DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. Which Charlie Brown character do you relate to the most in this story? Why?

2. What is your favorite childhood Christmas memory? What made it so special?

3. Discuss what it may have meant for Charles Shulz to fight so hard to include a scripture reading in this live (and corporately sponsored) Christmas TV special. Have you ever fought hard for something you believed in? What were the challenges?

4. How do you balance the traditions of the holiday (like giving and receiving gifts) with not getting too wrapped up in the commercialism of it all? Is there anything that you’d like to do differently this year?

5. What is one way you can keep Linus’ scripture passage in mind this month and remember that this season is about “peace on earth and goodwill toward men”?