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- "Auld Lang Syne" features Lucy and her friends planning a New Year's Eve party
- This would be Peanuts’ first holiday special after 18 years
- The first “Peanuts Movie” was shown in November 2015
The Peanuts gang is back this holiday season with a new special, “Auld Lang Syne” that will be streamed on AppleTV+ beginning December 10.
The streaming service released the first trailer for the upcoming animation special Monday which shows the beloved Peanuts characters celebrating the holiday season despite momentary troubles.
But unlike its predecessors, "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and "It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," "Happy New Year Charlie Brown," and "I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown" the new holiday special turns the spotlight on Lucy as she plans the perfect New Year’s Eve party with her friends.
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The trailer begins with Lucy adorning her home with Christmas décor and later proceeds to ask a seemingly unhappy Charlie Brown saying, “What seems to be the problem, Charlie Brown?”
“I don’t think we did any of my New Year’s resolutions,” her friend replied.
In a voice-over featuring the Peanuts gang, the teaser revealed Lucy’s frustration after her grandmother failed to come on Christmas. Lucy then tells herself in a mirror, "You are lovable. And I know just how to prove it!"
She decides to throw a New Year’s Eve party to console herself. She enlists the help of Charlie Brown for the “perfect party.”
“Everyone can dress up, be on time and good manners only,” she said.
Lucy also asks Charlie Brown, "Charlie Brown, how do you manage to keep going when life lets you down?" Charlie Brown replied, "No matter how bad things may seem, I can always rely on my friends."
“Auld Lang Syne ” is Peanuts’ first holiday special in almost 20 years after “I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown” which aired on ABC in December 2003.
Comic strip author Charles M. Schulz published the first Peanuts comic strip in nine newspapers in 1950 starring Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Peppermint Patty, Linus, Lucy, Violet, Sally Brown and Woodstock among others. Schulz was said to have hated the title Peanuts and originally named his comic strip Li’l Folks. But the title sparked fear of copyright infringement among editors because of the existence of a satirical comic strip, Li’l Abner. An editor chose the name Peanuts to avoid possible legal problems.
The first full-length film of the gang “The Peanuts Movie” was shown in November 2015 since the death of Schulz in 2000.
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks about the new Apple TV+ service which will include original shows including "Snoopy in Space" Photo: GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / JUSTIN SULLIVAN
