Rudolphus! 🔔 Tori Longdon sings Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer in 9th-Century plainsong, with neumes (early musical notation) on screen. While the first Christmas carols were in Latin, the character of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer first appeared in a 1939 booklet written by Robert L. May and published by the department store Montgomery Ward. The song appeared ten years later - written by songwriter Johnny Marks, its recording by Gene Autry hit No. 1 on the U.S. charts the week of Christmas 19

A Charlie Brown Christmas was released 60 years ago on December 9, 1965! 📼📺🎄 I’ve got this recorded on a VHS from the 80s with the commercials, and it’s by far my favorite way to watch every holiday season! #80s #nostalgia #Christmas | Rerun The 80s

#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

"This little green one here seems to need a home." A Charlie Brown #Christmas debuted on CBS 60 years ago today on Dec 9, 1965... #otd | Classic Movie Hub