Peanuts by Charles Schulz for December 17, 2023

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    mccollunsky  11 months ago

    I think Sally checked out after “census”.

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    Asharah  11 months ago

    Give up Linus

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    hariseldon59  11 months ago

    Nowadays as many people would probably associate the name ‘Luke’ with Star Wars as with the Gospel of Luke. Of course this strip is from 1976, the year before Star Wars came out

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    wi3leong Premium Member 11 months ago

    An interesting use of the phrase “gross out”

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    knutdl  11 months ago

    Cross out? Jesus was a cross maker (Judee Sill)

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    therese_callahan2002  11 months ago

    And to think that Sally was there when Linus quoted from the Bible in A Charlie Brown Christmas.

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    Indiana Guy  11 months ago

    That’s OK, Linus, I think it’s fascinating.

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    eced52  11 months ago

    House of Bread, for Christ is the bread of Life.

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    sousamannd  11 months ago
    …with whom he is pleased…???? what a stupid ’translation!
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    jagedlo  11 months ago

    And I’m assuming that Linus knows that his name is in the Bible as well…2 Timothy 4:21Make every effort to come before winter. Eubulus greets you, also Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brethren. (NASB 95)

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    ah-hee  11 months ago

    Our present generation learns much and with each learned ‘truth’ slips farther away from spiritual truth. Amos informs us that God will do nothing without first telling His servant: the prophet; yet the 21st Century brushes aside such concepts telling they are too sophisticated to need God. "We have not need of prophets today, we are knowledgable, we are puffed up in our pride, our materialism, our keeping up with the Joneses, our self love …..to need turn to God.

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    Count Olaf Premium Member 11 months ago

    He left out the part about The Great Pumpkin coming out of the pumpkin patch on Halloween.

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    Man of the Woods  11 months ago

    I’m with Sally on this one.

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    preacherman Premium Member 11 months ago

    I like that talk about the inn in the Xmas story. Especially since there were no inns in Bethlehem. What Mary and Joseph were looking for was a relative to put them up. But, Mary, being great with child, ready to deliver, couldn’t make it up to the upper rooms where the humans lived. So they stayed down in the stable section of the home.

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    Darryl Heine  11 months ago

    Luke who?

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    uniquename  11 months ago

    I’ve always heard the “…goodwill towards men” version, not the “peace among men with whom he is pleased” version. That would seem to me that divine peace is dependent on human attitudes, however.

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    Grace Premium Member 11 months ago

    Sometimes I think Linus grew up to be Mr Rogers.

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    mourdac Premium Member 11 months ago

    The spirit of Mr. Schultz will hopefully never die.

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    dflak  11 months ago

    Islam, Judaism and Christianity started out as middle eastern religions. One of the central tenants of middle eastern culture is hospitality: the welcoming of the stranger.

    Christianity was kidnapped by the Roman Empire in the 5th century and transformed into the state official religion. It became a white man’s, western European religion. Somewhere along the line, we became fearful of the stranger.

    Jesus, Mary and Joseph were strangers to the townsfolk of Bethlehem. They are also strangers to the modern world: beggars at our doors. Who, not knowing who they were, would welcome them today?

    Even denizens of the Old Testament have entertained angels and not known it.

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    Ellis97  11 months ago

    Any idea what Linus was saying?

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    Sir Isaac  11 months ago

    I saw an annotated version of Moby Dick and every page had explanations of what everything really meant.

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    Daltongang Premium Member 11 months ago

    Sure, Charlie Brown, I can tell you what Christmas is all about," said Linus. [Linus walks to center stage.]

    “Lights, please.”

    And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

    And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

    And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

    For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

    The True Meaning of Christmas (recited by Linus)

    And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

    And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

    Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

    [Linus picks up his blanket and shuffles off-stage.]

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    mrwiskers  11 months ago

    For thousands of years before the Christ child was born, people lived, loved and died and tried to make sense of the unknown by creating various religions. And the same is still going on today as evidenced by the thousands of religions folks are practicing in our time. Instead of raising children to think their religion is the one true one, and the “others” are all fake, thereby instilling a the foundations of bigotry and prejudice, how about introducing humanity’s apparent needs along with the family’s chosen religion? Seems much more compassionate way to go. After all, the Crusades are over and we no longer need to breed a true believers army to fight the “infidels”.

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    bhcaruso  11 months ago

    Hmmm… I’ve always interpreted “with whom he is pleased” to mean that he isn’t necessarily pleased by all men and therefore that peace may be limited to those men who please him. Ah commas. They matter.

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    txmystic  11 months ago

    “Gross Out”—-I haven’t heard that phrase used since…around the time this comic came out…

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    Can't Sleep  11 months ago

    The Bible has been translated so many times, only God knows what it originally said.

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    I'm Sad  11 months ago

    Not many comics can bring out good theological discussions like this one can. Not too many would come out and say they are Christian or whatever religion they believe in either and that’s too bad. If you believe in something good, no need to hide it. Sports fans don’t. Music fans don’t. I remember back in the 70’s people wore shirts that said “Jesus” on it and today I rarely see anybody wearing one.

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    raybarb44  11 months ago

    Thank you for that very quaint description of Historical events and word meanings. Merry Christmas indeed……

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  11 months ago

    My father often taught us about the historical background of the Nativity Story, including what scholars have learned in recent years regarding the wording of English Bible translations. I like Linus find all of that fascinating. I guess Dad knew his audience better than Linus.

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    kappy.mrnustik Premium Member 11 months ago

    “BC” always brings the Christian viewpoint for Christmas.

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    Decepticomic  11 months ago

    Wow… Life before video games was NO.

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    EnlilEnkiEa  11 months ago

    Same planet, different worlds.

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    Faby  11 months ago

    Interestingly, wikipedia confirmed my suspicions about the origin of the name Bethlehem: [“The current name for Bethlehem in local languages is Bayt Laḥmⓘ in Arabic (Arabic: بيت لحم), literally meaning “house of meat”, and Bet Leḥem in Hebrew (Hebrew: בֵּית לֶחֶם), literally “house of bread” or “house of food.”]

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    EXCALABUR  11 months ago

    It’s not about the gifts, but about the one true gift!Something the little ones do not understand yet, but hopefully will as they grow older.

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    eddi-TBH  11 months ago

    Linus grew up tp be a famous Biblical scholar.

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