Forty-six years ago, on November 20,1973, audiences had their first experience with A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. This was the tenth special featuring the Peanuts gang, the third one related to a holiday, following A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) and It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966).

The main story revolves around the idea that Charlie Brown and his friends enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner hosted by Snoopy. Snoopy and Woodstock dress up as pilgrims and the dinner they serve is nothing like the traditional meals served around the country on Thanksgiving Day. Instead, Snoopy serves popcorn, jelly beans, toast, pretzels and ice cream.

The best part in the movie was when they were cooking and having fun together. Before this unconventional meal, Linus offers up a prayer that shares the story of the first Thanksgiving. Later, after Charlie Brown and Sally remember that they were supposed to go to their Grandmother’s house, who goes on to invite not just her own grandchildren but their friends to join her at her house, leaving Snoopy and Woodstock to enjoy a traditional meal without the humans.

While you can’t go to the theaters to see this short film, you can see it in several other formats, on the day before Thanksgiving or whenever you want. To find out more, go to https://www.housebeautiful.com/entertaining/holidays-celebrations/a29444103/charlie-brown-thanksgiving-air-date/.