A Charlie Brown Christmas

Charlie Brown is depressed. While his friends and family are enjoying the Christmas season, he can't seem to get into the spirit of the holiday. He can't help but feel that it's become too commercial. His baby sister is asking Santa for money, his friend Lucy wants real estate and even his dog, Snoopy, is entering light and display contests for a cash prize. On the advice of Lucy he joins the neighborhood Christmas pageant. There he struggles to create a traditional Christmas pageant as the director. When he becomes frustrated with his peers' idea of a pageant, he is assigned the task of getting the perfect Christmas tree with his buddy Linus. It's there that he discovers the Christmas spirit with a struggling tree and he strives to share it with his friends and family.