go to when I need a pick me up or something to sit and watch when I am feeling down. I love Rankin/Bass, Scooby-Doo just all the old stuff from years ago but nothing has influenced my life more than  Charles  Schulz and the Peanuts. I would...