Growing up, I rarely missed a day of school. I attribute this to my mother, who made a firm rule of “unless you are throwing up or have a fever, you go to school.” And since I hardly ever threw up
For all its manifold charms—Vince Guaraldi’s evergreen jazz score first among them—the highlight of the Charlie Brown Christmas special is the moment when Linus recites the story of the angels announcing Jesus’ birth.
