My 15 Favorite Quotes From ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’

Examples of the Peanuts gang at their Charlie Browniest

If you’re like me, watching A Charlie Brown Christmas* every year is part of your holiday ritual. Not only does the movie stir up a great deal of childhood nostalgia for me, but it also has some fun quotes that make watching it such an enjoyable experience. The following are 15 of my favorite quotes from the Peanuts gang’s Christmas story.

1. “I just don’t understand Christmas, I guess. And I’m getting presents, and I’m sending Christmas cards, and decorating all the trees and all that, but I’m still not happy. I always end up feeling depressed.”

~Charlie Brown

2. “Maybe Lucy’s right. Of all the Charlie Browns in the world, you’re the Charlie Browniest!”

~Linus

3. “Pig-Pen, you’re the only person I know who can raise a cloud of dust in a snowstorm.”

~Charlie Brown

4. “It’s too early. I never eat December snowflakes. I always wait until January.”

~Lucy

5. “Incidentally, I know how you feel about all this Christmas business, getting depressed and all that. It happens to me every year. I never get what I really want. I always get a lot of stupid toys and a bicycle or clothes or something like that.”

“So what is it you want?”

“Real estate.”

~Lucy and Charlie Brown

6. “Dear, Santa Claus. How have you been? Did you have a nice summer? How is your wife? I have been extra good this year. So I have a long list of presents that I want. Please note the size and color of each item and send as many as possible. If it seems too complicated, make it easy on yourself. Just send money. How about tens and twenties?”

~Sally

7. “Do innkeepers’ wives have naturally curly hair?”

~Frieda

8. “In spite of my outward appearance, I shall try to run and neat inn.”

~Pig-Pen

9. “Ugh! I’ve been kissed by a dog! I have dog germs! Get hot water! Get some disinfectant! Get some iodine!”

~Lucy

10. “I can’t memorize something like this so quickly. Why should I be put through such agony?”

~Linus

11. “We can’t go on. There’s too much dust. It’s taking the curl out of my naturally curly hair.”

~Frieda

12. “We all know that Christmas is a big commercial racket. It’s run by an Eastern syndicate, you know.”

~Lucy

13. “Gee, do they still make wooden Christmas trees?”

~Linus

14. “What has Beethoven got to do with Christmas? Everybody talks about how great Beethoven was. Beethoven wasn’t so great.”

“What do you mean Beethoven wasn’t so great?”

“He never got his picture on bubble gum cards, did he? Have you ever seen his picture on a bubble gum card? Hmmm? How can you say someone is great whose never had his picture on bubble gum cards?”

~Lucy and Schroeder

15. “Linus was right. I won’t let all this commercialism ruin my Christmas. I’ll take this little tree home and decorate it. And I’ll show ’em, it really will work in our play.”

~Charlie Brown

*This article contains affiliate links.

More from Kiki Wellington:

Do you love quotes? Then check out my publication, I quote, therefore I am., for quotes about a variety of topics.