Forget the fact that I'm listening to the Vince Guaraldi Trio composed soundtrack in January because I believe it transcends the holiday season to just about any day it snows. This soundtrack is so soothing. Somehow how the melancholy of it manages to mix in some warmness and uptempo beats so I don't run off and kill myself.
I recently rediscovered the holiday special as well. After growing through that phase in my life, the one I think we all go through, where we abandon our childhood nostalgia for a momentary time in our lives, I have returned to my roots and have found nothing short of comfort. I have to ask myself, "How could this be a children's program?" because the themes packed into thirty minutes are only those I believe an adult can grasp. I find that for myself, the Christmas special is extremely quotable as well, proving how my thoughts run pretty parallel to the program if I'm wanting to lift quotes from nearly every line.
If you step back and think about it, A Charlie Brown Christmas is a dark piece of work. How it remains so popular and geered for children is lost on me. I, however, now understand why I love it so much.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
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