I Want A Dog For Christmas Charlie Brown (2003)
"I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown!" centers on Rerun, Linus and Lucy's lovable but ever-skeptical younger brother. It's Christmas vacation, and as usual, Rerun's big sister is stressing him out, so he decides to turn to his best friend, Snoopy, for amusement and holiday cheer. However his faithful but unpredictable beagle companion has plans of his own, giving Rerun reason to ask Snoopy to invite his canine brother Spike for a visit. When Spike shows up, it looks like Rerun will have a dog for Christmas after all - but then the real trouble begins.
Linus Van Pelt: Christmas decorations are getting more lifelike every year, Charlie Brown.
The telescript was transcribed from Schulz's strips.
Linus's line about big sisters being "the crabgrass on the lawn of life" was originally Snoopy's opinion of cats in the comic strip.
Many of the scenes of Rerun on the back of his mother's bike were also used in "It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown" and some episodes of "The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show."
"Christmastime is Here," the song from the original holiday special, 'A Charlie Brown Christmas,' plays as background music.
Continuity
Spike's Merry Christmas string holds the letters from the bottom of the letters when upside down, but from the top of the letters when held upright.
Character error
Rerun says he had 50 cents to the girl about going to Paris. Later when he wants to buy Snoopy from Charlie Brown, he says he doesn't know anything about money.
Beethoven owned at least five dogs, but Schroeder said that he never did.