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A #SadTree Lot: Your Photos Of The Charlie Browniest Trees

5:20pm December 02, 2014

by Bill Chappell

To mark 50 years of A Charlie Brown Christmas airing on American televisions, our readers are sharing photos and memories of Christmas trees that reflect the spirit of that TV classic.

Charlie Brown and Linus pick out a scrawny tree in A Charlie Brown Christmas, a TV special based on the

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50 Years Of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas': Share Your Sad Tree Photos

9:31am December 02, 2014

by Bill Chappell

Since 1965, Charlie Brown's scrawny tree has been compared to many real-life Christmas trees. If you have one in your past – or in your den – we want to see it.

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After complaints from residents, this tree in Reading, Pa., is being replaced.

Ugly Christmas Tree Will Be Replaced In Pennsylvania Town

3:15pm November 23, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

Unlike Charlie Brown, the residents of Reading didn't see beauty in a 50-foot spruce with few branches and an unseemly shape.