When I got to high school, I met friends there I would keep
forever, the kind of lifelong friends who saddle you with nicknames hard to
shake. As it happens, one of my many nicknames in high-school was Charlie
Brown. Perhaps it’s due to my rather large, round head, or maybe I’m just
wishy-washy sometimes (I did date a girl named Sally briefly). Whatever the
reason, it is one of the names which stuck, along with several derivatives,
many of which I couldn’t repeat here. Suffice it to say I’ve been called a
blockhead in every imaginable way. Christmas has always been a special time in
my family, as it has in many families. I hope you enjoy some of my favorite
moments from my past and present, as I present a Charlie Brown Christmas.
