A Charlie Brown Christmas (Found Original 1965 Version)

After it's original airing in 1965, A Charlie Brown Christmas went through multiple changes the following year in 1966 to improve things that the original crew were not happy with due to the limited time they were given to make the special. These 1966 changes have been the definitive version for the crew behind the special and all subsequent airings and home media releases.

1965 Differences
The song Christmas Time Is Here continues directly after Charlie Brown finishes talking to Linus instead of fading out and restarting once Snoopy begins skating on the pond

During the main title shot the sound effects are much different both the wobble of the tree and the plop of the snow, after Charlie Brown crashes

Snoopy throws Linus into a Coca Cola sign and the song fades out with "Christmastime..." repeated several times

Disproving rumours, the can that the characters throw snowballs at is NOT a Coca Cola can

Less sound effects during Lucy's psychiatric booth scene

When Snoopy decorates his doghouse "Christmas Time Is Here" plays instead of the more upbeat "Surfin' Snoopy". During this,Chalie Brown's voice from the Disneyland/Vista read-alongs is spliced in the soundtrack, then quickly reverts back to the Peter Robbins voice

When Charlie Brown is greeted as director, Snoopy's howling is much scarier.

There's no music playing in the background during the director scene until the 'Linus and Lucy" dance.

When rehearsing, Lucy gives "five good reasons". But in this version, we don't see a close-up of her hand.

There's no 'Blah" sound by Snoopy after licking Lucy

Snoopy's dish is white in the rehearsal and the sound effects are normal clanking sounds

There is not much music during the rehearsal scenes.

The long shot of the dancing is played for an additional time. In the 1966-present version, they're in their costumes.

Lucy's fingers don't make a snapping sound when she likes the music.

When Charlie Brown tries to find a tree Linus doesn't bang on the aluminum tree

Either a live-action or intergrated Coke commercial plays after leaving the tree lot

The scene with Schroeder and Lucy goes as normal, but there's no music, nor does Schroeder makes a drumroll sound while spinning.

Linus' speech is intact.

Once Charlie Brown is eager to decorate the tree there is no fade out to commercial. That was added in the 1966 version. It just immediately cuts to Charlie Brown's shock of Snoopy winning first prize. Also, Charlie Brown's mouth moves differently

Charlie Brown blushes while singing after the tree is decorated, and Snoopy sings like a human

The song Hark The Herald Angels Sing does not fade out but concludes with an onscreen message saying "Merry Christmas from the people who bottle Coca Cola"

There is no "The End" copyright screen, it was apparently added in 1966 after the studio realized that the special would be airing more than once

There's a spot afterwards where Charles Schulz thanks Coca-Cola for sponsoring "A Charlie Brown Christmas".

EDIT: I rewatched my Blu-ray and noticed more differences. Edited by user 10 months ago | Reason: more changes

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