‘Snoopy Presents: 12 Days of Snoopy’
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The Peanuts Christmas shows, A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), It’s Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown (1992), Charlie Brown’s Christmas Tales (2002), I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (2003), are now joined by the newest special, Snoopy Presents: 12 Days of Snoopy. This fun-filled family special focusing on everyone’s favorite beagle, Snoopy. The whole Peanuts gang is together again in this adorable film.
All the kids are excited to tell Santa what they want for Christmas. But when Snoopy gets to the big guy, he is handed a notice telling him he is on the, oh my gosh, don’t say it, the “naughty list.” Yikes. And this little guy was so excited about the toys he was going to request.
With only 12 days until Christmas, Snoopy must show that he is a nice fellow and get off the dreaded naughty list. With the help of Sally, he sets off to do good and help others.
We all know Snoopy has a great imagination. He soars through the air fighting the Red Baron, he writes novels, and in his mind he can do anything. But it’s that amazing imagination that continues to get him into trouble. “Snoopy gets lost in his own world,” Charlie Brown admits.
Getting Snoopy to do good deeds and help people without letting his wild imagination take over and mess things up is a challenge. His imagination runs rampant and he gets completely wound up in all his fictional stories.
As the days go by, Snoopy gets more and more anxious about his plight. And all the kids get involved to try to help him.
“We’re all capable of dood and bad,” Linus tells Charlie Brown. And he says, “Snoopy isn’t bad. He’s just not great at being good.”
Seeing the sadness in his dog, Charlie Brown decides to earn some money so he can buy Snoopy a toy, being that Santa won’t leave him one this year. His heart is in a good place. He wants Snoopy to have a great Christmas.
The entire gang appear in this Peanuts special, including some of the older characters as well as all of Snoopy’s siblings. Lucy and Linus’ little brother Rerun is growing up and plays an important part of the story. I remember when he was first introduced in 1972. This little guy was always riding on the back of his mom’s bicycle. It has been fun to see the evolution of this adorable little fellow.
As with the other Peanuts shows, there is a good lesson here. The season is about more than gifts.
And the final scenes with the kids loving their presents will melt everyone’s heart.
Snoopy Presents: 12 Days of Snoopy premieres November 13, 2026 on Apple TV. Good grief! Don’t miss this one!
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Francine Brokaw has been covering all aspects of the entertainment industry for over 30 years. She also writes about products and travel. She has been published in national and international newspapers and magazines as well as Internet websites. She is a long-standing member of the Television Critics Association and is accredited by the MPAA.
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