Celebrate Charles Schultz
Kid Robin Read loves choosing their Christmas postage stamps. This year he picked ones with Charlie Brown and his Peanuts friends, which cartoonist Charles M. Schultz created.
Kid Robin Read loves choosing their Christmas postage stamps. This year he picked ones with Charlie Brown and his Peanuts friends, which cartoonist Charles M. Schultz created.
“Charlie Brown and Snoopy showed us how to celebrate Christmas,” Robin says.
The stamps honor Charles Schultz’s 100th birthday. Born Nov. 26, 1922, his works live on after his Feb. 12, 2000 death.
Peanuts debuted in 1950 and drew fans worldwide. Schultz had drawn the “Li’l People” cartoon strip for a local paper. The company that spread the cartoon worldwide renamed it “Peanuts,” which Schultz never liked.
“To draw Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Lucy and all the other little characters and to know that people love them and care about what happens to them makes my work extremely satisfying,” Schultz said.
“Each character re_lects Schultz’s rich imagination and humanity. Charlie Brown, at the heart of Peanuts, is often defeated but always resilient.
“Schultz’s stories found humor in life’s painful realities including rejection, insecurity, and unrequited love,” the US Postal Service explained. Schultz wrote and drew nearly 18,000 comic strips over 50 years. Peanuts characters have graced TV specials, books, a Broadway show, and many consumer products.
The Centennial stamps feature Charlie Brown, Lucy, Franklin, Sally, Pigpen, Linus, Snoopy with Woodstock, Schoeder, Peppermint Patty, and Marcie.
The “Forever” stamps will always cover mailing a letter, even as postal rates rise.
“My dad plans to buy 10 sheets of Peanuts stamps before prices go from 60 cents to 63 cents on Jan. 22, 2023,” Robin says.
CHALLENGE: How well do you know Peanuts? Write each character’s name under their postage stamp.
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