When I was in kindergarten ( 1975 ) they played this over the intercom as we left school for Christmas Vacation..... it was snowing, what a great memory.
+Jack Norris sadly the jehovah witnesses are preaching their poison that the star of bethlehem is actually satans star..yes that's what they are telling people.
Hey, Jack....That's what it was. The "star" guided the Magi to Jesus so King Herod could locate Jesus and have him killed. When the Magi realized this, they did not report back to Herod. So, who put the "star" there? Would God put the "star" there to help King Herod find Jesus so Herod could have Jesus killed? .... 2 Corinthians 11:14 says: "And no wonder, for Satan disguises himself as an angel of light."
@@logannguyen7842 The falling passing chords especially entering the tail end of the main melody is literally falling semitone to semitone. 100% exemplifies snowfall whether it be musically or aesthetically.
It's impossible to hear this song and not shed tears. I'm 52, alone and have no family left, but I'm still trying to keep the spirit alive in me, even though it died a while back, but I'm also trying to stay alive myself.
JT, Im sorry about that. Loneliness is a hard thing, but enjoy the holiday and finding somebody else can make all the difference. God said all things get better and they will for you 😊
well phrased. Xmas can be as sad as it is happy. Something about it not being all that it could be in your mind, chasing the perfect experience that you never catch, childhood memories of times, family and friends gone forever, etc
Never thought about it in those terms, but yes, you've hit the nail on the head. There was always something about this song that I could not quite pinpoint, and it's the melancholy.
...my beloved 91 year old Grandma Donna died October 14, 2024....this soundtrack will forever remind me of her....long live Donna Mae. May this message bring peace to anyone who reads this....xo
My wife and I would sit with a drink or two, after all the kids were asleep, the presents were under the tree, everything that needed assembly was assembled and quietly listen to this. I was always the first one up, so exited to see them open their gifts. It was a wonderful time. Kids and grandkids are all grown now but, those days are forever in my heart.
I might still be very young but I hope that I can have as great a life as you did and feel that same happiness when I grow up and reflect it all the same. these stories always speak to me and I really love them, Merry Christmas Don, to you and your family.
I could be your big sis. Im 67. Christmas was so special back then because it was treated special! You were lucky if you saw Christmas programming for two weeks! Not months like now. Our tree wasnt even up a week! Up on Christmas Eve, down morning of New Years Eve! You enjoyed every second you could get! My family ent from ten to just one. My daughter. Merry Christmas
@james c Boy, am I aging (rapidly), but really feel the same I was when I was 16 (now am 57). Songs like this take me instantly back to the days when I would look forward to the broadcasting of "A Charlie Brown Christmas", etc,etc. When I was young, I often wondered what it would be like to be an adult. Now that I am an adult, I never new that I would never grow up.
@james c Know what you mean, I was 9 during Christmas 1966 and it was one of my favorites . My Sister was a stewardess for Eastern and she brought her co pilot fiance home by surprise Christmas morning. Back when my biggest worry was getting the sequins pinned to my styrofoam Christmas globe with the smell of pine permeating the room from our 3rd grade tree with its popcorn garlands and paper links. Remember the special Christmas hot lunch with Turkey and mashed potatoes?
This song defines Christmas. A 1965 Christmas special that hasn't aged and holds a special place in Billions of peoples hearts. A true Christmas masterpiece.
+TheTekken21 I'm feeling the same way.....really the first time in my life in terms of the intensity of how I miss "yesterday"! I've been reflecting so much lately of my childhood...such good memories! Just simply being a kid...no worries...life was peaceful...no bills...work..etc. But I think just being an innocent child and seeing life thru pure eyes was so enjoyable...didn't realize a the time how tender this memories would become now that I'm 43yrs old. All that said, I now get to experience christmas and life thru my children....my two sons 11yrs and 7yrs... and my perfect daughter 2yrs old. BTW, this song does still some serious nostalgia...doesn't it?! If I try hard enough, I can go back to the Christmas' of past as I listening quietly to this classic charlie brown christmas song. Merry Christmas and thank for reading...
my mother's favorite time of year was Christmas. we lost her on 02.27.2014, but my dad, my sister, and I still miss her very much 😢 We can at least be grateful for the years God gave us with her 💚 💚 💚
This song is perfect for driving in a car to see Christmas lights, enjoying a quiet evening dinner, or just sitting by the tree drinking some eggnog or hot cocoa. Perfect song.
My greatest memory of this song was when I was a little boy in New Jersey we all slept over our grandmothers house as I looked out the second story window I saw the once filled new jersey streets was now I an empty snow covered filled utopia, though the streets and sidewalks were empty every single apartment building light was on and I just stared out the window while my brother and cousins drank hot cocoa and watched the peanuts Christmas special next to the heavy lit big Christmas tree while the adults drank coffee in the next room and conversated, no cell phones no internet no distractions with the family ,what a time it was, a time I'll never forget
This song makes me a better person. It makes me reflect upon all the things I go through in my life, reminds me of the importance of family, community and love. It reminds me of where I want to see myself in 30 years, with a house I can call my own, a loving wife and kids, and a greater relationship with my parents hopefully. To anyone reading, have a lovely day.
Looking at 64 in the rearview mirror. I can remember watching "A Charlie Brown Christmas" the first time it aired. Due to a lot of circumstances it's extremely hard to get into the Christmas spirit nowadays; I don't hear the bell anymore. There are only maybe 5 Christmas songs I even want to hear anymore. This is one of them. Thank you Vince Guaraldi.
@@richardwilkins7080 The Wexford Carol, Celebrate Me Home, Same Old Lang Syne, and I Believe in Father Christmas. A good bit of nostalgia and some sadness comes to me from those songs.
When I hear this song its like the whole world stops and everything is peacefull and the there is no hate in the world and you can just feel yourself being enlightened with such great music....
I love how this soundtrack, and the animated special, tangles up both the joy and the sadness of Christmases past and present, and lets us know that it's okay to feel how we do. We only get a little time, as little children, to be completely happy and contented at this time of year, if we're fortunate...and then, as we age, cynicism and disappointment begin to settle in, as with Charlie Brown. And I think the special, and the jazz soundtrack, reassure us that we can live in this bittersweet middle-of-the-road at Christmas time, and, perhaps, find something in it to nurture our souls.
Sean Wilkinson there's a reason Christmas gives people that feeling it's cause Christmas is when Jesus came to save us and at that time we remember or sometimes you just get this feeling that you really want to do something beautiful and kind without even knowing why and that is the Christmas spirit. Sorry about how long that was.
I’m learning this song on my piano. I really want to play it for my grandparents on their piano on Christmas eve. I’m just 14, and I want to make every moment count and make memories before I am an adult. update: Thank you for all of the nice comments, I really appreciate it! I did in fact play it for everyone on Christmas Eve after dinner. Everyone was really happy. They all enjoyed it. I even taught my grandmother how to play jingle bells. What was really interesting about that was she taught me some of my first songs, and now I’m teaching her songs! What a great way to end off the night! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! Here’s to 2021!
Michael M. Charles Shultze hated it and hated this soundtrack - which I don’t agree with at all, due to its iconic character and individuality as a soundtrack. I don’t love all jazz, but roughly 70% of the genre I absolutely adore - which says a lot because that’s on average more than any other genre of music.
Writer Derrick Bang highlighted that same point. Guaraldi's soundtrack made jazz appealing to kids who came up on rock and didn't want to be seen as 'squares listening to their parents' music.
As a kid, I cried like hell when Charlie put the bulb on the tree and it drooped.” Why does everything I touch get ruined!?” Even to this day 50+ years later this song makes me sad, thinking some people are lonely or spend Christmas alone. I hope all those ones are safe. Merry Christmas.
I know of a person that believed that of himself that his life was a ruination. Tom was placed in an orphanage, then multiple foster homes, abused by the fosters, and adopted into a stable household only at high school age. His adoptive father died soon after. Tom then married, divorced, drank, found religion, abandoned religion, but loved his adoptive mother to her passing. In the end he suffered from chronic illnesses and pain. He once said 'Everything that I touch turns to s--t'. At his passing there was no service no family. But his will was a beneficence. He had invested in stocks over decades. He bequeathed tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars to a foster agency, and a home for unwed mothers. The lives of those children and mothers, we hope, will be better than what they would have been.
I also think about Charlie Brown and what a maligned kid he was. It reminded me so much of myself. Other kids always putting him down. Little kids can be so cruel.
I still kind of feel that way about myself. I've always related to Charlie Brown which maybe isn't a good thing, but I try to make the best of it most of the time. Merry Christmas
I get so nostalgic when I listen to this song. I remember the Christmas Shopping in the crowded malls, full of heating. The cold eternal winter fog. The 25 cent hot chocolate my school sold. The School Christmas Pageant. My Mom's cooking. My Dad coming back home from work on Christmas Eve. The Fireplace. Family on Christmas Night. My wool sweater. The Car Heater as we headed to the Sierras on Christmas Day to play in the snow. The orange groves and the buffet on our way back. Moments like that I will love forever and look back to as I hear this instrumental. ❤️
Agreed. A calling for a beautiful past we can never get back. My only hope is that I can give my nephews and, one day, my own children those fond, blessed memories to make them smile for when they are adults and have kids of their own.
I hope that Charles Schultz and Vince Guaraldi look down from heaven and smile knowing that their collaboration is still held close in the hearts of so many people.
Every time I hear this, I'm 6 again. Living in wintry southern Illinois. Anxiously waiting Christmas with a not deceased father and a not demented mother. Time changes everything I guess. But damn this propels me hard back into little boy mind. Everything is right in the world. And now I'm crying.
Just seeing your comment a year after u posted it. Hope you are having some peace this Christmas season and your best memories (and this tune) bring you comfort.
I hope everyone who is listening to this is well and happy. Wishing nothing but the best for all of you truly. The holidays can be hard, everyone hang in there its all gonna be okay
I remember one time when me and my folks were driving back home from our grandma's farm on Christmas Eve night. We were all talking in the car, laughing, having a good time. And this song came on the radio. And we all just quieted down, and listened to this. A simple little melody from a simple little movie. I don't know what it was about it, but it just made us all... Happy. Calm. And excited for Christmas. Not the presents, not the cookies, just... Christmas. It's really hard to explain, but I always get such a strange feeling around Christmas, especially whenever this song plays. I've purposely not bought this song on iTunes, because whenever I hear this on the radio, the feeling just comes right back. Right when it should...
I worked in Retail. My Manager and I totally agreed. We put this CD on repeat. It kept me sane during the holiday season. It's Jazzy enough you can listen to it year round. And Christmassy enough to be in the holiday spirit.
it sure does, It makes me feel like I'm still in elementary school. But there's a sharp disconnect, when I was a little boy I didn't pay attention to the melancholy of the song now it's the most pronounced part, but it's still gives me a warm feeling.
its a beautiful song and yes kind of make me cry i think of love one ill never see again especially my 3 dogs i love so much Snows my 4th dog is with me and she helps me through those sorows
This song reminds me of my dad and mom when we were all kids watching Charlie Brown. Not our parents are with Jesus Christ. It still brings tears to me after 58 yrs young. Merry Christmas to all . God bless you
I waited on Vince Guaraldi at the Ahwahnee in Yosemite and begged him to play Linus' Theme on our Steinway to which he graciously agreed, I think there were all of five people in the room, one of my favorite memories...
I was working C shift at a large University out in a plow truck before Christmas and heard this song on our local Public Radio Station .There was a light snow falling about two in the morning no one around. I do not believe I had ever heard it before. That time comes back to me each time I hear this, what a memory maker.
Back in the early 60's, Vince Guaraldi composed this song. The producers of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" wanted the use his jazz compositions to score the show. CBS network executives balked at the idea. They wanted to use "cartoon" music. They thought that the jazz score was too "high-brow" for kids. Today, after more than half a century (and several generations), the jazz score, and the show are beloved classics, and a Christmas staple.
I was never alive anywhere near the time this came out, but this song and the movie are so nostalgic. It reminds me of hanging out by the fireplace in my old house at night, watching this movie, the snow falling outside, and the christmas tree radiating with red and green. It truly is the most wonderful time of the year.☃️🎄❤
My grandma passed away today......she loved us so much and I hate that she is gone. This will be the first Christmas without her, and this music is the only help.
God bless you and yours ! Just remember that all things change and all things die ! She left the world in her through your parents and you. Merry Christmas!
Magic is right. The past had so much more meaning, and now in the present, there are allot of stupid songs that have no feel to them, it gives you a hard feeling, like being compressed. This music here has so much more meaning and well thought out tunes that, well, shows the past was a more detailed time.
I feel the same. It brings me back to the feeling of the living room carpet on my bare, 7 year old feet whilst decorating the Christmas Tree with my mom while my dad was in the kitchen. Slow, steady falling snow. The feelings of warmness, love, and childish excitement. Togetherness, and care. TV on the fireplace channel because our little town house didn't have a real fireplace. Not being rich, but not being poor either. A content feeling of being average. I had a group of friends, just like every other kid. Everything was normal and happy. Hoping that I get that game boy that I've always wanted, but knowing that I'll be happy with anything I get. Sigh. Memories.
@@jmack8767 That was beautifully put. Your words strike true, especially after this year that we’ve all had. We need to be able to marvel and Wonder at those things which we might overlook. People in our lives that we might not realize are also marvels and blessings. Despite everything, this should be be an especially memorable holiday season and Christmas for everyone.
Now I'm past 60, this song comforts me that though I may not always be here, what I love goes on and those that come after me will love what I loved and that's all I want and I am content. Merry Christmas
I was born in 1973, and this music brings back SO MANY wonderful memories. I can smell my mother's cakes & pies, while preparing our holiday feast. The nostalgia is undeniable...🥰
I admit that whenever Christmas time is here plays whatever iciness held my heart prisoners melt in warm furtive tears one seeks to hide from the world. this is a beautiful opus, full of life, humor and the idiosyncratic contribution of the innocent voices of children in many of the songs. I'm fascinated by the executive decision to allow the children's voice to be featured in their pure beauty, and heartwarming technical limits. You not only feel at home but home becomes not a place but a time, a mood, a memory, a yearning but more importantly a quest. The jazzy background of this soundtrack helps us bask that we search, that we mean to live, create or reproduces for those we love. The music gently coerces you to ponder about what we've lost over the years. Have we lost that innocence or have we relinquish it in order to cope with the demands or disappointments of this world. If yes, why long instead of love, why immerse ourselves in a wave of regret when we can twist and twist, jump, laugh and run like children aware that this world changes every day and that never should we want to lose sight of it.
genuinely no other christmas song compares to this one. there's just something about it, it's literally perfect. this song is sitting by a warm fire drinking cocoa with your loved ones while snow softly falls outside the window.
It's March 6th 2021. I keep listening to this song. I know Christmas is long gone, but I can't help it. It makes me happy and feel good. Does anyone else feel the same way or am I alone ?
you're not alone kevin. i listen to the whole album all the time. sometimes i think about the warm feeling i got when i listened to this the first time and i try to recreate it one last time. seeing all the people being so kind in the comment section makes me feel so loved. yep, there it is. the warm feeling is slowly coming back :)
This gorgeous piece really puts me in the spirit. It's a whole ambience to it, you know? Nestled by the fireplace, red wine, with loved ones or alone, just absorbing the present moment and thankful to be alive.
Dennis, I'm 67 too. Got blood pressure problems and haven't checked for what else. Just taking one day at a time and enjoying myself, eating whatever I want, drinking ocasionally. Not worrying about anything.
Before I listen to this I know I'm going to shed tears, but I still have to play it because it reminds me of my beloved wife who passed away 2 years ago and who loved Christmas with a passion. This says it all.
Martin Stewart , Dearest Martin, I am so truly sorry for your lost. It brings joy to my ❤️ that you had someone that was very passionate about one of the greatest holidays. From the little that you have shared about your lovely wife she would never be visited by 3 ghosts. Take care of yourself friend, & Merry Christmas to you, and a safe and joyous New year. 🎄🎄🎄🎄
Such a beautiful piece so why am I sitting here crying. So many memories as a kid in 1965. When we had open malls to slosh around in when it snowed, then walk into Monkey Wards double doors and a warm breeze would hit you in the face. Those days are sadly gone for good but thankfully we still have the music to remind us of them. Christmas Blessings to all. 🎅☮
When i hear this i am a 10 year boy the watching the Christmas special "PEANUTS", i can close my eyes & remember that feeling i had, so special. To be a kid again at Christmas is priceless, even if its only for a few minutes......
I'd just like to say two things 1: This music takes me back to a time of innocence. The first time I realized Christmas was a truly special time that wasn't just about getting presents but spending time with your family. It was also when I became slightly aware that life isn't all just pleasant happiness but that it's okay because the rarities of those moments are what make them so special. 2: Where the F%#* ARE MY HARDBOILED EGSS!?!?
In late November of 1965 at the age of ten years old, the run-up in commericals on AFRTSE, Armed Forces Radio Television Service Europe was just huge. Living in and attending schools in Europe courtesy of the USAFE, when this came out on the 4 hour nightly broadcast, it was a big deal in school then as we oft times as familes were widely dispersed living awy from any other American family. This singular CBS broadcast, will forever remain my most favored time of year with timed musical background to many pof my gernatrions and more to come , fond and wonderfully fun filled carefree memories. What a time it's been.
After all these years, with all the closest faces I loved long gone, I can still hear this song slowly become more audible as I walk up the snow covered walkway in the blizzardy insulated winter air, open my grandmothers door and walk in to see all the christmas excitement. Christmas tv specials on, all the adults tending to dinner, some bickering, kids being way too loud, the stories, and guests and gigantic tree with what felt like unlimited presents for literally everybody.... I have my own family now, but the second I hear the first note of anything by VGT I break inside and the most painful tears run down my face in what I can only call the luckiest and most poignant and pensive sorrow to carry. The grief of not having your most loved around anymore is the pain you carry to remind you you were lucky enough to have that warm family love to being with. Thus uncovering the true meaning of christmas to begin with. Being thankful for a healthy, happy life, good family, and a realization tomorrow is never guaranteed. We have to appreciate each other. I think the world needs little more christmas and what it was intended for to begin with. Ill never not cry anytime I hear that Jazzy, sleepy piano. It IS THE definitive soundtrack for christmas. And I love it more each time I hear it.
@@MKDAWUSS Those that are gone are still with us in our heads and in our hearts. This tune always makes me realize that, in beautiful welcome memories.
My dad passed away on 12.16.21. We weren't close, unfortunately. He was always working and wasn't home, even on Christmas, what a good man! I miss him sooooooo much . Ever since I was a kid, this song has always made me miss him, and now, I just have to carry on. Vince, you bastard, you created a masterpieces!!!
Even though I'm young, this song s already nostalgic for me because my family started to crumble a couple years ago: my aunts' divorces, the death of my grandmother, cousins growing up and not being near anymore to celebrate with a beaten family and my parents not liking each other as well as not liking Christmas at all. So for me this song basically represents what I once thought Christmas should be and what It isn't nowadays. Thanks Vince Guaraldi, your music gives me relief in these times of yearning for the sweet mementos of the past and snow. Hope everyone has a peaceful Christmas Day and Eve.
I guess it’s up to you to keep the Christmas spirit alive for yourself now. Luckily it’s really easy with great songs like this, and movies, and buying gifts and looking at the lights. Have a merry Christmas and good luck out there!
I'm so so sorry the Christmas spirit has been diminished for you. And so young. You're not supposed to know about that til you're in your 40s haha Merry Christmas to you and hope your family somehow comes together .
I hope when you get older you get to have a Family of your own one day with whom you can share a love for this song Merry Christmas and a Happy new year !!
Sorry that you've gone through so much family stuff, TH. Hope things work out better for you in the future. FWIW, I came from a dysfunctional family and I'm 67 today. This music means so much to me because I remember when it was first broadcast on TV. It fills in a lot of holes in my soul that have been there for decades. Peace, brother.
Every person needs to just sit, relax, and let this orchestration fill every space in your heart, mind and soul. One of the most peaceful, soothing songs to ever have been composed. Brings back so many wonderful memories of my childhood. Spending the holidays in Massachusetts with my grandparents and cousins skiing, sledding, throwing snowballs, making snow ice cream was the height of the calendar year. Oh how I miss those days. The words from Irving Berlin's "Toyland" sums it up: "Childhood's joy land.............. Once you pass its borders You can ne'er return again"
This is from a time that, tragically, too many today will never experience. Sure, we had television that helped raise us, but people were most important back then. Family and friends filled our lives and everything was simple. Most of us were poor but we were rich in the important things.
As we get older Christmas seems to lose its magic. Lights don't twinkle, snow is a mess, presents aren't as joyful and family seems to disappear. now this is nothing else, Christmas is about the love you give to others but also yourself. Play this song if you're feeling lonely this holiday season, curl up with a cup of coco or coffee and just let the music ring through your house. Feel that magic you thought you lost all those years ago, smile, and remember that love and happiness are in the smallest things as long as your heart is in the right place. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.
Had this soundtrack on vinyl in the 70's. Every time it was put on, I usually wound up with my head in my Mom's lap, while she did her crossword puzzles and watched her fave sitcoms. I'd ask my Mom a million questions and the woman had a million answers. I cannot think of a more peaceful, loving place to be. Or, a better piece of music. Rest in peace, Ma. I miss you, immensely.
........she's never far away. My Mom left when I was 14, Jan. 71, haven't stopped missing her. She's been by my side though all these years guiding and loving me every moment, I just can't see and hug her. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
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When I was in kindergarten ( 1975 ) they played this over the intercom as we left school for Christmas Vacation..... it was snowing, what a great memory.
sadly today schools would get in trouble for that, just like if charlie brown christmas was make today, linus couldn't recite luke 2:7-14...
+Jack Norris sadly the jehovah witnesses are preaching their poison that the star of bethlehem is actually satans star..yes that's what they are telling people.
Hey, Jack....That's what it was. The "star" guided the Magi to Jesus so King Herod could locate Jesus and have him killed. When the Magi realized this, they did not report back to Herod. So, who put the "star" there? Would God put the "star" there to help King Herod find Jesus so Herod could have Jesus killed?
.... 2 Corinthians 11:14 says: "And no wonder, for Satan disguises himself as an angel of light."
+chuggachuggawoowoo that's so deep.
+Jesus Christ that's so deep
I'm 67 and dealing with heart trouble. This may be my last Christmas. Trying very hard to embrace the love and joy of the season with my family.
May God grant you many more Christmases Dennis! God bless and hope everything works out.
That's the definition of a Legacy, Love!!
Stay strong good sir! You will overcome it, just like how u over came all the other odds.
May God bless you.
Take care of yourself!
If snow had a sound when it fell, this is it.
Very well said, my friend!
@@logannguyen7842 The falling passing chords especially entering the tail end of the main melody is literally falling semitone to semitone. 100% exemplifies snowfall whether it be musically or aesthetically.
I imagine it would be more like a
Plorp plurp splatter
Perfectly stated
omg yes
It's impossible to hear this song and not shed tears. I'm 52, alone and have no family left, but I'm still trying to keep the spirit alive in me, even though it died a while back, but I'm also trying to stay alive myself.
Aw sorry to hear that. Hope your life gets better! ❤
JT, Im sorry about that. Loneliness is a hard thing, but enjoy the holiday and finding somebody else can make all the difference. God said all things get better and they will for you 😊
Xxxxxxx
You're more than welcome to spend the holiday with our family.
You are alive my friend.
I like this song because it captures both the joy and the melancholy of the Christmas season.
Lovely comment.
well phrased. Xmas can be as sad as it is happy. Something about it not being all that it could be in your mind, chasing the perfect experience that you never catch, childhood memories of times, family and friends gone forever, etc
Yes, melancholy because while you may be with ones you love there are also others you miss deeply.
Never thought about it in those terms, but yes, you've hit the nail on the head. There was always something about this song that I could not quite pinpoint, and it's the melancholy.
And melancholia is alright sometimes.
...my beloved 91 year old Grandma Donna died October 14, 2024....this soundtrack will forever remind me of her....long live Donna Mae. May this message bring peace to anyone who reads this....xo
Cherish her memories this Christmas and always. ❤️🎄
I’m sorry for your loss 🙏 Happy Holidays to you and your family 🎄
May she rest in peace. May your God be with you and your Grandma. If you so believe.
On my birthday 😢😢 condolences
That's my BDAY . My condolences 🙏🏿 her memory lives on in this music for you
May God bless everyone that is listening to this song.
God Bless you as well...
@@toshajohnson1007 Thank you. I need all of the help that I can get. :)
Thank you.God bless you Autumn Winds
@@donaldpennington7646 Thank you. I need all of the help that I can get. :)
God bless you, too Autumn! 🙏🏾🌲⛄😎
My wife and I would sit with a drink or two, after all the kids were asleep, the presents were under the tree, everything that needed assembly was assembled and quietly listen to this. I was always the first one up, so exited to see them open their gifts. It was a wonderful time. Kids and grandkids are all grown now but, those days are forever in my heart.
Your story is so beautiful. Merry Christmas, Don!
Couldn't have said it better. This was beautiful to read and visualize. Merry Christmas!
greatness
I might still be very young but I hope that I can have as great a life as you did and feel that same happiness when I grow up and reflect it all the same. these stories always speak to me and I really love them, Merry Christmas Don, to you and your family.
that's a sweet memory to have 😊
I am 62 years old. I would give anything to go back to those magical days Christmas time was so special to a young child !
We’ll always have the memories. 🥲
I could be your big sis. Im 67. Christmas was so special back then because it was treated special! You were lucky if you saw Christmas programming for two weeks! Not months like now. Our tree wasnt even up a week! Up on Christmas Eve, down morning of New Years Eve! You enjoyed every second you could get! My family ent from ten to just one. My daughter. Merry Christmas
It's so true. Christmas as a child is the most magical. ❤️
I know what you mean ... I'm 60.
Growing up with this tune and watching Charlie Brown holiday cartoons ,were and will always be a great part of American culture.
Everytime I hear this song it's like falling in love all over again
STEEZYASFUCK yes I concur beat master
Idk how falling in love feels like but I get what your saying
OMG I can't believe I found you over here.... I live your radio and channel!!
STEEZYASFUCK I don't care what anyone thinks, this is a Love Song about being in love, pure and simple.
luv u steezy ❤️
listening to this makes you wish you never grew old. I miss the old days......
why are you so right
Nice ID pic, too
I agree!
@james c Boy, am I aging (rapidly), but really feel the same I was when I was 16 (now am 57). Songs like this take me instantly back to the days when I would look forward to the broadcasting of "A Charlie Brown Christmas", etc,etc. When I was young, I often wondered what it would be like to be an adult. Now that I am an adult, I never new that I would never grow up.
@james c Know what you mean, I was 9 during Christmas 1966 and it was one of my favorites . My Sister was a stewardess for Eastern and she brought her co pilot fiance home by surprise Christmas morning. Back when my biggest worry was getting the sequins pinned to my styrofoam Christmas globe with the smell of pine permeating the room from our 3rd grade tree with its popcorn garlands and paper links. Remember the special Christmas hot lunch with Turkey and mashed potatoes?
This song defines Christmas. A 1965 Christmas special that hasn't aged and holds a special place in Billions of peoples hearts. A true Christmas masterpiece.
It sure holds a special place in my heart, I was 9 when it came out. Merry Christmas Everyone ☃️🎄
Amen. God bless all the Lord's children
@@waltertx.6020 I'm
I agree
He sings very angelic
damn how life passes you by...*sigh*
+TheTekken21 I'm feeling the same way.....really the first time in my life in terms of the intensity of how I miss "yesterday"! I've been reflecting so much lately of my childhood...such good memories! Just simply being a kid...no worries...life was peaceful...no bills...work..etc. But I think just being an innocent child and seeing life thru pure eyes was so enjoyable...didn't realize a the time how tender this memories would become now that I'm 43yrs old. All that said, I now get to experience christmas and life thru my children....my two sons 11yrs and 7yrs... and my perfect daughter 2yrs old. BTW, this song does still some serious nostalgia...doesn't it?! If I try hard enough, I can go back to the Christmas' of past as I listening quietly to this classic charlie brown christmas song. Merry Christmas and thank for reading...
+Jeffery Marsh Beautiful...Merry Christmas to you and your family...
+Jeffery Marsh Well said, sir.
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Same man
At 60yr, this is one of the few things left from my childhood that still are alive.
well said. Yesterday's memories are so precious.
My dad passed away the day after Christmas 2020. He loved listening to this song while drinking his coffee. Beautiful memories 💖
I'm so sorry for your loss
May he rest in peace
Sorry to here that.
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
praying for you
No matter how much time passes by, it never gets old.
Damn, Your Statement is Gospel.
It gets better every year!
That kid in us never really leaves, it's just pushed into the back of our minds.
Peace.
@@AJFar-tm7dn Damn, your Statement is Gospel.
True!
How is this song sad and happy at the same time
It is played in a minor key. Generally known as the sad key.
@@roquefortfiles …and happy…?
@@zyxwvut4740 For sure. I would call this song Happy / Sad. Or the "UP" cry. A refrain. Memories you can't live again. Remember when??............
It's because Vince's music was amazing.
@@dymoure Vince was the master to make beautful happy-sad songs, along with Stan getz and l
Lester young!!!!!
my mother's favorite time of year was Christmas. we lost her on 02.27.2014, but my dad, my sister, and I still miss her very much 😢 We can at least be grateful for the years God gave us with her 💚 💚 💚
This song is perfect for driving in a car to see Christmas lights, enjoying a quiet evening dinner, or just sitting by the tree drinking some eggnog or hot cocoa. Perfect song.
Stephen Smith God this comment gives me goosebumps
You just described my different ways of enjoyment during the holiday season.
spike the eggnog and light a Jay
I'll take number 3
I’ve done all of those and a few more while listening to this in the background... they say perfect doesn’t exist but I beg to differ.
This will be remembered as one of the classics of our era. Beautiful piece.
Who's here visiting in 2024?! So many great stories shared here!☺️🎹🎶🎵
That would be I, a VG addict.
@kenhunt278 Hi!
It's so nice reading through the stories in the comments!
@@1a243 I agree!
Still love this!!
My greatest memory of this song was when I was a little boy in New Jersey we all slept over our grandmothers house as I looked out the second story window I saw the once filled new jersey streets was now I an empty snow covered filled utopia, though the streets and sidewalks were empty every single apartment building light was on and I just stared out the window while my brother and cousins drank hot cocoa and watched the peanuts Christmas special next to the heavy lit big Christmas tree while the adults drank coffee in the next room and conversated, no cell phones no internet no distractions with the family ,what a time it was, a time I'll never forget
Grey Goose Christmas is such a Northern thing too, wouldn't you agree???
A very beautiful memory I can relate to except my experience was in Ohio.
Misha please don't say that.! life will always have meaning.!!!
Beautifully put.!!!
Absolutely
This song makes me a better person.
It makes me reflect upon all the things I go through in my life, reminds me of the importance of family, community and love. It reminds me of where I want to see myself in 30 years, with a house I can call my own, a loving wife and kids, and a greater relationship with my parents hopefully.
To anyone reading, have a lovely day.
You couldn't have said it any better.
God bless
Happy Xmas 🙂
Couldn’t have said it better my friend. Godspeed Ruben.
I relate to this so much man.
Its so true . Merry Christmas everyone
Looking at 64 in the rearview mirror. I can remember watching "A Charlie Brown Christmas" the first time it aired. Due to a lot of circumstances it's extremely hard to get into the Christmas spirit nowadays; I don't hear the bell anymore. There are only maybe 5 Christmas songs I even want to hear anymore. This is one of them. Thank you Vince Guaraldi.
I'm right behind you (62) and I can relate to your post. Wishing you peace, and health.
What are the other four?
@@richardwilkins7080 The Wexford Carol, Celebrate Me Home, Same Old Lang Syne, and I Believe in Father Christmas. A good bit of nostalgia and some sadness comes to me from those songs.
As an adult, it is harder to get into the spirit...this album is the only Christmas music I need to help do so. Peace and light to all
I think it depends on how young-at-heart a person is, really
Peace,love and light to you as well,MorningView. May your Christmas be full of a joyous beauty and much laughter.
Namaste.
MorningView4 Peace and love to you as well.
MorningView4 so agree
you too my man, even if it is a bit late lol
Jazz piano and Christmas, there's nothing like it
Just heard it for the first time.dec 2018 special ian
Jazz reminds me of Christmas brunch at the Kennedy center. Go there every year(3
Love it!
This is one of the best Christmas songs and it doesn't even have words.
It does have words, ua-cam.com/video/SvK3jEXJFdg/v-deo.html
this song reminds me of my beautiful mother
Technically it does. This is just the instrumental version, but I know what you mean
(3
Song probably extra good because of nostalgia
The piano says it all 💞
This might be the most beautiful piece of music ever written. Vince Guaraldi was a genius.
Yes indeed.
If not the most beautiful it certainly is one of the most beautiful. No doubt, though, about Vince Guaraldi.
When I hear this song its like the whole world stops and everything is peacefull and the there is no hate in the world and you can just feel yourself being enlightened with such great music....
Andrew Esparza So true.
+Andrew Esparza I agree with you...
I love how this soundtrack, and the animated special, tangles up both the joy and the sadness of Christmases past and present, and lets us know that it's okay to feel how we do.
We only get a little time, as little children, to be completely happy and contented at this time of year, if we're fortunate...and then, as we age, cynicism and disappointment begin to settle in, as with Charlie Brown. And I think the special, and the jazz soundtrack, reassure us that we can live in this bittersweet middle-of-the-road at Christmas time, and, perhaps, find something in it to nurture our souls.
doody magoob pas listen to joji-you suck Charlie
Sean Wilkinson there's a reason Christmas gives people that feeling it's cause Christmas is when Jesus came to save us and at that time we remember or sometimes you just get this feeling that you really want to do something beautiful and kind without even knowing why and that is the Christmas spirit. Sorry about how long that was.
Hi person scrolling to heart warming comments!
Welcome back...
Hello back friend
...superb comment, just beautiful
Yknow what i dont even care about no homo anymore.
I love you, This comment just made my entire day.
Thank you
RIP etika
Welcome back Anthony, it’s almost that time of year again.
This musical masterpiece is hot spiced apple cider for the soul.
Cherri65 Indeed
Sounds brutal
Great way of putting it: perfect
Right & right
Serious question friend: what’s hot spiced apple cider? Also do you mean hot as in temperature or taste?
I’m learning this song on my piano. I really want to play it for my grandparents on their piano on Christmas eve. I’m just 14, and I want to make every moment count and make memories before I am an adult.
update: Thank you for all of the nice comments, I really appreciate it! I did in fact play it for everyone on Christmas Eve after dinner. Everyone was really happy. They all enjoyed it. I even taught my grandmother how to play jingle bells. What was really interesting about that was she taught me some of my first songs, and now I’m teaching her songs! What a great way to end off the night! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! Here’s to 2021!
Legend. You won’t regret making good memories, you’ll cherish them and wish you had them back as you age.
Sweet let us know how it works out
I'm sure your grandparents will be delighted that you've thought of blessing them with such sweet memories and so proud of your hard work 💕
That's beautiful man. Good luck
Me too! That’s exactly why I’m here!
Even people who didn't like jazz loved this song.
i don't like jazz, but i love this piece.
How could anyone not like Jazz????
@@Adam-qj9ec You'd be surprised. It's an acquired taste.
Michael M. Charles Shultze hated it and hated this soundtrack - which I don’t agree with at all, due to its iconic character and individuality as a soundtrack. I don’t love all jazz, but roughly 70% of the genre I absolutely adore - which says a lot because that’s on average more than any other genre of music.
Or as a 4year old began a sonic lifelong love affair with jazz because of this song
This is probably the first exposure kids in the American mainstream had to jazz piano, besides maybe Mr. Rogers.
Great observation!! Totally agree 💯👍🙌
Writer Derrick Bang highlighted that same point. Guaraldi's soundtrack made jazz appealing to kids who came up on rock and didn't want to be seen as 'squares listening to their parents' music.
Exactly! This was my first introduction to Jazz as a young child aged 11, I had no idea what Jazz was, only that I loved that beautiful sound 💖
No, Bill Clinton had a lot of exposure to kids
Not when you live in New Orleans 😅
Even though its the middle of the summer this is still a quite peaceful tune.
agreed
I feel the same way!
Jazz is always peaceful no matter where you are
Bebop would like to have a word.
what is leunamme?
As a kid, I cried like hell when Charlie put the bulb on the tree and it drooped.” Why does everything I touch get ruined!?” Even to this day 50+ years later this song makes me sad, thinking some people are lonely or spend Christmas alone. I hope all those ones are safe. Merry Christmas.
I know of a person that believed that of himself that his life was a ruination. Tom was placed in an orphanage, then multiple foster homes, abused by the fosters, and adopted into a stable household only at high school age. His adoptive father died soon after. Tom then married, divorced, drank, found religion, abandoned religion, but loved his adoptive mother to her passing. In the end he suffered from chronic illnesses and pain.
He once said 'Everything that I touch turns to s--t'.
At his passing there was no service no family. But his will was a beneficence. He had invested in stocks over decades. He bequeathed tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars to a foster agency, and a home for unwed mothers. The lives of those children and mothers, we hope, will be better than what they would have been.
I also think about Charlie Brown and what a maligned kid he was. It reminded me so much of myself. Other kids always putting him down. Little kids can be so cruel.
@@kirbyculp3449 Love is essential in every life. My prayer is that every child is loved and encouraged.
I still kind of feel that way about myself. I've always related to Charlie Brown which maybe isn't a good thing, but I try to make the best of it most of the time. Merry Christmas
I get so nostalgic when I listen to this song. I remember the Christmas Shopping in the crowded malls, full of heating. The cold eternal winter fog. The 25 cent hot chocolate my school sold. The School Christmas Pageant. My Mom's cooking. My Dad coming back home from work on Christmas Eve. The Fireplace. Family on Christmas Night. My wool sweater. The Car Heater as we headed to the Sierras on Christmas Day to play in the snow. The orange groves and the buffet on our way back. Moments like that I will love forever and look back to as I hear this instrumental. ❤️
Beautifully put!
Agreed. A calling for a beautiful past we can never get back. My only hope is that I can give my nephews and, one day, my own children those fond, blessed memories to make them smile for when they are adults and have kids of their own.
omg me 2 m9
If you write a book, they'll be wet with tears of joy because your description sounded like I could be there.
In other words, it was very nice.
I hope that Charles Schultz and Vince Guaraldi look down from heaven and smile knowing that their collaboration is still held close in the hearts of so many people.
💯
ㅜㅜ💚💚
It was a perfect match.
Indeed, they gave us a beautiful forever gift. 💕
Beautiful piece of music, with or without christmas.
Listening to this in January
+Astronautical i listen to this all year round but yes this song does bring more memories on christmas eve
+Kitsune Sama lol It makes me miss Christmas but ts only January (/ _ ; )
Absolutely.
yes!😊 Jan
Every time I hear this, I'm 6 again. Living in wintry southern Illinois. Anxiously waiting Christmas with a not deceased father and a not demented mother. Time changes everything I guess. But damn this propels me hard back into little boy mind. Everything is right in the world. And now I'm crying.
I love you, be strong anon
stay strong brother
A year and a half ago I was homeless in northern Michigan, drunk on schnapps, crying listening to this in a public restroom. Good times.
I felt that man🌲😥
Just seeing your comment a year after u posted it. Hope you are having some peace this Christmas season and your best memories (and this tune) bring you comfort.
It’s December, 2019, wishing everyone a Joyous Christmas!
🎄Merry Xmas 🎅🏼✨
thanks
jpnyc2013 merry Christmas! 🎄🎁
back atcha! :)
Merry Christmas jpnyc2013!
I hope everyone who is listening to this is well and happy. Wishing nothing but the best for all of you truly. The holidays can be hard, everyone hang in there its all gonna be okay
thanks Andres, all the best
I was born December 8, 1965, the Charlie Brown Christmas first aired December 9, 1965. I've always been connected to this Guaraldi magic.
I remember one time when me and my folks were driving back home from our grandma's farm on Christmas Eve night. We were all talking in the car, laughing, having a good time. And this song came on the radio. And we all just quieted down, and listened to this. A simple little melody from a simple little movie. I don't know what it was about it, but it just made us all... Happy. Calm. And excited for Christmas. Not the presents, not the cookies, just... Christmas. It's really hard to explain, but I always get such a strange feeling around Christmas, especially whenever this song plays. I've purposely not bought this song on iTunes, because whenever I hear this on the radio, the feeling just comes right back. Right when it should...
Ben Matthews yes its peaceful
Reading the thoughts and memories this song has inspired is the perfect Christmas card.
Am I wrong to say that this piece is making me water eyed?
it's very nostalgic,it does that to many people..it can make grown men cry
like I am right now
It has that very same effect on me!
Not at all, my friend
No you are not.
Who's here for it this year? The greatest jazz with a holiday twist. Thank you for the yearly blessing, Vince.🎄
✋ Me.
This always eases away the holiday blues for me, much like Charlie Brown.
I worked in Retail. My Manager and I totally agreed. We put this CD on repeat. It kept me sane during the holiday season. It's Jazzy enough you can listen to it year round. And Christmassy enough to be in the holiday spirit.
Being born in '63, this was a huge part of my childhood memories of Christmas. I looked forward to the Charlie Brown holiday specials every year.
late 1964 here, I remember all of the Peanuts movies on the big screen too!!
This knocks the cynical right out of me and warms my heart.
The power of music does that like very few other things in life
It is
Word....
it sure does, It makes me feel like I'm still in elementary school. But there's a sharp disconnect, when I was a little boy I didn't pay attention to the melancholy of the song now it's the most pronounced part, but it's still gives me a warm feeling.
Agreed.
this song makes me cry
you're not alone....
me too!
co sign
Same😔
its a beautiful song and yes kind of make me cry i think of love one ill never see again especially my 3 dogs i love so much Snows my 4th dog is with me and she helps me through those sorows
It isn't Christmas without hearing this great song!!🎄
This song reminds me of my dad and mom when we were all kids watching Charlie Brown. Not our parents are with Jesus Christ. It still brings tears to me after 58 yrs young. Merry Christmas to all . God bless you
I waited on Vince Guaraldi at the Ahwahnee in Yosemite and begged him to play Linus' Theme on our Steinway to which he graciously agreed, I think there were all of five people in the room, one of my favorite memories...
2dogarage Wish I could meet him.
I am a vivid shade of grass green with envy!!!
2dogarage That must have been so so special. How lucky
@GIMMESHELTER50 Butterfield's in the Hotel behind the place.
r/thathappened
I was working C shift at a large University out in a plow truck before Christmas and heard this song on our local Public Radio Station .There was a light snow falling about two in the morning no one around.
I do not believe I had ever heard it before. That time comes back to me each time I hear this, what a memory maker.
Yes. It's one of those songs that stays with you.
What a lovely memory! Thank you for sharing! 💕
Jealous
Back in the early 60's, Vince Guaraldi composed this song. The producers of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" wanted the use his jazz compositions to score the show. CBS network executives balked at the idea. They wanted to use "cartoon" music. They thought that the jazz score was too "high-brow" for kids. Today, after more than half a century (and several generations), the jazz score, and the show are beloved classics, and a Christmas staple.
Staple
@@nancylevine365 I'm a "good" speller, but a LOUSY typist, and evidently, not much of a "proofreader."
@@thedealer777 lol I have the same issues,
@@nancylevine365 Staples*
It's because of Vince Guaraldi that I now mentally link slow, mellow piano jazz (all piano jazz, not just this score) with Christmas time.
I was never alive anywhere near the time this came out, but this song and the movie are so nostalgic. It reminds me of hanging out by the fireplace in my old house at night, watching this movie, the snow falling outside, and the christmas tree radiating with red and green. It truly is the most wonderful time of the year.☃️🎄❤
48 years and still loving it....
i'm 53 and still love it
are you still listening in 24?
My grandma passed away today......she loved us so much and I hate that she is gone. This will be the first Christmas without her, and this music is the only help.
God bless you and yours ! Just remember that all things change and all things die ! She left the world in her through your parents and you. Merry Christmas!
I'm sorry for your loss. That you miss her so deeply is a testament to what a great grandmother she was.
Brings back the magic. The innocence and simplicity of life that has long passed.
Magic is right. The past had so much more meaning, and now in the present, there are allot of stupid songs that have no feel to them, it gives you a hard feeling, like being compressed. This music here has so much more meaning and well thought out tunes that, well, shows the past was a more detailed time.
I feel the same. It brings me back to the feeling of the living room carpet on my bare, 7 year old feet whilst decorating the Christmas Tree with my mom while my dad was in the kitchen. Slow, steady falling snow. The feelings of warmness, love, and childish excitement. Togetherness, and care. TV on the fireplace channel because our little town house didn't have a real fireplace.
Not being rich, but not being poor either. A content feeling of being average. I had a group of friends, just like every other kid. Everything was normal and happy. Hoping that I get that game boy that I've always wanted, but knowing that I'll be happy with anything I get. Sigh. Memories.
P.S. I did get that game boy, and I still cherish it to this day, even being 18 years old. :)
This chrismas song is a classic. It contains great chords, a great melody and inprovisation by talented musicians.
it hits different when you older and listening in the fall. ugh. so many memories > .
Yep
so true really appreciate it
@@jmack8767 That was beautifully put. Your words strike true, especially after this year that we’ve all had. We need to be able to marvel and Wonder at those things which we might overlook. People in our lives that we might not realize are also marvels and blessings. Despite everything, this should be be an especially memorable holiday season and Christmas for everyone.
Now I'm past 60, this song comforts me that though I may not always be here, what I love goes on and those that come after me will love what I loved and that's all I want and I am content. Merry Christmas
Times are difficult my friends,but stay positive and love Charlie Brown he'll get you through.
I was born in 1973, and this music brings back SO MANY wonderful memories. I can smell my mother's cakes & pies, while preparing our holiday feast. The nostalgia is undeniable...🥰
b. 1973 too. Nostalgic, sure, but also timeless.
@@randybrickson4290 - Absolutely.
Merry Christmas Mom n dad. Rip.
best Christmas song ever written.
Definitely one of the best at least!
Absolutely!!
It's neck to neck with 'Christmas Star'
I couldn't agree more.!!
2nd best.Linus and Lucy 1st.Anyone seen the commercial where they play L&L.?It's from humankindness
This is NOT music.
This is LIFE.
😂😂
What an opinion
KaizUp It’s Facts
YES SIR
This song used to put such a smile on my face as a young child. Today it makes my mind wander and wonder where time has gone.
I admit that whenever Christmas time is here plays whatever iciness held my heart prisoners melt in warm furtive tears one seeks to hide from the world.
this is a beautiful opus, full of life, humor and the idiosyncratic contribution of the innocent voices of children in many of the songs. I'm fascinated by the executive decision to allow the children's voice to be featured in their pure beauty, and heartwarming technical limits. You not only feel at home but home becomes not a place but a time, a mood, a memory, a yearning but more importantly a quest.
The jazzy background of this soundtrack helps us bask that we search, that we mean to live, create or reproduces for those we love.
The music gently coerces you to ponder about what we've lost over the years. Have we lost that innocence or have we relinquish it in order to cope with the demands or disappointments of this world.
If yes, why long instead of love, why immerse ourselves in a wave of regret when we can twist and twist, jump, laugh and run like children aware that this world changes every day and that never should we want to lose sight of it.
+FoxieCast thank you so much. I trust that you are well and not feeling too blue (Christmas in April ;-) )
***** memories do have a way of making us feel a certain way don't they ;)
This is beautiful.
I’m too lazy to read all of that, but it seems beautifully written
This comment diminished for me a bit because you posted it in multiple videos on this song. A heartfelt comment shouldnt be copied and pasted.
Vince Guaraldi has created by far some of the best chill Christmas music the holiday has to offer.
Sutokkingu
A very beautiful rendition by a master musician. I played with Vince back in 1972 or 1974. He was such a nice person ❤
i dont believe you
stop making up stuff
@@chscharger2143With respect you don’t know either way. No need to be so aggressive.
It’s not unlikely for professional musicians to play with well known acts in an ensemble during their careers. Congrats on the experience friend.
Lucky you!
genuinely no other christmas song compares to this one. there's just something about it, it's literally perfect. this song is sitting by a warm fire drinking cocoa with your loved ones while snow softly falls outside the window.
It's March 6th 2021. I keep listening to this song. I know Christmas is long gone, but I can't help it. It makes me happy and feel good. Does anyone else feel the same way or am I alone ?
you're not alone kevin. i listen to the whole album all the time. sometimes i think about the warm feeling i got when i listened to this the first time and i try to recreate it one last time. seeing all the people being so kind in the comment section makes me feel so loved.
yep, there it is. the warm feeling is slowly coming back :)
not alone at all everyone wants to feel loved and alive and remember the best times
Hey, I keep this CD in my vehicle year around. Occasionally I even listen to it in July. It's a masterpiece. 💯🎶
This gorgeous piece really puts me in the spirit. It's a whole ambience to it, you know? Nestled by the fireplace, red wine, with loved ones or alone, just absorbing the present moment and thankful to be alive.
Every Christmas season must have A Charlie Brown Christmas cartoon and the Vince Guaraldi Trio on constant replay.
Dennis, I'm 67 too. Got blood pressure problems and haven't checked for what else. Just taking one day at a time and enjoying myself, eating whatever I want, drinking ocasionally. Not worrying about anything.
Before I listen to this I know I'm going to shed tears, but I still have to play it because it reminds me of my beloved wife who passed away 2 years ago and who loved Christmas with a passion. This says it all.
God Bless you Sir, and may you be comforted by her Memory.
Martin Stewart , Dearest Martin, I am so truly sorry for your lost. It brings joy to my ❤️ that you had someone that was very passionate about one of the greatest holidays. From the little that you have shared about your lovely wife she would never be visited by 3 ghosts. Take care of yourself friend, & Merry Christmas to you, and a safe and joyous New year. 🎄🎄🎄🎄
You're NOT the ONLY ONE,
I'd much rather have April's Fools Day
A Real Holiday!
Such a beautiful piece so why am I sitting here crying. So many memories as a kid in 1965. When we had open malls to slosh around in when it snowed, then walk into Monkey Wards double doors and a warm breeze would hit you in the face. Those days are sadly gone for good but thankfully we still have the music to remind us of them. Christmas Blessings to all. 🎅☮
Nothing can make me feel more cozy brings back beautiful memories I long for that time again 😢
As an instrumental piece, this song transcends the holiday season. It can be played any time of the year. It is just cool jazz.
An absolutely beautiful song! Vince G. was a genius!
When i hear this i am a 10 year boy the watching the Christmas special "PEANUTS", i can close my eyes & remember that feeling i had, so special. To be a kid again at Christmas is priceless, even if its only for a few minutes......
I'd just like to say two things
1: This music takes me back to a time of innocence. The first time I realized Christmas was a truly special time that wasn't just about getting presents but spending time with your family. It was also when I became slightly aware that life isn't all just pleasant happiness but that it's okay because the rarities of those moments are what make them so special.
2: Where the F%#* ARE MY HARDBOILED EGSS!?!?
Nope. When They are painted.
I don't care for gob
Do you need some analrapy to get over the loss of your eggs?
Marcy, you made egg soup!!!
thank you, i thought no one was going to mention Arrested Development here
In late November of 1965 at the age of ten years old, the run-up in commericals on AFRTSE, Armed Forces Radio Television Service Europe was just huge.
Living in and attending schools in Europe courtesy of the USAFE, when this came out on the 4 hour nightly broadcast, it was a big deal in school then as we oft times as familes were widely dispersed living awy from any other American family.
This singular CBS broadcast, will forever remain my most favored time of year with timed musical background to many pof my gernatrions and more to come , fond and wonderfully fun filled carefree memories.
What a time it's been.
After all these years, with all the closest faces I loved long gone, I can still hear this song slowly become more audible as I walk up the snow covered walkway in the blizzardy insulated winter air, open my grandmothers door and walk in to see all the christmas excitement. Christmas tv specials on, all the adults tending to dinner, some bickering, kids being way too loud, the stories, and guests and gigantic tree with what felt like unlimited presents for literally everybody....
I have my own family now, but the second I hear the first note of anything by VGT I break inside and the most painful tears run down my face in what I can only call the luckiest and most poignant and pensive sorrow to carry. The grief of not having your most loved around anymore is the pain you carry to remind you you were lucky enough to have that warm family love to being with. Thus uncovering the true meaning of christmas to begin with. Being thankful for a healthy, happy life, good family, and a realization tomorrow is never guaranteed. We have to appreciate each other. I think the world needs little more christmas and what it was intended for to begin with. Ill never not cry anytime I hear that Jazzy, sleepy piano. It IS THE definitive soundtrack for christmas. And I love it more each time I hear it.
Nice comments. This is my favorite part-sharing feelings about what the song promotes and reminds us... We are lucky indeed! All of us..
Well said
you are a wonderful writer......now if i could sing those emotions😁
@dejagrace Thank you for your comment. im no poet just a dude lol
November 2023, time to start listening to holiday music once again!!😁
Ive heard this song my whole life 62 years Never realized how beautiful it is. For some reason it popped into my head..loving it.
I lost a lot of loved ones around Christmas. This song was in the background. Really hard this time of year.
I know the feeling. A couple of December birthdays, a couple of December funerals... Most of the people I'm closest to are either dead or far away.
@@MKDAWUSS Those that are gone are still with us in our heads and in our hearts. This tune always makes me realize that, in beautiful welcome memories.
My dad passed away on 12.16.21. We weren't close, unfortunately. He was always working and wasn't home, even on Christmas, what a good man! I miss him sooooooo much . Ever since I was a kid, this song has always made me miss him, and now, I just have to carry on. Vince, you bastard, you created a masterpieces!!!
Even though I'm young, this song s already nostalgic for me because my family started to crumble a couple years ago: my aunts' divorces, the death of my grandmother, cousins growing up and not being near anymore to celebrate with a beaten family and my parents not liking each other as well as not liking Christmas at all. So for me this song basically represents what I once thought Christmas should be and what It isn't nowadays. Thanks Vince Guaraldi, your music gives me relief in these times of yearning for the sweet mementos of the past and snow. Hope everyone has a peaceful Christmas Day and Eve.
I guess it’s up to you to keep the Christmas spirit alive for yourself now. Luckily it’s really easy with great songs like this, and movies, and buying gifts and looking at the lights. Have a merry Christmas and good luck out there!
I'm so so sorry the Christmas spirit has been diminished for you. And so young. You're not supposed to know about that til you're in your 40s haha Merry Christmas to you and hope your family somehow comes together .
I hope when you get older you get to have a Family of your own one day with whom you can share a love for this song Merry Christmas and a Happy new year !!
Sorry that you've gone through so much family stuff, TH. Hope things work out better for you in the future. FWIW, I came from a dysfunctional family and I'm 67 today. This music means so much to me because I remember when it was first broadcast on TV. It fills in a lot of holes in my soul that have been there for decades. Peace, brother.
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Melancholy elegance! The best Christmas song ever!
This is the pure definition of Christmas, 66 yrs old and enjoying every minute 💯
Every person needs to just sit, relax, and let this orchestration fill every space in your heart, mind and soul. One of the most peaceful, soothing songs to ever have been composed. Brings back so many wonderful memories of my childhood. Spending the holidays in Massachusetts with my grandparents and cousins skiing, sledding, throwing snowballs, making snow ice cream was the height of the calendar year. Oh how I miss those days. The words from Irving Berlin's "Toyland" sums it up:
"Childhood's joy land..............
Once you pass its borders
You can ne'er return again"
They played this in the lobby of my apartment when I was a little. I lived with my grandparents then. They are long gone but this memory stays.
This song helped me as a kid escape the misery I was in of an abusive home. Still gives me peace as an adult
This is from a time that, tragically, too many today will never experience. Sure, we had television that helped raise us, but people were most important back then. Family and friends filled our lives and everything was simple. Most of us were poor but we were rich in the important things.
As we get older Christmas seems to lose its magic. Lights don't twinkle, snow is a mess, presents aren't as joyful and family seems to disappear. now this is nothing else, Christmas is about the love you give to others but also yourself. Play this song if you're feeling lonely this holiday season, curl up with a cup of coco or coffee and just let the music ring through your house. Feel that magic you thought you lost all those years ago, smile, and remember that love and happiness are in the smallest things as long as your heart is in the right place. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.
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please bring it to the channel. Would be pumped all day at work.
Surprised to see you here...
Why? this album is dope af
STEEZYASFUCK please please make a Christmas mix with melty Jazz like this and warm Lofi it would make my Christmas
Ay make a beat out of this
I know we all get one life to live and I'm do glad I grew up during this time.
This reminds me of the year my brother passed away and it tears my heart out. But I love it
Had this soundtrack on vinyl in the 70's.
Every time it was put on, I usually wound up with my head in my Mom's lap, while she did her crossword puzzles and watched her fave sitcoms. I'd ask my Mom a million questions and the woman had a million answers.
I cannot think of a more peaceful, loving place to be. Or, a better piece of music.
Rest in peace, Ma. I miss you, immensely.
........she's never far away. My Mom left when I was 14, Jan. 71, haven't stopped missing her. She's been by my side though all these years guiding and loving me every moment, I just can't see and hug her. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Much love to you and yours Michael. Thanks.@@michaelmartin5534