#OnThisDay 60 years ago... 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' made its television debut! It drew in nearly half of all TV viewers in America, becoming an instant hit and annual TV tradition. Its popularity was especially remarkable considering it broke many of the rules for animated holiday features at the time… it didn’t use a laugh track, real children were used for the character voices, Biblical references were used to illustrate the true meaning of Christmas, and it featured a jazz soundtrack that