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Peanuts Guide to Life #7
O Guia dos Peanuts para o Natal
Com a participação de Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus e todo o grupo PEANUTS, O Guia de Natal dos Peanuts celebra a época natalícia à maneira dos PEANUTS! Este adorável elenco de personagens está sempre a preparar alguma coisa para o Natal. E agora, com esta coleção de ilustrações adoradas da banda desenhada clássica, os fãs de todas as idades podem entrar no espírito e guardar todas as suas memórias favoritas do Natal dos PEANUTS.
Esta prenda de Natal dos PEANUTS é para os milhões de fãs fiéis de Charles Schulz e para aqueles que recordam com carinho o nosso querido beagle e os seus amigos.
Esta prenda de Natal dos PEANUTS é para os milhões de fãs fiéis de Charles Schulz e para aqueles que recordam com carinho o nosso querido beagle e os seus amigos.
80 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2015
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Charles M. Schulz
3,037 books1,633 followersCharles Monroe Schulz was an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis.
Schulz's first regular cartoons, Li'l Folks, were published from 1947 to 1950 by the St. Paul Pioneer Press; he first used the name Charlie Brown for a character there, although he applied the name in four gags to three different boys and one buried in sand. The series also had a dog that looked much like Snoopy. In 1948, Schulz sold a cartoon to The Saturday Evening Post; the first of 17 single-panel cartoons by Schulz that would be published there. In 1948, Schulz tried to have Li'l Folks syndicated through the Newspaper Enterprise Association. Schulz would have been an independent contractor for the syndicate, unheard of in the 1940s, but the deal fell through. Li'l Folks was dropped from the Pioneer Press in January, 1950.
Later that year, Schulz approached the United Feature Syndicate with his best strips from Li'l Folks, and Peanuts made its first appearance on October 2, 1950. The strip became one of the most popular comic strips of all time. He also had a short-lived sports-oriented comic strip called It's Only a Game (1957–1959), but he abandoned it due to the demands of the successful Peanuts. From 1956 to 1965 he contributed a single-panel strip ("Young Pillars") featuring teenagers to Youth, a publication associated with the Church of God.
Peanuts ran for nearly 50 years, almost without interruption; during the life of the strip, Schulz took only one vacation, a five-week break in late 1997. At its peak, Peanuts appeared in more than 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries. Schulz stated that his routine every morning consisted of eating a jelly donut and sitting down to write the day's strip. After coming up with an idea (which he said could take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours), he began drawing it, which took about an hour for dailies and three hours for Sunday strips. He stubbornly refused to hire an inker or letterer, saying that "it would be equivalent to a golfer hiring a man to make his putts for him." In November 1999 Schulz suffered a stroke, and later it was discovered that he had colon cancer that had metastasized. Because of the chemotherapy and the fact he could not read or see clearly, he announced his retirement on December 14, 1999.
Schulz often touched on religious themes in his work, including the classic television cartoon, A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), which features the character Linus van Pelt quoting the King James Version of the Bible Luke 2:8-14 to explain "what Christmas is all about." In personal interviews Schulz mentioned that Linus represented his spiritual side. Schulz, reared in the Lutheran faith, had been active in the Church of God as a young adult and then later taught Sunday school at a United Methodist Church. In the 1960s, Robert L. Short interpreted certain themes and conversations in Peanuts as being consistent with parts of Christian theology, and used them as illustrations during his lectures about the gospel, as he explained in his bestselling paperback book, The Gospel According to Peanuts, the first of several books he wrote on religion and Peanuts, and other popular culture items. From the late 1980s, however, Schulz described himself in interviews as a "secular humanist": “I do not go to church anymore... I guess you might say I've come around to secular humanism, an obligation I believe all humans have to others and the world we live in.”
Schulz's first regular cartoons, Li'l Folks, were published from 1947 to 1950 by the St. Paul Pioneer Press; he first used the name Charlie Brown for a character there, although he applied the name in four gags to three different boys and one buried in sand. The series also had a dog that looked much like Snoopy. In 1948, Schulz sold a cartoon to The Saturday Evening Post; the first of 17 single-panel cartoons by Schulz that would be published there. In 1948, Schulz tried to have Li'l Folks syndicated through the Newspaper Enterprise Association. Schulz would have been an independent contractor for the syndicate, unheard of in the 1940s, but the deal fell through. Li'l Folks was dropped from the Pioneer Press in January, 1950.
Later that year, Schulz approached the United Feature Syndicate with his best strips from Li'l Folks, and Peanuts made its first appearance on October 2, 1950. The strip became one of the most popular comic strips of all time. He also had a short-lived sports-oriented comic strip called It's Only a Game (1957–1959), but he abandoned it due to the demands of the successful Peanuts. From 1956 to 1965 he contributed a single-panel strip ("Young Pillars") featuring teenagers to Youth, a publication associated with the Church of God.
Peanuts ran for nearly 50 years, almost without interruption; during the life of the strip, Schulz took only one vacation, a five-week break in late 1997. At its peak, Peanuts appeared in more than 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries. Schulz stated that his routine every morning consisted of eating a jelly donut and sitting down to write the day's strip. After coming up with an idea (which he said could take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours), he began drawing it, which took about an hour for dailies and three hours for Sunday strips. He stubbornly refused to hire an inker or letterer, saying that "it would be equivalent to a golfer hiring a man to make his putts for him." In November 1999 Schulz suffered a stroke, and later it was discovered that he had colon cancer that had metastasized. Because of the chemotherapy and the fact he could not read or see clearly, he announced his retirement on December 14, 1999.
Schulz often touched on religious themes in his work, including the classic television cartoon, A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), which features the character Linus van Pelt quoting the King James Version of the Bible Luke 2:8-14 to explain "what Christmas is all about." In personal interviews Schulz mentioned that Linus represented his spiritual side. Schulz, reared in the Lutheran faith, had been active in the Church of God as a young adult and then later taught Sunday school at a United Methodist Church. In the 1960s, Robert L. Short interpreted certain themes and conversations in Peanuts as being consistent with parts of Christian theology, and used them as illustrations during his lectures about the gospel, as he explained in his bestselling paperback book, The Gospel According to Peanuts, the first of several books he wrote on religion and Peanuts, and other popular culture items. From the late 1980s, however, Schulz described himself in interviews as a "secular humanist": “I do not go to church anymore... I guess you might say I've come around to secular humanism, an obligation I believe all humans have to others and the world we live in.”
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June 27, 2020
It's so hot during summer, so I guess some old but good Peanuts Comic about winter, snowmen, writing to Santa Claus, Christmas trees and Christmas celebration wouldn't hurt.
PS: Snoopy wanted his New Year party to have a crowd and a lot of chicks, instead Woodstock built him a lot of mini snowmen! (Perhaps there were snow-women among them too?)
PS: Snoopy wanted his New Year party to have a crowd and a lot of chicks, instead Woodstock built him a lot of mini snowmen! (Perhaps there were snow-women among them too?)
December 28, 2017
Incredibly cute!
November 29, 2020
Amusing short read showing a collection of Peanuts Christmas newspaper strips.
November 27, 2017
All i have to say is Snoopy
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November 14, 2024fofi :)
November 27, 2015
Never fall in love with a snowflake. <3
November 25, 2018
I grew up loving Snoopy and the Peanuts and I just loved this book all about them celebrating Christmas and New Years. This is a short graphic novel that features the fun moments with the Peanuts gang. I highly recommend this book as well as the other books in this series. I can't wait to read the rest.
December 5, 2023
Always a Christmas Classic
November 18, 2021
Funny! Just ask Bethany how many pages I forced her to read!
December 29, 2017
Full of holiday cheer, The Peanuts Guide to Christmas is a charming and fun collection of comic strips. Featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the whole Peanuts gang, the book looks at all of the festivities of the season, from writing letters to Santa to Christmas caroling to building snowmen. Easy to read, most of the strips are only a few panels long and get right to the point; delivering lots of laughs. Also, the color scheme of black and white with green coloring adds to the festive feel of the book. Sure to brighten up the holidays, The Peanuts Guide to Christmas is a wonderful celebration of the season.
December 18, 2017
This is a perfect book for any Peanuts lover and one I can see myself displaying on my mantel and reading each year. This is a small book and is ideal for Peanuts collectors. It has short comic strips featuring our gang celebrating the Christmas and New Year's season and as always, Snoopy and Woodstock are my favorites. I chuckled to myself a few times while reading this book and in my opinion, there is just something magical about the Peanuts gang at Christmastime.
December 23, 2019
2.5*
I picked up this little book on a whim in a bookstore and it was cute and everything but not something I would think about ever again or necessarily recommend.
I picked up this little book on a whim in a bookstore and it was cute and everything but not something I would think about ever again or necessarily recommend.
November 22, 2021
In this collection of daily newspaper strips starring Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Lucy and other beloved characters from the Peanuts posse we take a look at the winter season’s festivities: from decorating the house with Christmas lights to building snowmen to the gang’s celebration of New Year.
Each strip only being a few panels long makes them easy to read and quick to get a few laughs!
Each strip only being a few panels long makes them easy to read and quick to get a few laughs!
December 14, 2023
A friend give me this little precious Peanuts' Christmas book as a present for S. Lucy, and I read it in 20'. It's hilarious, expecially the crazy fight between Linus and his sister Lucy, when they realize they have chosen the same place to build their personal Snowman. What a blessing has been C. M. Schulz!
December 4, 2025
5 stars always! This is a very short fun book with 2 pages at a time devoted to some aspect of Christmas with the usual comic strip and pages with illustrations only. Perfect to dip in and out of for those quiet moments during the season.
November 30, 2017
a slim collection of some Christmas Peanuts
December 16, 2017
Full review to come!
January 3, 2018
A fun lite read from my book group secret Santa person - thanks.
December 10, 2019
It's always a good time to read Peanuts.❤
October 12, 2025
Cute as always!!!! love the illustrations. A pity its so short.
November 16, 2025
one of the great joy in life is sliding on a icy sidewalk
December 10, 2025
cada vez mais a snoopy prova que é exatamente como eu
he’s me
i’m him
“adoro festas de ano novo… principalmente quando têm miúdas giras…”
he’s me
i’m him
“adoro festas de ano novo… principalmente quando têm miúdas giras…”
February 26, 2017
Great for festive giggles!
December 29, 2015
Well it was funny! ;)
December 18, 2017
Fun little book for the holidays.
December 8, 2024
It’s cute! ☺️
March 29, 2024
Of course 5 stars. It is peanuts duhhh and i need not say more cos I'm biased.
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